Ism's
Artists
Artist's Intent
Concepts
Contextual Titles
100

This art movement is known for flattening and fragmenting forms and space.  

What is Cubism?

100

This artist utilized bold colors and tilted perspective in their work. 

Who is Henri Matisse?

100

The work of this artist sought to portray the “pure essence of things,” rather than the natural form.

What is Constantin Brancusi's "The Kiss"?

100

This concept is the deliberate and systematic attempt to influence perception and affect behavior.

What is Propaganda?

100

Reflecting the artist's synesthesia, the title of this painting was inspired by Schoenberg's atonal expression in music.  


What is "Improvisation 28"?

200

This 'ism' found inspiration in the art/objects of Africa and the Pacific in part due to its erroneously Eurocentric view.  

What is Primitivism?

200

This artist created meaningful narratives inspired by The Harlem Renaissance, referring to their work as "Dynamic Cubism."

Who is Jacob Lawerence?

200

This painting embodies the artist's desire to paint for pleasure.  

What is "Goldfish"?

200

Kathe Kollwitz and Giotto share this thematic continuity of this public display of grief.  

What is the Lamentation?

200

This work combined Cubist-Primitivism, Surrealism, and Afro-Carribean influences upon the artist's return to his native Cuba.

What is "The Jungle"?

300

Using bold, saturated colors, this movement of artists were known as "the wild beasts."

What is Fauvism (the Fauvists)?

300

This artist's main goal was to elevate photography as a fine-art medium.  

Who is Alfred Stieglitz?

300

The function of this work is to transform an ordinary object into something startling, poetic, and new.

What is "Le Dejeuner en Forrure (Luncheon in Fur)"?

300

Le Corbusier's streamlined, minimalist aesthetic has its origins in this German school of thought.  

What is The Bauhaus?
300

A form of protest as well as a response to consumerism and Vietnam, Claes Oldenberg created this work.

What is "Lipstick (Ascending) On Caterpillar Tracks"?

400

This art movement believed in the juxtaposition of disparate realities to create new meaning.   

What is Surrealism?

400

This artist was a defining name in the sub-movement of Abstract Expressionism known as Color-Field Painting.

Who is Helen Frankenthaler?

400

This painting embodies the artist's career-long interest in expressing personal pain and identity.

What is "The Two Fridas"?

400

Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" embraces this concept of order becoming chaos.  

What is Entropy?

400

This work depicts over 400 years of Mexican history as a lineup of dream-like figures.  

What is "Dream of A Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park"?

500

The Dadaists and Duchamp opened the conceptual door to this art movement that favored process over product.  

What is Abstract Expressionism?

500

This artist's work addresses the nature of both the viewer and the artist's ego.

Who is Yayoi Kusama?

500

The work of this artist meant to move art away from the visual and toward the conceptual.

What is "Fountain (Second Version)" by Marcel Duchamp?

500

Piet Mondrian worked within this concept of representing the inner visual balance of nature through opposing forces.  

What is Theosophy?

500

This work was created as part of a promotional journal for Europeans between WWI and WWII.   

What is "Illustration From the Results of the First Fiver Year Plan"?

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