Photography was seen as a threat to other artists because...
depicted realism that painting tried so hard to achieve
What did the Industrial revolution do for the middle class?
Allowed the middle class to participate in leisure activities.
Even when the Depression hit in the 1930s, the government still funded the arts. True or False?
Truuuuuuuue
This type of art work presented art as art rather than a commodity.
Site Specific Art
What did Duchamp call mass produced objects?
Ready-mades
The art technique used here.
Pointillism
This art movement is the depiction of an object from many different angles.
Cubism
Mondrian wanted his works to reflect nature. How?
They were rational and orderly
What art movement does this piece belong to?
Assemblage
This photograph was seen as what kind of photograph?
Cubist
Why did realism infuriate the general public?
- depicted everyday life without embellishments
- highlighted people who were overlooked
- not religious or heroic
The Robie House depicted what kind of floor plans?
Open
Representational Surrealism does what?
juxtaposes unrelated objects creating a hallucinatory sense of a super reality
What is special about this particular piece?
Photography acted as what 3 things?
- window to other parts of the world.
- political propaganda
- documentation
What 3 things did Art nouveau utilize?
- new materials
- experimentation
- curving shapes from nature
What two movements are combined in this piece by Duchamp?
Futurism and Cubism
What is the message behind this work?
To examine art, what is art, how people determine what art is
Why was acrylic paint preferred?
- Fast Drying
- versatile
- archival
How did Dada shake up the art world?
- questioned art
- rejected moral values
Why is Starry Night considered an Expressionist work?
- bold brush strokes
- strong color contrasts
Identify this piece and the movement.
Matisse. Harmony in Red 1908-09
Fauvism
There are 3 leading lines in this photograph. Where are they?
Two boys leaning in to their mother and the mothers arm leading to her face.
What art movement does this piece belong to and how was it made?
Abstract Expressionism. Made with action painting. Canvas on the floor, drip painting
What two figures are pictured here?
Grant Wood's sister and his dentist.