Kuratoryjny_Kultura Flashcards
Henry Moore’s art movement:
Modernism
Which two British artists were the pioneers of the Modernism movement?
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth
Why did Barbara Hepworth’s and Henry Moore’s rivarly have such a significant effect?
Their rivalry was instrumental in the rise of Modernism in the British art scene.
To whom does the artpiece ‘Reclining figures’ belong?
Henry Moore
Lucian Freud’s art movement:
Realism
Lucian Freud is the grandson of :
Sigmund Freud
Which topics and subjects do Lucian Freud’s artpieces primarily focus on:
Anatomy and psychology
When was the Pulitzer Prize established?
1917
What was John Constable’s movement?
Romanticism
What did John Constable’s works focus on?
On British landscapes (in particular east England)
Damien Hirst’s movement:
Young British Artists
Which British artist is said to be the richest in Great Britain:
Damien Hirst
What is Damien Hirst most famous for?
His artworks in which dead animals are preserved in formaldehyde
What is the name of Damien Hirst’s most famous work:
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Which artist broke the record for a one artist auction?
Damien Hirst for his solo show (he raised 111 million GBP_
John Constable’s most famous quote:
“I would rather be a poor man in England than a rich man abroad.”
Francis Bacon’s art movement:
Expressionism
Who established the Nobel Prize award?
Established in 1895 by the will of Alfred Nobel,
Who was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize award?
Sully Prudhomme for his poetic composition in 1901
In which month are the Nobel Prize awards given out?
October
The Booker Prize is given to :
the best book of the year written in English and published in the Uk or Ireland.
When was the Booker prize first awarded?
This award was established and awarded for the first time in 1969 to P.H. Newby for his fictional work Something To Answer For
The latest Booker Price, awarded on 3rd November 2021, was given to :
Damon Galgut
In 2022, The Booker Prize longlist nominations will be released in _______, the shortlisted nominees will be announced in _________, and the winner will be announced in _______ 2022.
March, April, May
The America Award, claimed to be an attempt for being an ______
alternative for the Nobel Prize in Literature
When and to whom was the first ‘America Award’ given to?
1994 to Aimé Fernand David Césaire of Martinique for his work as a successful poet.
The Latest America Award winner 2021
is Rosmarie Waldrop of USA/Germany, a poet, novelist, publisher, essayist, and translator
What is the aim of the Costa Book awards?
Costa Book Awards is a series of literary awards given annually to English language writers based in British and Ireland. It was formerly known as Whitbread Book Awards until Costa Coffee took over it in 2006.
Name of the award that is handed for books in the genre of science fiction:
The Edgar Awards
By whom were the Edgar Awards named after?
Edgar Allan Poe
The first people to receive the Edgar Awards were:
Julius Fast for the debut novel watchful At Night and Anthony Boucher for amazing mystery criticism.
Name of book award that is awarded to any female author belonging to any nationality for a full-length English fictional novel
The Women’s Prize For Fiction
Which award can be considered the most prestigious award for Sci-fi and fantasy writers.
The Hugo Awards
Artist behind ‘Whaam!’
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein’s movement :
Pop Art
Roy Lichtenstein initially worked in_______and __________________ before moving to Pop Art
Cubism ; Abstract Expressionism
Artist behind “Drowning Girl”
Roy Lichtenstein
Edward Hopper’s art movement:
Realism
Edward Hopper’s artpieces are most famous for:
Hopper’s individuals, usually depicted isolated and disconnected from their environments, revealed the solitude of modern life.
Which artist is regarded as the most famous realist American artist?
Edward Hopper
Which artist is considered the pioneer of Color Field painting
Mark Rothko
What is Color Field painting?
a style within Abstract Expressionism in which color is the main subject itself.
The early style of America artists was based primarily on
English Painting
The first prominent art movement in the United States was
Realism
What was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence
Abstract Expressionism
Name a few artists from the Abstract Expressionism movement:
Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko
the Realist artist:
Edward Hopper
Who is regarded as the Pop Artist:
Andy Warhol
One of the most influential sculptors of the twentieth century and perhaps the most acclaimed American sculptor,
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder is famous for his invention of the
mobile (an abstract sculpture that moves in response to touch or air currents by taking advantage of the principle of equilibrium)
Most of Norman Rockwell’s works were created as :
cover illustrations of The Saturday Evening Post magazine
Norman Rockwell is most famous for his:
illustrations of everyday life during World War II
The world’s first architectural museum
Sir John Soane’s Museum , London
Since when has the Sir John Soane’s Museum been public ?
Since Sir John Soane himself left it to the nation at his death in the early 19th century
List Sir John Soane’s notable achievements?
designing the Bank of England, parts of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
When was the Victoria and Albert Museum established?
In 1852
The Victoria Albert museum is more commonly known as
The V&A
The Victoria Albert Museum was originally called:
The South Kensington Museum
the first national public museum in the world
British Museum (London)
Where is the British Museum?
At Bloomsbury
When was the British Museum established ?
after the death of Sir Hans Sloane in 1753
What was the founding collection at the British Museum?
Sloane’s collection to King George II
Why was the Imperial War museum group originally set up?
The Imperial War Museum group was originally set up to record the events of the Great War in 1917
When was the first Imperial museum opened?
in London in 1920
The largest railway museum in the world
National Railway Museum, Yorkshire
Into which two sites is the National Railway Museum, Yorkshire
The museum is today split over two sites – one in York and the other in Shildon
Where was the National Railway museum housed?
in a huge former steam locomotive depot
The National Railway Museum at the smaller location in Shildon was opened in which year:
2004
the first national museum to be built in the northeast
The National Railway Museum at Shildon
What was the Science Museum originally created as:
as part of the South Kensington Museum along with what is now the V&A museum
When did the Science Museum become an independent entity?
It became independent of the group in 1909 and was officially bestowed the title of the Science Museum
Who is the founder of the Science Museum?
The founder and editor of the journal Nature, Norman Lockyer
Who designed the building of the Science Museum?
architect, Sir Richard Allison
