The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 188 - 189

Question 1

Neo-Expressionism

Answer 1

• revived angular distortions and strong emotional content of German Expressionism
• brought back such banished features as recognizable content, historical reference, subjectivity, and social comment

Question 2

Kiefer: Scorched Earth

Answer 2

• Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)

- represents his central motif through thick, dark paint mixed with sand and straw

Question 3

Clemente: Body Language

Answer 3

• Francesco Clemente (b 1952)

- portrays nightmarish, hallucinatory states of mind through images of fragmentary body parts

Question 4

Baselitz: The World Turned Upside Down

Answer 4

• Georg Baselitz (b. 1938)

- led, with Beuys, the revival of German Expresisonism

Question 5

Basquiat: The Wild Child

Answer 5

• Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-88)