American Modernism /Abstract Expressionism

Question 1

Answer 1

Diego Rivera, Ancient Mexico, fresco, 1929-1935

Question 2

Answer 2

Diego Rivera, Man, Controller of the Universe,

fresco, 1934

Question 3

Answer 3

Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, oil on canvas, 1939

Question 4

Answer 4

Jackson Pollock, Lavendar Mist, oil, enamel and aluminum paint on canvas, 1950

Question 5

Answer 5

Willem de Kooning, Woman I, oil on canvas, 1950-1952

Question 6

Answer 6

Barnett Newman, Onement I, oil on canvas, 1948

-ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: Newmann’s “zips”

Question 7

Answer 7

Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis,

oil on canvas, 1950-1951

“Vir heroicus sublimis”= Man, heroic and sublime

Question 8

Answer 8

Mark Rothko, No. 14, oil on canvas, 1960

-ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: color field; chromatic expressionism