Test 4 Flashcards
(40 cards)
What do the triangles along the rim of Kuakudili’s female dance mask represent for Baule viewers?
Would have recalled the rays of light cast by the full moon, and the pair of birds and the horns at the top would have linked the mask to various fables and proverbs.
What are the multiple meanings evoked by the Kanaga headdress left in Paris after the 1931 Colonial Exposition?
Could be a jackal, a grid formed by the raised beds in the Dogon agricultural fields, or funeral shrouds woven of indigo something… The ears at the top could be the first man and woman.
What phase of Cubism is represented by Picasso’s Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Braque’s The Portuguese
Analytic Cubism (defined by complete destruction of form).
What was the source of inspiration for the projecting cylindrical soundhole of Picasso’s Guitar of 1912?
A Grebo/Krou mask motif.
What was Henri Matisse’s attitude toward the art of Cézanne?
He was interested in Cezanne’s use of color; “Cezanne is the master of us all,” in reference to his colorism. He preferred to focus less on the reduction of planes.
What name was given to Matisse and Derain to describe their use of color?
Fauvism/Fauves.
What name is given to the curling tendril-and-leaf forms found in Islamic art?
Arabesques.
How were Nyeleni sculptures used by Bamana men?
Used in initiation ceremonies where these young, unmarried Bamana men would dance around with these sculptures - idealized feminine figures - to demonstrate their eligibility and their attractiveness.
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What image was printed on the cover of the Surrealist journal Minotaure, no. 1, June 1933?
A mixed media collage with the drawing of a minotaur, all by Picasso. Irrational form of life, connected to fascism and capitalism in Europe.
Why did the Surrealists take an interest in the mythical figure of the Minotaur?
It gave them a symbol of irrationality, a figure driven by irrational desires and impulses rather than rational thinking (which is what Fascism was believed to be).
What was the Surrealists’ name for the technique of creating art without conscious control?
Automatism; is a technique for producing art rooted in the unconscious.
What is the name given to the types of forms in Joan Miró’s Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird?
Biomorphic surrealist forms (clearly a life form, but the life form specifically is unclear).
How does Man Ray represent the human figure in the frontispiece of Minotaure, no. 7, 1935?
As a minotaur, using his pose, dramatic lighting/shadows, and features of his body.
What is the relationship between what we see in Picasso’s Guernica to the events that took place on April 26, 1937, in Guernica?
It is a representation/response to the civilian bombing in Guernica, showing extreme horror and terror despite no bombs being dropped in the painting.
In what ways does Wifredo Lam’s The Jungle connect to Cuban culture?
Stalks of sugarcane and tobacco leaves are present (important for the Cuban agricultural economy), Santeria deities (Cuban religious figures), faces resemble African masks, Lam being Afro-Cuban himself.
Who are the participants in the struggle pictured in the lower part of the central section (From the Conquest to 1930) of Diego Rivera’s History of Mexico?
Aztec Warriors and Spanish cavalry being injured.
How does José Clemente Orozco’s Epic of American Civilization differ in its subject matter from his earlier Maternity?
The EAC focuses on the working class/the people and political messages/figures, and images of labor, whereas Maternity, is religious; an image of motherhood, depicts blonde Madonnas and flying angels and is heavily inspired by Italian Renaissance art.
What is the label associated with paintings by Salvador Dalí like Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach?
Naturalistic Surrealism - outlandish imagery in a naturalistic style.
Why do art historians associate paintings like The Broken Column by Frida Kahlo with Surrealism?
Because the imagery represents things in real life, but are not quite possible/realistic (they are like imagery from dreams, very outlandish/dreamlike in a naturalistic/surrealist style). Presents outlandish, bizarre imagery in a naturalistic style.
How are the two women dressed in Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas?
The Frida on the left wears a European-style lace dress, and the Frida on the right wears a Tehuana dress, associated with Oaxacan with an emphasis on Zapotec identity.
What was the Works Progress Administration?
An agency that employed many people and artists who had no jobs during the Great Depression and carried out public works projects, such as construction (property/buildings) and even art murals.
What is at the upper left of Aaron Douglas’s An Idyll of the Deep South?
Star that emits a diagonal beam of light, hopes for a new political system that ushers in a new economy. Reference to Nazis and fascism.
What are the figures at the right of From Slavery Through Reconstruction celebrating?
The freed slaves are celebrating the end of slavery.
What became of Augusta Savage’s Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)?
This sculpture was destroyed after the end of the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
