Abstract Expressionism

Question 1

existentialism

Answer 1

A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will

Question 2

Abstract Expressionism

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A development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act

Question 3

Action painting

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A technique and style of abstract painting in which paint is randomly splashed, thrown, or poured on the canvas. It was made famous by Jackson Pollock, and formed part of the more general movement of abstract expressionism

Question 4

Answer 4

Jackson Pollock • Number 1 (1948)

Question 5

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Willem de Kooning • Excavation (1950)

Question 6

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Robert Motherwell • At Five in the Afternoon (1949)

Question 7

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Mark Rothko • Green & Tangerine on Red (1956)

Question 8

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Barnett Newman • Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950)