Elements of Art
What two elements of art are closely related to one another?
Shape and form
Who was the unofficial leader of the Ashcan School, and what places had they studied previously?
Robert Henri; Philadelphia and Paris, then moved to New York (in 1901).
In the fifty years leading up to the Jazz Age, how many new immigrants were estimated to come into the U.S.?
26 million
Aaron Douglas, Palmer Hayden, Loïs Mailou Jones, and Sargent Claude Johnson all incorperated motifs from ___ art into their works during the 1920s and 1930s.
African
Sheeler's photograph Criss-Crossed Conveyors is a representation of what?
A Ford automotive plant
How do artists create an illusion of three-dimensionality?
Shading and highlighting on the contours (visible borders) of objects to replicate the manner in which light shining on objects lends those objects a sense of volume and space.
Approximately how many works of modern and contemporary European and American art did "The Armory Show" bring together?
More than 1,300
What were zoning laws used for?
To manage sprawl, create more navigable cities, and avoid pollution.
How tall is the model of Ethiopia Awakening?
67 inches tall
Who led the way in customization and pioneered the "annual model change"?
Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
Artists create a sense of movement or ___ in their artwork through the repetition of elements such as shape, color, line, and ___?
Rhythm, texture
Who had described modernist abstraction "Lawless Art" in the title of their review?
Leila Mechlen
How long did the movement of the Progressive Era last?
What type of art started to gain interest in 1876 after the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, which sparked a "colonial revival"?
American folk art
What famous silent movie was a negative response to Fordism after the stock market crash?
Modern Times (1936)
What did scientists discover in the nineteenth century, relating to color?
The relativity of color depends on what other colors are placed next to it; colors don't have a fixed/immutable character or value.
Alfred Stieglitz used his power to help champion a new generation of American painters including who? (4)
Arthur G. Dove, Marsden Hartley, Max Weber, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
What did the flapper women wear? (list at least 3)
The embrace of folk art was a form of artistic what?
Primitivism
Which two people took different approaches to conveyy indigenismo?
Tina Modotti and Edward Weston
How do artists use warm and cool colors to create a sense of space in artwork?
Artists use warm colors to make objects appear closer and cool colors to make objects appear farther away, leading to a contrast in warm and cool colors, creating depth and movement in their artwork.
Marcel Duchamp influenced a younger generation of artists working in what time period?
1950s and 1960s
What was the flapper identity associated with?
Youth culture and "social emancipation"
In 1929, Boy Stealing Fruit was featured in an exhibition at what museum?
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
What time period did James Weldon Johnson serve as the executive secretary of the NAACP?
1920 to 1930