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15 Cards in this Set
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What are some of the main purposes of art listed in Chapter One? Can you think of any other purposes that
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- Demonstrate art and its context in the modern world; i.e., beauty, environment, truth, religion, ideology, fantasy, intellect, emotion, etc.
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Which purposes of art does each of the study images listed above serve?
1. Mona Lisa |
Beauty
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Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is a collaborative work by a group of women using arts traditionally associated with femininity, such as china painting and embroidery. According to your text, how does the installation immortalize women?
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- Constructed to honor history's notable women
- Designed to reflect individual personalities - Alerts public to the significant role of women in the arts and society |
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Richard Hamilton’s work is an example a movement called Pop Art, which emerged in the 1950s as a response to the products that formed the “American Dream.” What does Just What Is It That Makes Today’s
Homes So Different, So Appealing?" tell us about American culture from that time period? |
- The "American dream" focused around comic books, TVs, movies, TV dinners, enviable physiques, do-it-all vacuum cleaners, etc.
- Serves as memento to the '50s - Reflects values of the time |
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Duchamp, Fountain
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Pop culture
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Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
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Social consciousness
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Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?
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Social and cultural context
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Hopper, Nighthawks
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Social and cultural context
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Ringgold, Tar Beach
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Experience and Memory
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Stieglitz, The Steerage
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Experience and Memory
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Matisse, Piano Lesson
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Order and harmony
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Chagall, I and the Village
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Fantasy
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Oonark, A Shaman’s Helping Spirits
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Religion
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Chicago, The Dinner Party
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Immortality
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Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait
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Truth
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