Chapter 10

Question 1

Spanish painter and the most famous of the Surrealist movement
“The Persistence of Memory” (1931) is his most famous work

Answer 1

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Question 2

Followed the Dada movement
Influenced by Sigmund Freud and his theories of the subconscious
Inspired by dreams, fantasy and the subconscious
Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Andre Breton and Joan Miro

Answer 2

SURREALISM (1920s)

Question 3

Huge abstract paintings on mural sized canvases featuring solid colors
Was inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock (action painting) and Helen Frankenthaler (soak stain painting)
Mark Rothko was best known for this type of painting

Answer 3

Color Field Paintings (1940s-1950s)

Question 4

Dutch American abstract expressionist painter and sculptor
Best known for his woman paintings
“Woman on a Bicycle” (1952)

Answer 4

Wilem de Kooning (1904-1997)

Question 5

American painter whose work was a forerunner of the Pop Art movement
Invented a form called “combines” which was a combo of paint and sculpture
Best work was “Monogram” (1955)

Answer 5

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Question 6

Made a comeback in the 20th century with surrealists

“The Garden of Earthly Delights” (1504) became more popular

Answer 6

Hieronymus Bosch

Question 7

Created by Frank Lloyd Wright
Provided ample room for a small family, with rooms of varying scale
Provided the inspiration for a later design which would be called the Ranch house
Was designed in response to the vast demand for low income housing

Answer 7

Usonian architecture (1936)

Question 8

Features bright colors and images from popular culture
Andy warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg
Collage, “Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?” by Richard Hamilton in 1956
Ridiculed American middle class values and consumerism

Answer 8

POP ART (1950s-1960s)

Question 9

Spanish painter, co founder of the Cubist Movement, major icon of Modern Art
Painted “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1937)
Painted “Guernica” (1937)

Answer 9

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Question 10

Painted by Picasso in response to the bombing of the village of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Answer 10

“Guernica” (1937)

Question 11

American Abstract expressionist painter
used action painting (drip painting), where he’d spatter paint onto a canvas
“Autumn Rhythm” (1950)

Answer 11

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)

Question 12

Occurred after WWII
Featured a clean simple look
Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Sol Lewett
“Untitled” (1970)

Answer 12

MINIMALISM (1960s-1970s)

Question 13

Conceptual artist and sculptor.

Best known for earthwork, “Spiral Jetty” (1970) Built on the NE shore of the great Salt Lake in Utah

Answer 13

Robert Smithson (1938-1973)

Question 14

Conceptual artist
Used “performance art” to express his art
“How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare” (1965)
Saw himself as a modern shaman, healing a sick society with his performances and ritual objects

Answer 14

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)

Question 15

Leading figure in Pop Art

Known for “Campbell’s Soup Cans” (1962) and “Marilyn Diptych” (1962)

Answer 15

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Question 16

American Pop Artist
comic book panels
“whaam!” (1963)

Answer 16

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Question 17

American Pop Artist and sculptor
Best known for oversized replicas such as “Giant Three Way Plug” (1970) and “Soft Toilet” (1966)
Invented Soft Art

Answer 17

Claes Oldenburg (1929 —)

Question 18

Abstract expressionist painter
used Soak Stain
“Nepenthe” (1972)

Answer 18

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)

Question 19

Heavily thinning oil painting out with turpentine and applying it to an unprepared canvas
Over time, this technique would cause the canvas to fade and rot

Answer 19

Soak Stain

Question 20

American Conceptualist artist
Known for his Earthwork the Roden Crater Project
Roden Crater is an extinct volcanic crater near Flagstaff Arizona

Answer 20

James Turrell (1943 —)

Question 21

American Feminist artist
Founded the first Feminist art program in the US in 1969
Best known “The Dinner Party” (1979)

Answer 21

Judy Chicago (1939 —)

Question 22

Rejected uniformity and lack of ornamentation prevalent in Modernist architecture
Michael Graves’ “Portland Building” (1982)

Answer 22

Post Modernist architecture (1970s, 1980s)

Question 23

American Conceptual and Feminist artist
Best known for merging existing photos with confrontational text to grab the viewer’s attention.
“Your body is a battleground” (1989)

Answer 23

Barbara Kruger (1945 —)