Arts Quarter 1 Flashcards
UNIT TEST (14 cards)
an art style that blends realistic depictions with abstract elements, creating works that are recognizable yet infused with abstract forms, colors, or patterns.
It focuses on conveying emotions, ideas, or atmospheres beyond literal r
Abstract Realism
(ABSTRACT REALISM)
A Dutch-American painter born in 1904, was a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. He moved to the United States in 1926 and became known for his energetic, expressive brushstrokes that combined elements of realism with abstract forms. His work often features distorted figures and landscapes, merging recognizable subjects with abstract techniques to explore deeper emotional and psychological themes.
Willem De Kooning
(ABSTRACT REALISM)
A German painter born in 1932, is known for his diverse approach to painting, often blending photorealism with abstraction. He began his career in East Germany before fleeing to West Germany in 1961, where he explored the boundaries between photography and painting. His work often juxtaposes realistic imagery with blurred, abstract forms, challenging the viewer’s perception of reality.
Gerhard Richter
Elements of Pop Art
- Bold Colors: to grab the viewer’s attention and make a statement.
- Everyday Objects: Artists often incorporated everyday objects and images from popular culture into their art, such as soup cans in the case of Andy Warhol.
- Repetition: Some pop artists used repetition of images to mimic the mass production and consumerism of the time.
- Irony and Humor: Pop art frequently employed irony and humor to critique the commercialization of art and society.
- Celebrity Culture: Pop art often depicted famous personalities from the worlds of music, film, and politics.Pop Art
Was a American Pop artist. During 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, among others, he became a leading figure in this new art movement
Roy Lichtenstein
Art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and United States during the mid- to late-1950s. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects.
Pop Art
(POP ART)
Leading figures in the Pop Art movement
4 of them
Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist
a form of geometric abstract art,
that explores optical sensations through the use of visual effects such as recurring simple forms and rhythmic patterns, vibrating colour- combinations, moiré patterns and foreground-background confusion.
is an abbreviation
Op Art
(Op Art)
The artist known as the grandfather of optical art is a French-Hungarian artist, whose painting titled Zebras (1938) is by many art historians considered one of the earliest examples of Op Art.
Victor Vasarely
(Op Art)
Born in April 24 1931 she is an english painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London. In 1967 she introduced colour into her work, making her first stripe paintings. Bridget Riley has 48 art works.
Bridget Louise Riley
Branch of performance art movement that grew out of thesocial changes occurring in the 1950s and 1960s. It required active viewer or audience participation. There was not a definite or consistent style for this art because it greatly varied in size and intricacy but all the artists involved operated with the fundamental belief that art could be brought into the realm of everyday life—a reaction against the technical aesthetics of Abstract Expressionism
Happenings Arts
is another form of performance art. It refers to a group of people who organize on the Internet and then quickly assemble in a public place, do something bizarre, and disperse.
Flash Mob/Mob Art
has its origins in the early 20th century, and it is closely identified with the progress of the avant-garde, beginning with Futurism. The Futurists’ attempt to revolutionize culture included performative evenings of poetry, music played on newly invented instruments, and a form of drastically distilled dramatic presentation. Such elements of Futurist events as simultaneity and noise-music were subsequently refined by artists of the Dada movement, which made great use of live art.
Performance art
Elements of Performance Art
Time, Space, Body, and Audience Interaction
