Ism's
This art movement is known for flattening and fragmenting forms and space.
What is Cubism?
This artist utilized bold colors and tilted perspective in their work.
Who is Henri Matisse?
The work of this artist sought to portray the “pure essence of things,” rather than the natural form.
What is Constantin Brancusi's "The Kiss"?
This concept is the deliberate and systematic attempt to influence perception and affect behavior.
What is Propaganda?
Reflecting the artist's synesthesia, the title of this painting was inspired by Schoenberg's atonal expression in music.
What is "Improvisation 28"?
This 'ism' found inspiration in the art/objects of Africa and the Pacific in part due to its erroneously Eurocentric view.
What is Primitivism?
This artist created meaningful narratives inspired by The Harlem Renaissance, referring to their work as "Dynamic Cubism."
Who is Jacob Lawerence?
This painting embodies the artist's desire to paint for pleasure.
What is "Goldfish"?
Kathe Kollwitz and Giotto share this thematic continuity of this public display of grief.
What is the Lamentation?
This work combined Cubist-Primitivism, Surrealism, and Afro-Carribean influences upon the artist's return to his native Cuba.
What is "The Jungle"?
Using bold, saturated colors, this movement of artists were known as "the wild beasts."
What is Fauvism (the Fauvists)?
This artist's main goal was to elevate photography as a fine-art medium.
Who is Alfred Stieglitz?
The function of this work is to transform an ordinary object into something startling, poetic, and new.
What is "Le Dejeuner en Forrure (Luncheon in Fur)"?
Le Corbusier's streamlined, minimalist aesthetic has its origins in this German school of thought.
A form of protest as well as a response to consumerism and Vietnam, Claes Oldenberg created this work.
What is "Lipstick (Ascending) On Caterpillar Tracks"?
This art movement believed in the juxtaposition of disparate realities to create new meaning.
What is Surrealism?
This artist was a defining name in the sub-movement of Abstract Expressionism known as Color-Field Painting.
Who is Helen Frankenthaler?
This painting embodies the artist's career-long interest in expressing personal pain and identity.
What is "The Two Fridas"?
Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" embraces this concept of order becoming chaos.
What is Entropy?
This work depicts over 400 years of Mexican history as a lineup of dream-like figures.
What is "Dream of A Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park"?
The Dadaists and Duchamp opened the conceptual door to this art movement that favored process over product.
What is Abstract Expressionism?
This artist's work addresses the nature of both the viewer and the artist's ego.
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
The work of this artist meant to move art away from the visual and toward the conceptual.
What is "Fountain (Second Version)" by Marcel Duchamp?
Piet Mondrian worked within this concept of representing the inner visual balance of nature through opposing forces.
What is Theosophy?
This work was created as part of a promotional journal for Europeans between WWI and WWII.
What is "Illustration From the Results of the First Fiver Year Plan"?