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13 Cards in this Set
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Symbolist movement
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Late 19th century
Emphasized internal psychology rather than objective descriptions of nature 1) strong in France and Belgium 2) Rejected social conscious of Realism 3) attracted to the imagination and irrational images 4) drawn to mythological subject matter |
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Bauhaus
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1919-1933
Germany's school of design and visual arts made with hopes to house the poor people of WWI Founders rejected traditional art and architecture Standardization was a strong interest |
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International Style
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emerged in the 1920s and 30s and was a major architect style
1) occured during modernist movement 2) common characteristics of buildings are rectilinear forms 3) glass and steel were typical construction materials |
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characteristics of sci-fi and other horror films of the 1950s
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-fear of intellectuals and independent thought
-biblical allusions to the end of the world -aliens -communism -radiation -references to government |
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Threat of television and the response of the film industry
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1950s
people would stay home and watch tv instead of going out and seeing a movie to save money 3d started to be used in films studios began to make films in Italy and Spain to save money Hammer films provided sex and color |
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Hammer films
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1934
best known for Hammer Horror films in 50s and 60s first film company to employ sex and violence strategy good quality and creative use of color |
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Pop Art
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20th century art movement
1)began in Britain in 1950s, moved to US in 1960s 2) Reaction to expressionism 3) drew on popular culture for inspiration |
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Op Art
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1960s-70s
Combines color and abstract patterns to produce 3d illusions - Op was populat and used commercially - developed in mid 1960s by Bridget Riley |
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Analytical Cubism
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1 of the 2 branches of Cubism
-developed between 1908 and 1912 -analyzed natural forms -color almost nonexistent -reduced forms to basic geometric parts on the 2D picture plane |
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Post Impressionism
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late 19th century
Painters whose diverse styles were influenced by Impressionism. -drawn to bright color and visible brush strokes -edges are relatively clear -two important trends: 1) formal/structural values 2) emotional content |
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Surrealism
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1920s- Fusion of symbolism, Freud, and Dada.
-"Creation without conscious control" -symbolist elements: inward search for truth -Freud elements: sex, nightmare qualities, deams and childhood -Dada elements: radical freedom of images, timelessness |
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Synthetic Cubism
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second branch of Cubism
-developed between 1912 and 1919 -pushing several objects together -has fewer planar shifts and less shading -overall, flatter space than analytical cubism -artists included Picasso |
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Dada
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1915-1923
An anti art art movement Radical freedom of images -began in Switzerland -rejected prevailing standards in art -reflected a world gone insane -influenced surrealism |
