Artists And Pieces Flashcards

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Cubism was common when a group of artists showed together in “Salle 41” at ____?

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Salon des Indépendants(1911)

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What career did Matisse study before painting?

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Law

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Explain the difference between Analytic and Synthetic Cubism.

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Analytic:based in traditional subjects being dissected and rearranged on canvas
Synthetic:collage

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What was the name of Henri Matisse’s wife?

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Amélie Noellie Parayre

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What artist was not accepted for military service because he was forty-five years old?

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Henri Matisse

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How much does the hat in “Woman with a Hat” cover the composition?

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More than a third

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“Woman with a Hat” was purchased by the Stein family and gifted eventually to____?

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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George’s Braque was associated with the Fauves and these AD artists

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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso

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Years 1901-1904 demarcate what is known as Picasso’s ____?

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Blue Period

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Which two AD art works were redone or recast?

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“Unique Forms of Continuity in Space”(cast 1931) and “Fountain”(replica of 1917)

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Fauvism is characterized by this

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Use of vivid color to express a sense of emotion rather than in imitation of nature

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s life-long partner was ?

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Erna Schilling

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Picasso was born in what country?

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Málaga,Spain

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1904-1906 was knowing as the Rose Period because it was characterized by

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Lighter,brighter palette

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What painting demonstrated a new take on the representation of space and human figure,and seen as a foundational piece in the development of Cubism?

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Les Demoiselles D’Avignon(1907)

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The critic that dismissed Braque’s landscapes as “little cubes” was

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Louis Vauxcelles

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner painted “Street,Berlin” in what year?

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1913

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Which two AD artists were lawyers before art?

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Kandinsky and Matisse

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Utilitarian memorials were also called ____ memorials

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Living

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The word Bauhuas appears on the building in ___ typeface

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Sans-serif typefaces

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was leader of what movement?

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German Expressionist movement

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Which AD artists were labeled “degenerate artists” by the Nazi party?

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Kirchner and Kandinsky

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Pablo Picasso married this dancer

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Olga Koklova

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Ma Jolie was the nickname for his lover Marcelle Humbert,also known as _____?

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Eva Gouel

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Der Blaue Reiter was which AD artist's period?
Wassily Kandinsky
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Der Blaue Reiter and Die Brücke are considered part of which larger movement?
Expressionist
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Marcel Duchamp's influence from Cubism is especially evident in this painting
Nude Descending a Staircase No.2
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"Fountain" was originally what kind of object?
Utilitarian
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Which artist believed that "true value of a work of art was found in its concept rather than in the object itselfl?
Marcel Duchamp
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"Dada" means what in French?it was pulled randomly from the dictionary
Hobbyhorse
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The "Bauhaus Building" was moved to Dessau from which city?
Wiemer
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Walter Gropius worked in Great Britain with this architect
Maxwell Fry
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Which AD artist died following an accident during a cavalry training exercise?
Umberto Boccioni
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Which AD artist had a minor heart excercise that prevented him from service?
Marcel Duchamp
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Alfred Steiglitz showed Hartley's work at ____?
291 Gallery
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Franz Marc was involved in which movement with Wassily Kandinsky?
Expressionist
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Marsden Hartley's series of works that reflected both his fascination with pageantry of war and rejection of it were referred to as ?
War Motif paintings
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Flagg,successful illustrator,was on the permanent staff of these two magazine
"Life" & "Judge"
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Marsden Hartley was born in Cleveland and settled where until his death?
Maine
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Iron Cross was a military decoration was first awarded in Prussia during what wars?
Napoleonic Wars
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What was another name for Stieglitz's 5th Avenue gallery?
291
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Karl Von Freyburg was killed ?
October 1914
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Materials used to build the Bauhaus are what?
Concrete and glass
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Which AD art is a small watercolor and pencil drawing on paper?
Republican Automatons(1920)
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What number appears on the face of a man in "Republican Automatons"?
12
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Where do the French and British flags from Thiepval Memorial fly on the monument?
British(northern) and French(southern)
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James Montgomery Flagg is best known for his illustration of ___?
Uncle Sam
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How many images did James Montomery Flagg create to support the war effort?
46
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What AD artist did Alfred Stieglitz marry?
Georgia O'Keeffe
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What was the name of the designed memorial in which Harold Van Buren Magonigle made a name for himself?
William McKinley National Memorial in Canton, Ohio
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The shaft of the Liberty Memorial can best be described as ___?
Art Deco(clean lines and crisp detailing)
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There are four inset piers topped with guardian spirits on the shaft of the Liberty Memorial.What are they allegorical representations of?
Courage,Sacrifice,Patriotism, and Honor.
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How many graves are recognized in the grave site of Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme?
300 each for Britain(left,stones) and French (right,crosses)
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The two most important memorials Sir Edwin Lutyens designed were Thiepval Memorial and _______?
Cenotaph at Whitehall
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The Thiepval Memorial monument is made of what materials?
Red brick,partially faced with Portland limestone
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Alfred Stieglitz left the Camera Club to create his own group dedicated to progressive photography,called what?
Photo-Secession
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On the Thiepval Memorial, the center of the arc has the words "their name liveth for evermore" carved into what ?
Stone of Remembrance
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Arthur Dove married and lived on a houseboat with this painter
Helen Torr
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What are the three main components of the campus?
Workshop building,studio building,and vocational school
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Die Brücke "The Bridge", bridging past and present together, was founded by which AD artist?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Which AD artists studied at Académie Colarossi?
George Grosz and Meta Warrick Fuller
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Matisse worked with Gustave Moreau at what school?
École des Beaux-Arts
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Where is the Liberty Memorial positioned across?
Union Station
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Why did George Grosz add an "e" to the end of his name?
Radically opposed to German nationalism,he changed it to reflect affinity for US and Britain
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Ma Jolie was painted in what year?
1911-12
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Which AD artist was born in Bavaria?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Who did George Bellows train under?
Robert Henri,leading figure of "The Eight",a group of artists who showed together in 1908 to eventually develop into the Ashcan School
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What school did Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells meet at?
École des Beaux-Arts
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How many stories is the Tribune tower?
34