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19 Cards in this Set
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Who was known as the "caffeine of Europe"? What important document did he write and to what movement does it refer? |
Filipo Tomasso Marinetti = Caffeine of Europe. He wrote the "Manifesto of Futurism" and preached the virtues of a new world created by technology. |
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What influenced the artwork of the Futurist movement? |
new visual technology - This technology was an important influence on their approach to showing movement in painting, encouraging an abstract art with rhythmic, pulsating qualities. |
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List 2 works by Umberto Boccioni. |
The city Rises - Umberto Boccioni |
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Umberto - Unique forms of Continuity in Space |
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Name 2 works by Marcel Duchamp. |
"Fountain" |
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Marcel Duchamp - Nude descending a staircase |
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What does "DADA" mean? What did DAD manifestos call for? |
It means to "aim to mean nothing". DADA manifestos called for destruction of all values. |
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What did Duchamp's "Ready mades" assert? |
A new right for artists -- anything an artists say is art is art. |
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When the DADA movement broke apart, what movement did those artists join? |
They joined the movement of surrealism. |
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What does word "surrealism" mean? List 2 or 3 things that influenced the Surrealist movement. |
Surrealism means = more real than reality - Dreams - Unconscious state of "voice" - Fantasy - sexual urges - Expressing emotion |
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Who considered the "forerunner" of the Surrealist movement? Name 1 of his work. |
Giorgio de Chirico was the the forerunner. "Mystery and Melancholy of a Street" |
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Who created object? (Le Dejeuner en fourrure)? |
Meret Oppenheim |
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Who was considered the "Greatest master" of the surrealist style? List 2 of his works. |
Salvador Dali was the "greatest master". Persistence of memory - Salvador Dali |
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Salvador Dali - Apparition of face and fruit dish on a beach |
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The artist in question 11 borrowed techniques from artists in what previous art movement? |
Baroque masters. Started in Holland & Spain |
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List 2 of Rene Margritte's works. |
L'Empire des Lumières |
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Rene Margritte - The Treachery of Images |
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What did Magritte want to make the viewer conscious of? |
Magritte wanted the viewer conscious of limitations of signs, labeling, and language. |
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According to Magritte, when does "true freedom" exists? |
True freedom can't exist until the fabric of normalcy is destroyed. |
