final Flashcards

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the neoclassical style began with the creation of which painting?

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the oath of the Horatii

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Angelica K’s paintings are in what style?

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neoclassical

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what architectural style is known as the federal style in the united states?

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neoclassical

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Eugene Dela created which painting based on a play buy Lord Byron?

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the death of Jordanapalus

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which realist painter was regarded as causing artistic and moral decline by painting unpleasant and trivial subjects on a grand scale?

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Gustoue Courbet

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Rosa Bonheur’s ‘the horse fair’ is an example of __

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realism

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‘the raft of the medusa’ was created by theodore G, after which tragic event?

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shipwreck african coast

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romantic artists emphasized __

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emotion

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viewers were shockedd by Edouard Manet’s ‘le dejeuner sur I’herbe’ because of the __

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juxtaposition nude to clothed

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the name ‘impressionism’ derives from a critic’s derogatory remark about a painting by __

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claude monet

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in a search for spiritual truth, which post-impressionist artist moved to Tahiti?

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paul gauguin

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Eugene Delacroix differs from neoclassical painters in using __

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painterly brush strokes

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edgar degas’s paintings reveal his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of __

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japanese prints

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which artist founded the hudson river school?

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thomas cole

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the post impressionists felt that the impressionists did not allow room for __

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personal expression

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in letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show __

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emotion

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what renissance sculptor influenced the work of Auguste Rodin?

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michaelangelo

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what does ‘les fauves’ mean?

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wild beasts

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which artist believed himself to reveal the essence of his forms in his work?

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constantine brancusi

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Marcel Duchamp’s ‘nude descending a staircase no. 2’ demonstrates the influence of __

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stroboscopic photography

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which artist most notably felt that abstract and nonrepresentational art led to a new spirituality?

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wassily randinsky

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the technique of ‘paper colle’ is most closely associated with __

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synthetic cubism

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in the futurist sculpture ‘unique forms of continuity in space’, umberto boccioni attempts to __

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fuse the sculptural form with space

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what was The Bridge?

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group of artists within expressionists who attempted to overthrow academic art interested in expressing raw emotion sought to connect past with present

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fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of post-impressionism by making their primary subject matter __
color
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marcel duchamp was responsible for bringing motion to __
cubism
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modern art arrived in america by way of exibitions and promotions by __
alfred stieghitz
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in creating 'les demoiselles d' avignon', picasso combined lessons from paul C and __
african masks
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which piece reduced a useful object into a dangerous and useless form?
Cadn (gift)
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identify the two groups identified with german expressionism
the bridge | the blue river
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what were the driving forces of the German Expressionists?
the desire to express attitudes and emotion
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Marcel Duchamp's LHOOQ is an example of __
dada
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Rene Magritte's depiction of ordinary subjects in absurd or unusual juxtapositions is characteristic of __
surrealism
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list characteristics of International Style architecture:
rectilinear planer steel frames curtain walls
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although not a member of the surrealists, this artist used a similar approach to the surrealists in autobiographical works
frida kahlo
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jacob lawrence was a product of a community art center in __
harlem
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edward hopper differed from the impressionists in his
use of light to organize composition
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focused on developing a new visual language for a new industrial age, constructivism developed in __
russia
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between the wars, totalitarian governments officially required a socially and politically "correct" form of art, social realism, which had as its goal to
retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public
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which artist used straight lines, primary colors, and rectangles as universal elements?
Mondrian
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define "readymade"
0
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define "photomontage"
0
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identify well known american regionalist painters
edward hopper | brant wood
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jackson pollock's 'autumn rythm' is an example of
abstract expresionism
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which piece did the artist intend to be playful, but to also put the viewer in a state of unease as the viewer imagines themselves in the situation portrayed before them?
the lovers
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in 'monogram', robert Rauschenberg put everyday objects together with collage and painting to form what he called __
combined paintings
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Joseph Kosuth's "one and three chairs" is an example of __
conceptual art concept
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judy chicago and nancy sperro have in common
feminist artists
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richard hamiltons "just what makes todays homes so different, so appealing' and james Rosen F-111 are examples of
pop art
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niki de saint phalle's works, which she 'killed' with nails, dirt, darts, and other objects, most closely show the continuing influence of __
dada
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the Gutai manifesto proclaimed an end of __
traditional art making
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artists associated with which movement most stressed that viewers should see their paintings as objects, not pictures?
minimalism
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in performance art, the collective Asco engaged the __
gang violence in LA
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the works of joseph bouys and anna mend. are examples of __
performance art
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define "minimalism"
0
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list artists associated with feminist art
judy chicaog nancy spearo orlan
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list an example of earthwork
spiral jetty
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the artistic movement that developed in america during the late 1920s and early 30s where african american artists began to create works in an attempt to reconnect with thw ancestral arts of africa?
harlem renissance
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which early 20th century art movement adopted its name from an art critic calling them 'the wild beasts'?
fauvism
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what painting that was on display at the Armory Show in 1913 was seen as an excersize in madness?
nude descending a staircase no. 2
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who were the fathers of cubism?
picasso and Braque
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which artist was adopted by the surrealist movement, despite their art drawing on local folk art for inspiration rather than the unconscious or hallucinations?
frida kohlo
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which group of artists took cubism toward utopian speculation, with the goal to create a world of universal harmony?
de stijl
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which style of architecture came to represent the american corporation after 1952?
international style
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which artist wrote a list of what Pop Art should be?
Richard Hamilton
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which artist began his career as an urban realist painter, but became
mark rothro
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which artist hoped to create art only in response to the emotional stirrings of the soul, rather than the world around them
wassily kandisky
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which artist created their own style of cubism, which they called "dynamic cubism"?
jacob lawrence
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what painting was inspoired by the mass bombing of a basque town in spain in april 1937?
cuernica?
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what piece of art did the pop art movement get its name from?
just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing
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which type of art attempted to subvert the gallery the gallery-collector-museum sydrome by creating works that were difficult or impossible to sell?
0
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which type of artist lived for a week with a coyote in a gallery in his performance titled "I like america and america likes me"
joseph beuys
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which group of artists proclaimed the end of traditional art making and "decided to pursue the possibilities of pure and creative activity with great energy"?
the Guatai
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define "dada"
0
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which piece is an expression of the idea of "cannibalism" in latin american modernism?
Abaporu
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which piece is a modern elaboration on the Toltec Chocmool?
Recumbent figure
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which technique did jackson pollock employ in his paintings?
action painting