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existentialism
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1950s philosophy, relating to abstract expressionism, that says "you are a dust spect living in an unknown universe."
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naturalistic surrealism
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Dali. presentation of visually recognizable scenes transformed into a dream or a nightmare image. photographically/optically realistic (pure psychic automatism)
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organic surrealism
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Miro. abstract compotition, such as indicating animal shapes/human figure (pure psychic automatism)
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DADA
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after WWI, art movement that praised political anarchy, irrational thought, and intuitive. Anti-logic, anti-tech, anti-modern.
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suprematism
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Shapes that are not related to objects in the visible world. A Russian style following WWI, formulated by Piet Mondrian.
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modernism
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utopia due to technology and science
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Bauhaus
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a modernist school in Germany, teaching design. Forcused on the unity of architecture, design, and art.
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De Stijl
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dutch "the style" Piet Mondrian, 1900. modernist and reductive styles.
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Reductive Abstraction
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from Bauhaus. decorative. takes something complicated and simplifies it
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Pure Psychic Automatism
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Surrealism idea on intuition. seeks the intuitive mind, avoids rational.
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Pop Art
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1960s. irony. art of popoular culture, mass media and advertising
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Silk Screen
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manufacturing print-making media. Warhol made high art -HA!
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Post Painterly Abstract Expressionism
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2nd wave of N.Y. school. rothko. expressionism, lots of color, few brush strokes
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Hard Edge Abstraction
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3rd wave of N.Y. school. flat field of color, with hard edges!
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Minimalism
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60s-70s - severe reduction of form
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formalism
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visual elements, not subject. basic elements (lines, color, value, texture)
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acrylic
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plastic paint, dries flat and fast
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pluralism
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linear movement, many approaches, hard-edge abstract, diffusion.
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photorealism
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1970s, quality of phorographs (surrealism)
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earthworks
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direct relationship to nature. human made vs. nature made
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post-modern
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incorporation of many styles at once. until present.
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assemblage
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art from existing objects
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neo-expressionism
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1970s. during post-modern. reflects expressive capabilities (broken plates)
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bay area figurative school
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60s
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international style
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modern achitecture - modern look of office and scyscrapers
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deconstruction
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french philosophy. interpretation of established meanings differently. subverting text
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conceptual art
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idea not expression
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abstract expressinoism
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artist expresses feelings through abstract art
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clement greenbert
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critic that redifined modernism
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andre breton
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leader of surrealist group
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new york school
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abstract expressionism and hard-edge abstraction
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op art
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60s pop art. optical illusion (austin powers)
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neoplasticism
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mondrian. pure plastic art composed of simplest least subjective elements, primary colors, directions
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semiotics
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Piet Mondrian. interpreting symbols in works of art
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