Miscellaneous
An activist and academic movement that sees critical connections between the domination of nature and the exploitation of women.
What is environmental feminism
A mid 20th century American painting movement defined by its autonomous, non-objective and all over compositions.
What is Abstract Expressionism
A type of painting that emphasizes the gestural application of the paint rather than compositional or formal qualities.
What is Action Painting
A term that refers to the emphasis on the production of a work and its material qualities
What is Process Art
Abstract Expressionist who created large scale "drip" paintings
Who is Jackson Pollock
Term used to refer to the haphazard nature of post-minimalist materials that governed themselves
What is Anti-Form
Movement that emphasized the importance of idea over aesthetics
What is Conceptual Art
A derogatory term for popular and working class references and aesthetics
What is Low Culture
A characteristic of postmodernism that borrow imagery or ideas from other artists or popular culture to question authorship and authenticity
What is Appropriation
Art critic who argued that formalism was the only viable mode of determining a work's value
Clement Greenberg
Term used by Robert Rauschenberg to describe his use of found objects, creating hybrid sculpture/paintings
What is Combine
What is Minimalism
Style of painting that utilized flat, all over applications of color to evoke mood
What is Color Field Painting
The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view
What is Phenomenology
Avant-garde artist and composer who pioneered the nonstandard use of musical instruments and emphasized the role of the audience as participants
Who is John Cage
Philosophy that influenced the postmodern interest in language and authorship
What is Post-Structuralism
Mid 20th Century art movement that challenged traditions of fine art by including imagery from mass culture
What is Pop Art
An improvised or spontaneous performance that utilizes audience participation
What is Collective Unconscious
Neo-Dada painter who utilized universal symbols to encourage subjective experience among viewers
Style of photography that avoids any stylization, point of view, or composition in favor of a dead-pan portrayal
What is photoceptualism
An international community of artists who sought to free art from commodification and eliminate the distinction between everyday and art through performance
What is Fluxus
Postmodern philosophy that rejects formalism and the role of beauty in art
What is Anti-Aesthetic
A term that implies that the identity of the artist is intrinsically tied to work's aesthetics and cannot be separated
What is Identity Politics
Conceptual artist who used language based works to explore the production and role of meaning within art
Who is Joseph Kosuth