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Surrealsim
Regionalism
American Abstraction
Pop Art
Miscellaneous
100
Determined to gain access to the unconscious- where creativity lives
What was the intent of Surrealism?
100
Economic & political events in the US during the 20's and 30's.
What did social realism deal with?
100
Color theory- used a square to consider the interaction of colors-
What was Josef Albers known for as an artist and teacher
100
(outgrowth of Dada) Multimedia events in created environments- painting, assemblage, television, radio, film, & artificial lighting, improvisation, audience participation. Response to consumerism – art as a commodity. In a happening- there is no commodity- it is not permanent
What was a Happening?
100
Kinetic effects produced by the arrangement of color, lines, and shapes or a combination of those elements. Exists to fool the eye.
What is Op Art?
200
a dreamscape-
What is Salvadore Dali's Persistence of Memory representative of?
200
Depiction of Midwestern American life as simple & rural.
What is Regionalism?
200
two-fold influences, myth, dreams, the unconscious AND the expressive qualities of paint
What is Abstract Exressionism?
200
Derived from commercial sources, mass media, and everyday life.
What is Pop Art?
200
To make objects which avoided the appearance of fine art objects, the Minimalists attempted to remove the appearance of composition from their work. They tried to expunge all signs of the artists guiding hand or thought processes - all aesthetic decisions - from the fabrication of the object.
What is Minimalism?
300
mobiles- kinetic sculptures
What was Alexander Calder known for?
300
Black History as a narrative via series of works.
What was Jacob Lawrence determined to share with the public via his art?
300
Jackson Pollock's style of drip & splash, a direct expression or revelation of the unconscious moods of the artist
What is Action Painting?
300
Product labels and American celebrities or icons.
What were the subjects of Andy Warhol's works
300
1960’s – happenings, events Fluxus concerts often meshed poetry w/ visual arts (i.e. Dadaists). By 1970- performance art – global term- live art (not theatre!) that could not be bought as a commodity- later led to Body Art- which could be quite disturbing…
What is Performance Art?
400
a Zuni war god obtained at a Folk art museum
What was Paul Klee's painting Mask of Fear a response to?
400
She shot for The Resettlement Administration latter the Farm Security Administration (FSA)- to record rural poverty and evoke empathy those living in those conditions.
What was Dorthea Lang's photography meant to do
400
Color Field Painting- No context in time or space. Eliminated reference to the natural world. Attempt to transcend material reality.
What are Mark Rothko's paintings primarily concerned with?
400
Comic Books
What style of work was the primary influence for Roy Lichtenstein?
400
Senator Jesse Helms, and Senator Alphonse D'Amato, as well as other cultural conservatives, attacked artists for producing offensive art. They succeeded in reducing the amount of Congressional funding to the National Endowment for the Arts – reduced. They felt that freedom of expression should not be offensive…While others, including the New York Times, defended him in the name of artistic freedom.
How did censorship affect the funding of artists?
500
Man Ray's homage to the artist Ingrez's work Grande Odalisque and hobby of playing the violin
What is Le Violin d'Ingres?
500
Commissioned by the National Palace of Mexican History-Mexican Nationalism
What were Diego Riveria's Mexican murals about?
500
Made of found objects - especially furniture or carpentry tools. Most often wood. Usually totally painted black or white .
What were assemblages of Louise Nevelson?
500
Claes Oldenburg
What sculptor dotted the landscape with monumental works that were everyday items (clothespin, ice cream bar)
500
Silhouette (Victorian decorative design) large cut out shapes to address Black American history past and current.
What technique does Kara Walker use to depict Black history?