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How do the use of color and form change in the artworks of early 20th century artists? |
Women of Avignon Use of colors that are unlike what we see Lots of abstraction (abstracted geometric bodies) Challenges what art can be |
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How did the artists of Europe respond to the horrors of war in their artworks? |
Armored Train and Fountain Being critical of it Glorified the Destruction of war (Train) Focusing on natural world instead of modern life Futurists glorified war |
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This class’s artists play with reality, distorting it, responding to it or escaping it. What kind of reality did the surrealists aim for in their works? |
Birth of Liquid Desire The unconscious mind (Dream state) Ro reach a higher truth The works are so confusing that we are being pushed into a unreal reality Trying to find a new sense of reality |
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In what way(s) is the work of the formalism (Abstract Expressionism and Color Field) ‘pure art’? |
Don't have any particular meaning - its about the forms - no subject |
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How does Pop Art both attract and repel the average viewer? |
Fits into everyday life (understandable images) Has humor Insulting people who like these popular things Familiar, challenging, complicated, strange Not much of a deeper meaning |
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As artists have expanded beyond traditional art media (painting, print, sculpture, architecture), how do new media challenge the definitions of art? |
Have to interact with the artwork More about the process rather than the finished piece Makes us think about how we are stereotyping people A lot to do with stereotyping |
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How have artist used their art to address social and political issues like race and gender |
People are expressing their own identity and showing that they are people and just as good as everyone else |
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How does Post-Modernism mock the rules of Modern Art |
AT&T Building and Cindy Sherman Untitled Functionality is boring Broke traditional rules Goes into the past in a bad way To be distinctive (wanting to stick out) Mixing together high and low art Making fun of art and being playful History being brought back in a funny way AT&T brings old furniture shapes and a coin slot looking entrance way |
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As artists have expanded beyond traditional media(painting, print, sculpture, architecture), how does new media challenge the difinitions of art? |
Portrays a shocking and offensive subject matter that made for us to think deeper about the piece |
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How have artists used their art to address social and political issues like race and gender? |
Challenging art |