HIST - Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art Flashcards
a movement aimed at ridiculing and destroying the idea of art; a protest against the barbarism of the war and what Dadaists believed was an oppressive intellectual rigidity in both art and everyday society
Dadaism
an artistic movement in hunt of the science of expression of the subconscious
Surrealism
Spanish surrealist painter and printmaker, influential for his explorations of subconscious imagery
Famous Works: The Persistence of Memory, The Temptation of St. Anthony
Salvador Dali
Mexican painter best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death
Famous Works: The Broken Column
Frida Kahlo
Italian painter who, with Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Morandi, founded the style of Metaphysical painting
Famous Works: The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street
George de Chirico
Belarussian-born French painter, printmaker, and designer who composed his images based on emotional and poetic associations, rather than on rules of pictorial logic
Famous Works: The Birthday
Marc Chagall
a movement in which artists typically applied paint rapidly, and with force to their huge canvasses in an effort to show feelings and emotions, painting gesturally, non-geometrically, sometimes applying paint with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto canvas
Abstract Expressionism
a term coined by critic Harold Rosenberg to describe the work of certain members of the New York School
Action Painting
a German painter; a pioneer in experimenting with the use of improvisatory techniques; his work opened the way for the first generation of post-World War II American painters to develop Abstract Expressionism
Famous Works: Pompeii
Hans Hofmann
American painter whose works introduced contemplative introspection into the melodramatic post-World War II Abstract Expressionist school; his use of color as the sole means of expression led to the development of Color Field Painting
Famous Works: Sienna, Orange and Black on Dark Brown
Mark Rothko
American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism; he received widespread publicity and serious recognition for the radical poured, or “drip,” technique he used to create his major works
Famous Works: Autumn Rhythm
Jackson Pollock
the most significant style to emerge in America in the 60s whose popular imagery was derived from commercial sources, the mass media, and everyday life
Pop Art
stated the art world by exhibiting paintings based on comic book cartoons
Famous Work: Blam!
Roy Lichtenstein
a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art; his works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement
Famous Work: Marilyn Monroe Diptych
Andy Warhol
was an English painter and collage artist best-known as the father of the Pop Art movement
Famous Work: Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?
Richard Hamilton
