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34 Cards in this Set
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Henri Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre(The Joy of Life), (1905), oil on canvas Fauvism About physical pleasure: sun on skin, embrace, Color used to convey pleasure Gentle, flowing, vibrant, takes your eye on journey |
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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), oil on canvas Cubism (opposite of fauvism) Sharp, harsh(visually and content) Prostitutes, looking at you(uncomfortable) Uses inspiration from African art(masks) |
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George Braque, Violin and Pallette (1910), oil on canvas Analytical Cubism not much color Geometric shapes, not for pleasure, for intelect shows how we analyze the world(in fragments) Meant to bypass eyes, go straight to intelect |
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Berlin, (1913), oil on canvas German Expressionism Uses color to create discomfort in image Believed modern city life and advances were evil Sharded figures and color schemes create discomfort |
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Gino Severini, Armored Train in Action, (1915), oil on canvas Italian Futurism Used Cubism to portray speed and dynamics, Embraced technology, thought new advances were exciting This portrays armored train, was very militarized, excited about revolutionary leaps |
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Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Painting, (Eight Red Rectangles), (1915), oil on canvas Suprematism Free art from representation-represents nothing Materials should be free to be themselves, not forced to be something else. |
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Tatlin, Model for the monument to the Third International, (1920), wood, iron and glass
Constructivism, (suprematism in architecture) Supposed to be communist headquarters and taller then eiffel tower, but never built Was supposed to move-Dynamism "Utopian" |
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Piet Mondrian, Composition with Yellow, red, and Blue (1930), oil on canvas De Stijl (Rationalism) Form Follows Function Thought rationality in art would lead to rationalism in society Painting Simplified: Primary Colors, Straight Lines |
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Gropius, Bauhaus Building, Dessau (1925-26), architecture Bauhaus Art Institute: all students learn GE art classes, then specialize Created mass producible objects |
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Corbusier, Villa Savage, Poissy-Sue-Seine (1929-30) Architecture Rational, Geometrical Uses steal concrete, strong to allow openess inside |
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Hannah Hoch, Dada Dance (1922), Photomontage Dada Clipped portions of magazines put together, non-proportionate Black mans head on womans body Has no Meaning, gives uncomfortable feeling |
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Kurt Schwitters. Merzbild 5B, (1919), collage Dada A collage of trash very cubistic and abstract thought he was saving garbage by turning it into art |
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Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917), Readymade Took a urinal and set in in museum, called it art. People shocked, but idea was that if you choose it, it becomes art, even if you dont make it Start of whole at movements of readymade |
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Max Ernst, The Horde, (1927), oil on canvas Surrealism Trying to let out unconscious through art Fill in the blanks with unconscious Shows horrific creatures |
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Salvador Dali, Birth of Liquid Desires Surrealism Would stare at something and obsess until reaching autonomy(unconscious) This is all random objects, like in his dream while painting, let unconsious paint |
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Georgia O'Keefe, City Night (1926), oil on canvas Internationalism in the U.S. Has aspects of European art, shows to celebrate American Sky Scrapers, but still universal themes Small light at bottom shows how tall buildings are |
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Alexander Calder, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (1939) Internationalism in the U.S. Novelties: Hanging sculpture, never been done Kinetic, moves and reacts to people's movement adding pieces to European avant-guard |
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, (1937) Regionalism in the U.S. Architecture incorporates and fits into surroundings Site-Specific |
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Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, (1936), Gelatin-Silver Print Regionalism in the U.S. Documentary Photography Shows specific community of migrants and their struggles |
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Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro life: From Slavery through Reconstruction, (1934), oil on canvas Regionalism in the U.S. Harlem renaissance Specific to African American Community explored black identity uses african art influences |
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Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, (1939), oil on canvas Regionalism in the U.S. Specific to her, and her two ancestries(German and Mexican) has imagery of an accident she has |
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Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rythm (Number 30), (1950), oil on canvas Abstract Expressionism Action Art:Action of painting is the art, the splatters are the expression of his movement Uses industrial paint Trying to make art a universal theme, using "collective unconscious"-different idea then surrealism Painting on floor |
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Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimus (1950-51), oil on canvas Abstract Expressionism Color Field Whole canvas one color except for "zips" meant to engulf you in color, and zips are your temporary relief. Also trying to make a universal art |
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Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, (1960), combined painting Pop Art Combines a lot of junk and random brush strokes on the canvas Rejection of Abstract Expressionism This art is Abstract, but has not expressionism Uses readymade |
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Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, (1962), oil, acrylic, and silk screen on enamel on canvas
Pop Art Uses Readymade(images) Belief that Pop is universal, not collective unconscious This is altarpiece, putting actress/pop as godBreaks divide between high art and pop culture |
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Jean Tanguely, Homage to New York (1960), Self destroying sculpture Performance art This was a painting machine that was made out of random objects(ready made) At the end of "performance" the machine meant to explode. The mechanical painting and eventual destruction of the machine was a mocking of Pollock who died in a car crash |
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Frank Stella, Avicenna (1960), Aluminum Paint on Canvas Minimalism Changed shape of canvas, outlined shape of canvas repeated art IS the shape of the canaas Revolt against Abstract Expressionism Abstract without Expressionism Return to elementary shapes means nothing |
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Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs (1965), mixed mediums Conceptualism A concept can be art, how we represent things Art as an intelectual means, not for visual peasure Shows an actual chair, a picture of a chair, and the dictionary definition of a chair |
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Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70), black rock, salt crystal and earth spiral Earth Art site specific uses earth as art, incorpotated minimalism into earth means nothing |
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Robert Irwin, Windo Wall, (1975), drywall and plaster Earth Art Site specific Used ready made as light and shadow Emphasizes nature(lights and shadows) |
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Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, (1972), mixed medium Post-Modernism uses readymade of images(racial images) Political Statement Shows stereotypical images of black woman Puts weapons in her hands |
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Barbara Kruger, We Wont Play Nature to your Culture, (1983), Photo Post-Modernism Challenging stereotypes in the media Takes images and puts messages on them |
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Yasumasa Morimura, Self Portrait (Actress/White Marilyn), (1996), lifechrome and acrylic sheet. Post-Modernism Asian man acting as White Marylin Monroe Ready Made(copying image) Questioning gender stereotypes |
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Bill Viola, The Crossing, (1996), video and sound Video Art projected video of one side a man under water being poored, then vanishes on other side is fire, and then man vanishes Takes back to basic elements Trying to be universal Modern Sublime
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