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Surrealism |
Began in Paris, in the 1920s. Sought to release the creative potential from the unconscious mind. |
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Pop Art |
A 20th century modern art movement. Was at its peak in America and England in the 1960s and 70s. It borrows images from contemporary popular and commercial culture, and then recreates the images using fine art media. |
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Conceptual Art |
A modern movement in the U.S., in the late 1960's and the 1970's that is still apparent in the art world today. |
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Photorealism |
Was at it's height in the U.S. in the mid- 1960's, and 1970's. Involves exacting realism and precision in rendering with the additional aspect that the work includes the photogenic vision of reality. |
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Les Fauves |
The first 20th century art movement; in Paris; between 1905-1908. Named by a critic who called the color 'violent'. Les fauves means wild beasts. Not restricted to natures colors, used arbitrary color. |
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Cubism |
Subjects are flattened into planes and geometric facets, and them reassembled to create a striking abstract picture. The artists were representing multiple view points/ |
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Dada |
An anti-art, anti-meaning, anti-movement. It is a nihilistic (extreme form of skepticism) art movement. It was anarchistic. |
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Afterimage of a Hue is ____________. |
Complimentary Hues. |
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Fine Art |
Fine art is experienced and appreciated on an intangible rather than on a practical level. |
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Form |
Everything about the visual and the physical appearance of a work of art. |
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Applied Art Objects |
They serve a function. The intent is utilitarian. Applied art objects are not created just for aesthetic satisfaction alone. They also serve some functional purpose. |
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Glazing |
a method of oil painting in practice during the Italian Renaissance. The layering of many thin translucent applications of paint. |
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Sfumato |
A technique that Leonardo da Vinci invented. The soft, veiled, smoky appearance of oil painting. |
