Early 20th Century
Abstract Expressionism
Cumulative Images
Readings
100
This artist painted Women With the Hat and is known for his use of unusual colors.
What is Henri Matisse?
100
This abstract expressionist artist is an American action painter and he is most famous for his drip paintings.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
100
Name the title and artist of this sculpture: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_XhHc5jiCWVhRoIC6yx-IjOsffxY-G4U3XB100Lcu_8dCC9-GxP7PgR2S1w=s1200
Myron’s Discobolus
100
In 1865, the following was said about this controversial painting by Manet. “I must say that the grotesque aspect of his contributions has two causes: first, an almost childish ignorance of the fundamentals of drawing, and then, a prejudice in favour of inconceivable vulgarity…He succeeds in provoking almost scandalous laughter, which causes the salon visitors to crowd around this ludicrous creature…In this case, the comedy is caused by the loudly advertised intention of producing a noble work, a pretension thwarted by the absolute impotence of the execution.”
What is Manet's Olympia?
200
Freedom from representation and realism in art.
What is abstraction?
200
This abstract expressionist artist is a Dutch-American action painter, and his mid-career figural paintings are inspired by Picasso’s cubist paintings of women.
Who is Willem De Kooning?
200
Name the title, artist and date of this work: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/68/76/ba/6876ba082424f1e2522d67eaf5d74816.jpg
Bernini, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, 1645-1652
200
In “Notes of a Painter,” this artist provided an important reference for modern concepts of artistic expression.
Who is Henri Matisse?
300
French for “wild beasts” in which the art favored strong colors over realistic values.
What is fauvism?
300
This color field painter’s late career paintings often included just two blocks of color floating in a differently colored background.
Who is Mark Rothko?
300
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Lamgods_closed.jpg This artist is known for his innovative use of this type of paint. Give the artist, the type of paint, and how you can tell.
Jan Van Eyck, Oil paint. It blends well and creates a luminous and dewy finish that plays with the light.
300
In 1950 this artist was interviewed and expressed his thoughts on modern art and his unconventional method of action painting.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
400
How would you classify this painting (Expressionism, Fauvism, abstraction, Cubism, Surrealism, or automatism)? Why does it fit this category? http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2015/02/18/12526206/snails300.jpg
What is automatism (and surrealism)? Miro was channeling the unconscious and painted whatever came to mind.
400
This abstract expressionist painter created color field paintings that feature long, thin strips of color. The artist calls these strips “zips”.
Who is Barnett Newman?
400
Give the artist, title and date of this painting:https://cdn.kastatic.org/KA-youtube-converted/qD6ct0VS15c.mp4/qD6ct0VS15c.png How does the figure inspire later works?
Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538. The female reclining nude who invites the male gaze becomes a trope that inspires later works like Manet’s Olympia.
400
This artist came into contact with the generation of younger artist’s reacting against Abstract Expressionism. Who wrote this and what larger manifesto is this a part of? “I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever necessary.”
Who is Claes Oldenberg? What is I am for an art?
500
Significance of this painting: http://www.leninimports.com/pablo_picasso_demoiselles_davignon_2.jpg
What is the originator (or painting to lead) of cubism. No sense of space, no entry point.
500
Jackson Pollock was inspired by analytic psychology, developed by this Swiss Psychiatrist. This 1942 Pollock painting has curvy forms on its left side and angular forms on the right, and it is one example of a work of art inspired by psychoanalysis.
Who is Carl Jung? What is Male and Female?
500
Identify the name of the period to which this painting by Watteau belongs and its basic characteristics and its connection to the genre fetes galantes. http://lh3.ggpht.com/hq1LJZaNRui04MkR0YgpjSWlTmf1-Lw5PAe0FfxooqbunzuX8cuXpLpQdT-S=s1200
It is from the Rococo period, characterized by its decorative and whimsical nature. Fetes galantes describes the genre of images depicting upper class men and women celebrating in fancy dress, usually in a natural setting such as a park or garden.
500
When writing about being considered a ‘realist’ this artist wrote: “To achieve skill through knowledge-- that has been my purpose. To record the manners, ideas and aspect of the age as i myself saw them-- to be a man as well as a painter, in short to create living art-- that is my aim.”
Who is Gustave Courbet?
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