Art between 1900 and WW1
Who is the unofficial leader of the Ashcan School?
Robert Henri
How many times does the number 5 appear?
3
How is The Lawrence Tree supposed to be hung
"appeared to be standing on its head", (upside down)
What year was Leaf Pattern released?
1929
What is Man Rays real name?
Emmanual Radnitzky
When was the Armory Show available for viewing in New York? (Month(s) and Year)
February and March of 1913
What academy did he study at?
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
In his essay "Pan in America" (1926), how did Lawrence describe trees?
strong-willed, powerful and beautiful
University of Washington
What are Rayographs?
Photographs made without camera or film, with objects that were laid directly onto light sensitive paper and then exposed to a bright light.
Where and when did the Dada movement start?
What poem does I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold represent?
"The Great Figure"
What year was Georgia O'Keefe born?
1887
Name one way that Cunningham "manipulated" the leaf in Leaf Pattern.
Options:
what piece of foliage was used, the background in which she wanted it to appeared, how to arrange it, the light and shadows, and how close it should come to the leaf
According to the textbook, what is one of the oldest types of photography?
photograms
What movement is Stieglitz MOST associated with during his early career?
Pictorialism
In what year did Stieglitz give Demuth a solo show?
1926
Who did she learn to paint from?
William Merritt Chase
What does the f-stop control? (you need what it controls and determines)
It controls the opening of the lens, which then determines the amount of light let in.
Name two of the four types of non-visual art that could be included in Surrealism that are listed in the text book.
options:
literature, poetry, theater and Flint
Name any three members of the Ashcan School
Acceptable answers:
Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, George Wesley Bellows, Georges Benjamin Luks, Everett Shinn, Maurice Rendergast, Ernest Lawson, Arthur B. Davies
Name the three colors in I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.
red, gold, and shades of gray
Name the three main colors in The Lawrence Tree
deep blackish-green, reddish brown, and a medium blue
What style was similar to the style that group f/64 used?
German New Objectivity
What is automatism?
writing or drawing with any preconceived plan