Artists
What do the 4 monkeys in Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkeys represent?
Her 4 loyal students - Los Fridos
A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty
Aesthetics
BONUS! Why does it matter that we have dated sketches from this person?
Pablo Picasso - Guernica
BONUS! We have almost a complete visual record of his mind at work
Helen Frankenthaler coined the soak-stain process. What movement in painting is she credited with launching?
Color Field Painting
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Cubism - movement of art defined by perspective that is constructed using simple, geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and collage
John Baldessari's Six Colorful Inside Jobs begs the question:
When is the act of painting art and when is it not?
Total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work
Form
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BONUS! What is this artist most notable for?
Lynda Benglis
BONUS! Her poured paintings
What is an apprenticeship?
Working for a Master Artist to learn a specific craft
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BONUS This work is important because it shows
Liberty Leading the People
BONUS the artist's support for the Revolution of 1830 and shows that artists can take a political side for the first time in history
The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius was spared because
The ability to produce something that is both innovative and useful within a given social context
Creativity
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Fresco
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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
How is Katharina Grosse's One Floor Up More Highly still considered a painting even though it is a large installation?
Painting is a mode of thought or a philosophy. This piece is intended to slow down time and expand the concept where her canvas paintings are considered compressions of time
Implies the work was completed all at once
Alla Prima
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BONUS! Explain at least one purpose of the work
Arnolfini Double Portrait
BONUS! Marriage certificate, portrait of well off couple, engagement documentation, memorial for wife
What is outsider art?
Art produced by self-taught artists
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Triptych - A painting in 3 sections
Piano lesson is about the discipline of music. The boy is show practicing in isolation and is concentrating so hard his face is being taken over by the shape of the metronome along with the rest of the painting
Various areas of meaning that have been reflected in the arts of many cultures throughout human history
Themes
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BONUS! Explain what this painting is about
Henri Matisse - Music Lesson
BONUS! This is the sensual side of music and is about family togetherness and the joy of music
Explain at least one of the 4 sections of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights
Outer panel - Either the depiction of the Flood or day 3 of God's creation of the world
First panel - Introduction of woman to man by God
Second panel - The Garden of Earthly Delights - speculated that this panel is a commentary on the fact that we are not very different from plants and animals
Third panel - Hell. Human bodies are all subject to strange tortures
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BONUS! What type of work is this?
Kara Walker - A Subtlety
BONUS! Installation art