Art Terminology
What is appropriation?
Significant changes to the art world between the period from the 1860s to 1970s due to new technologies and change in society
What is Modern Art?
I am Picasso's largest canvas made in 1937 as a powerful anti-war statement.
What is "Guernica"?
Famous Cubist artist born in Spain
Who is Pablo Picasso?
1914 to 1918
When was World War 1?
To paint outdoors
What is "en plein air"?
Challenges conventions of art from the 1970s onwards
What is Postmodernism?
A man dressed in white arms held out - people cower - guns pointed
What is "The 3rd of May, 1808"?
Anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.
Who are the Guerrilla Girls?
1939 to 1945
When is World War 2?
To request the production of a work of art and pay the service and skill of an artist
What is commission?
Aiming to capture accurate portrayals of everyday life.
What is Realism?
Bright yellow - text - appropriated work "La Grande Odalisque" wearing a gorilla mask
"Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum"
Australian artist who has won the Archibald in 2011, was commissioned as an official war artist and creates abstract oil paintings
Who is Ben Quilty?
1936 to 1939
When is the Spanish Civil War?
Italian work for fresh, is a form of mural painting in which earth pigments are painted directly on wet, lime plaster
What is Fresco?
Known also as "anti-art", this style was a reaction against the senseless slaughter of WW1.
What is Dadaism?
Over the shoulder gaze, iconic jewellery on ear, head-scarf.
What is "Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Born in Coyoacan, Mexico City in 1907, I was in a horrific accident at the age of 18. I fell in love with Diego Rivera, a famous mural artist who supported me in becoming one of the most famous female artists of the modern ear. Unfortunately, I did not receive this global recognition until after my death in 1954.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
1808 to 1814
When is the Peninsular War?
The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.
What is chiaroscuro?
A progressive period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic "rebirth" following the Middle Ages.
What is Renaissance?
Barren landscape = ant infested stop watch - melted clocks.
What is "Persistence of Memory"?
Born in Pennsylvania. I started as a shoe designer before becoming my own self-funded artist. My studio was famously titled as "The Factory".
Who is Andy Warhol?
Invention of the camera
What was invented in 1816