Chapter 14 Flashcards
What is Modernism?
An artistic, literary, and cultural movement that rejected tradition in favor of experimentation and innovation.
Define Avant-Garde.
A term describing artists and writers who push the boundaries of traditional norms.
What is Futurism?
An early 20th-century artistic movement celebrating technology, speed, and industrial progress.
Who is Filippo Tommaso Marinetti?
The founder of Futurism, who published the Futurist Manifesto in 1909.
What does Dadaism emphasize?
An anti-art movement rejecting logic and tradition, emphasizing absurdity and randomness.
Who is Marcel Duchamp?
A Dadaist artist known for Fountain, a readymade urinal that challenged art conventions.
What is Surrealism?
An artistic and literary movement exploring the unconscious and dream imagery.
Who is André Breton?
A French writer and the founder of Surrealism, author of The Surrealist Manifesto.
Name a famous work by Salvador Dalí.
The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks.
What is Expressionism?
A movement emphasizing emotion and psychological depth over realism.
Who is Edvard Munch?
A Norwegian painter known for The Scream, an Expressionist depiction of anxiety.
What is Die Brücke?
A German Expressionist group that sought to express raw emotion through art.
What is Der Blaue Reiter?
A German Expressionist group emphasizing spiritual and symbolic content in art.
Who is Wassily Kandinsky?
An abstract painter and theorist who created Composition VII, pioneering non-representational art.
What is Cubism?
An art movement breaking objects into geometric shapes, pioneered by Picasso and Braque.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
A Modernist artist who co-founded Cubism, known for Guernica.
Who is Georges Braque?
A co-founder of Cubism, known for analytical and synthetic cubist works.
What is Abstract Art?
A movement that moved away from depicting reality, focusing on color, shape, and form.
Who is Piet Mondrian?
An abstract artist known for Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow.
What is Bauhaus?
A German school of design emphasizing functionalism, simplicity, and modern materials.
Who is Walter Gropius?
The founder of the Bauhaus, promoting integration of art, design, and industry.
Who is Le Corbusier?
A Modernist architect known for functionalist buildings and the phrase ‘a house is a machine for living.’
What is The International Style?
A Modernist architectural movement emphasizing simplicity and functionalism.
What characterizes Modernist Literature?
A literary movement focusing on fragmentation, stream of consciousness, and breaking traditional narrative structures.
