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fauvism |
astyle of painting introduced in Paris in the early 20th century,characterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes
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expressionism |
thebroad term that describes emotional art most often boldly executed and makingfree use of distortion and symbolic or invented color. More specifically,expressionism refers to individual and group styles originating in Europe inthe late 19th and early 20th centuries
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Cubism |
basedon the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration and geometricreconstruction of subjects in flattened, ambiguous pictorial space; figure andground merge into one interwoven surface of shifting planes
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synthetic cubism |
characterizedby fewer, more solid forms, conceptual rather than observed subject matter andricher color and texture
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collage |
fromthe French coller, to glue. A work made by gluing various materials, such aspaper scraps, photographs and cloth on a flat surface
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futurism |
stemmed from cubism; they added implied motions to the shifting planes and multiple observation points of the Cubist. they celebrates natural as well as mechanical motion and speed. their glorification of danger, war and the machine age was in keeping with the martial spirit developing in Italy at the time |
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stroboscopic photography |
technique used by photographers to capture a sequence of images of a moving subject in a single frame. the trick behind stroboscopic flash effect is to fire a rapid burst of low power flashes during the course of a photographic exposure |
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity |
determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and he showed that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels |
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dada |
a movement in art and literature founded in Switzerland in the early 20th century, which ridiculed contemporary culture and conventional art. they shared an animalistic and anti-aesthetic attitude generated in part by the horrors of WW1 and in part by a rejection of accepted canons of morality and taste |
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readymades |
a common manufactured object that the artist signs and turns into an artwork |
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photomontage |
the process of combining parts of various photographs in one photograph |
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surrealism |
a movement in art and literature that developed in the mid-1920's and remained strong until the mid-1940's. Grew out of dada and automatism; base upon revealing the unconscious mind in dream images, the irrational and the fantastic |
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frottage |
a technique in which a canvas is laid over a textured surface and rubbed with crayons and pencils |
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representational surrealism |
use of impossible combinations of objects depicted in realistic detail |
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abstract surrealism |
use of abstract and fantastic shapes and vaguely defined creatures |
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automatism |
action without conscious control, such as pouring, scribbling or doodling. allowed unconscious ideas and feelings to be expressed |
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constructivism |
art movement that originated in Russia in 1917. emphasized abstract art, modern materrials and useful art such as set design, furniture and graphics |
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De stijl (The Style) |
a dutch art movement that began during WWI; involved painters, sculptors, designers and architects whose works and ideas were expressed; aimed at creating a universal language of form that would be independent of individual emotion. visual form was pared down to primary hues plus black and white, and rectangular shapes |
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social realism |
representational art that expresses protest at some social condition |
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american regionalism |
an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, mural, lithographs and illustrations depicting realistic scenes of rural and small town America primarily in the midwest and deep south |
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mimesis |
the representation of physical appearance of nature in art and literature. realistic, illusionistic and representational art are all primarily concerned with mimesis |
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abstract expressionism |
an art movement that originated in the US in the 1940's and remained strong through the 1950's; emphasized spontaneous personal expression in large paintings that are abstract or nonrepresentational |
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action painting |
a style of nonrepresentational painting that relies on the physical movement of the artist by using such gestural techniques as vigorous brushwork, dripping and pouring |
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color field painting |
a movement that grew out of abstract expressionism in which large stained or painted areas of "fields" of color evoke aesthetic and emotional responses |
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assembalge |
sculpture made by assembling found or cast-off objects that may or may not contribute their original identities to the total content of the work |
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pop art |
a style of painting and sculpture that developed in the late 1950's and early 1960's that uses mass production techniques (such as silkscreen) or real objects in works that are generally more polished and ironic than assemblage |
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happening |
an event conceived by artists and performed by artists and others, who may include viewers. usually unrehearsed, with scripted roles but including improvisation |
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performance art |
dramatic presentation by visual artists and performed by artists in front of an audience, usually not in a formal theatrical setting |
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montage |
1. a composition made up of pictures or parts of pictures previously drawn, painted or photographed 2. in motion pictures, the combining of shots into a rapid sequence to portray the character of a single event through multiple views |
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minimalism |
a nonrepresentational style of sculpture and painting, usually severely restricted in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses; mid to late 1960's |
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conceptual art |
an art form in which the originating idea and the process by which it is presented takes precedence over a tangible product. conceptual works are sometimes produced in visible form, but they often exist only as descriptions of mental concepts or ideas. developed in the late 1960', partly as a way to avoid the commercialization of art |
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earthworks |
sculptural forms made from earth, rocks or sometimes plants, often on a vast scale and in remote locations. some are deliberately impermanent |
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feminism |
a movement among artists, critics and art historians that began in an organized fashion in the late 1970's; they seek to validate and promote art forms that express the unique experience of women, and to redress oppression by men |
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installation art |
an art medium in which the artist arranges objects or artworks in a room, thinking of the entire space as a medium to be manipulated. some installations are site-specific |
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site-specific art |
any work made for a certain place, which cannot be separated or exhibited apart from its intended environment |
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postmodernism |
an attitude or trend of the late 1970s-'90s. in architecture, the movement away from wht had become boring adaptations of the international stle, in favor of an imaginative, eclectic approach. in other visual arts, it is characterized by influence from all periods and styles, including modernism, and a willingness to combine elements of all. although modernism makes distictions between high art and popular taste, postmodernism makes no such value judgments. postmodern works are not only influential by the past; they make knowing reference to some past styles |
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institutional critique |
the systematic inquiry into the works of art institutions, such as galleries and museums |
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critical design |
takes a critical theory based approach to design. this kind of design uses design fiction and speculative proposals to challenge assumptions, conceptions about the role of objects play in everyday life |
