The Hand of Man Flashcards
(52 cards)
What was the address for Steiglitz’s 291 gallery?
5th avenue
What two photographers in 1910 showed works at 291?
Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen sent the works of what artists to be displayed at 291?
Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso
When was the International Exhibition of Modern Art held?
From February through March of 1913
here did the International Exhibition of Modern Art take place?
In the Armory of the 69th Regiment National Guard on Lexington and 25th Street in Manhattan
Who sponsored the Armory Show?
The Association of American Painter and Sculptures
What movements were shown at 291 gallery?
Post-Impressionists, Cubists and Fauves
What artists were shown in the Armory Show in 1913?
Kirchner, Kandinsky, Picasso and Matisse
What work by Duchamp appeared at the Armory Show?
Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2
Where did the works from the Armory Show travel after its conclusion?
To Chicago and Boston
What was the most significant American institution to exhibit modern art in the years between the wars?
The Museum of Modern Art in New York which opened in 1929
What American movement developed in New York that was uniquely American?
The Eight
What did The Eight eventually expand to become?
The Ashcan School
What movement lead to a generation fo new artists who sought to express a distinctly African-American experience?
Harlem Renaissance
What is shown in The Hand of Man?
A horizontal image showing a tangle of railroad tracks and an approaching locomotive train
What two ways were The Hand of Man reproduced?
Through photogravure process and gelatin silver prints
Who played a crucial role in the development of photography as an art form?
Alfred Stieglitz
What two photographers worked with Alfred Stieglitz?
Paul Strand and Edward Steichen
Where was Stieglitz born?
In Hoboken, New Jersey
When did the Stieglitz family move to Germany?
In 1881
Who did Stieglitz study under?
Chemist Hermann Wilhelm Vogel
Who promoted a progressive approach to photography that allowed the medium to serves as artistic expression rather than as a means to simply create a documentary image or sentimental portrait?
P.H. Emerson
When did Stieglitz return to New York?
In 1890
What did Alfred Stieglitz become a leader in?
Straight, unmanipulated photography
