I Saw The Figure 5 In Gold
What art movement was Demuth a leader of?
Precisionism
What were O'Keefe's usual subjects?
Possible answers: the human body, plants, trees, water, landscape
Cunningham was originally a part of the Pictorialist movement, but what style did she eventually shift to?
New Objectivity
This is an automatist work. What is automatism?
Using a pen or paintbrush without conscious/logical control
The structure has 8 _________. (fill in the blank)
Gargoyle eagle heads
Why wasn't Demuth fully supported by Stieglitz?
Who did Georgia O'Keefe marry?
Stieglitz (though he only supported her 'feminine works')
Cunningham was a member of the Group f/64. What is the group's name based on?
f/64 refers to a camera's f-stop, which adjusts the aperture of the camera
Why had Man Ray's parents changed their last name?
Antisemitism-- Ray was the child of Russian Jewish immigrants
What physical element of the work referenced the Statue of Liberty and an Egyptian pyramid?
The "crown" with 7 arching tiers
Where did Charles Demuth study?
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
How does the resource guide describe the tree branches?
Like clouds or an octopus
Leaf Pattern focuses on the lighting and shadows of the leaf, but what element does it NOT show the audience?
A sense of size/scale
How were Rayographs different from traditional photography?
Traditional photography had an image exposed onto a negative (image printed positive), while in Rayographs, the white background appeared black and objects appeared white [reversal]
Name at least one motif of the building.
Possible answers: Chevron brickwork, wheels, horizontal lines
Define a poster portrait.
Artworks that use symbols, images, or texts to represent a subject
What art style was O'Keefe known for?
Biomorphic Abstraction (rounded, curvilinear, and irregular shapes)
What was Cunningham's major at the University of Washington?
Chemistry
What are the two objects that can clearly be defined in the work?
Spring and thumbtack
What laws affected how the building had to be structured?
Zoning laws-- New York required skyscrapers to be "set back" from the lot line, creating a pyramid.
Who was the artwork inspired by?
Imagist Poet William Carlos Williams
Possible Answers: William Merrit Chase, Arthur Wesley Dow, Vasily Kandinsky
What exhibition was Leaf Pattern submitted to?
Das Deutsche Lichtbild (German Photography Annual)
Name at least one element of the photo that Ray lacked control over.
1. Direction of Light
2. Object Transparency
3. Shadows cast
How long was the Chrysler Building the tallest building in the world?
11 months