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25 Cards in this Set
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March Chagall (Russian), I and the Village
Surrealism/ Shapes & Shading of Cubism |
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Giorgio de Chirico (Italian) , The Melancholy and Mystery of a Street
Surrealism/ Metaphysical School Chirico was born in Greece. Based off a man Ariadne. |
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Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory
Surrealism/ Paranoiac critical method Memento Mori- memory of death. Painted as if Dali has physical condition. Precise academic manner was appreciated by ppl. Located in NY. |
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Rene Margritte (from Belcho) , The Treachery of Images
Surrealism Shifter- claims specific but meaning changes every time used. "This is not a pipe" |
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Max Ernst, The Entire City
Surrealism/ Dada Movement Frottage/ Grattage "Factuality can fail us" |
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Joan Miro, Painting
(Biomorphic) Surrealism |
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Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life; From Slavery Through Reconstruction
Social Realism & Art Between Wars/ Harlem Renaissance Cubism/ Modernism Part 2/5 & captures accomplishment. Douglas studied Egyptian art. Work is located in library space in NY |
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Diego Rivera, Man, Controller of the Universe
Social Realism & Art Between Wars Her husband created this for the Roca Fella family. it was destroyed and gained international attention. |
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Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Social Realism & Art Between Wars Photograph of Florence Thompson FSA Moral observation & perseverance |
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Grant Wood, American Gothic
Social Realism & Art Between Wars Represents Mid-West American dream. Received initial awards, based off a house and the models are Wood's sister and dentist. |
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Jackson Pollock, Number 31, Lavender Mist
Abstract Expressionism/ Action Painting Practices Action Paintng, rather express feelings than illustrate. Methodical process. Pollock was in Life magazine & involved with Piggy Gubannide. |
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Lee Kranser, Bald Eagle
Abstract Expressionism/ Action Painting WIfe of Pollock, incorperated his work into her destruction collages made out pieces from her studio. Due to criticism she destroyed her studio. |
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Willem de Kooning, Woman I
Abstract Expressionism/ Action Painting Prehistoric art. |
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Mark Rothko, No. 14
Color Field Painting & Postwar Europe Rothko enjoyed classical methods. Stacked/floating geometric forms |
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Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis
Color Field Painting & Postwar Europe Sublime Large zips, 18 in away. |
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Jean Dubuffet, Portrait of Jean Paulhan
Color Field Painting & Postwar Europe Figuration after World War 2. European art focuses on the body. |
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Alberto Giacometti, Man Pointing
Color Field Painting & Postwar Europe Existentialism - represented from reflection. John Paul Sartre volunteered to write his positive comments about painting. |
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Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea
Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Op Art Criticized by Harold Rosenberg, didn't appreciate action painting. |
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Sam Gilliam, April 4
Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Op Art Gilliam breaks the rules of flatness. |
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Yves Klein, Anthropometries
Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Op Art Used Woman as inspiration for work. Mono-tone. |
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Frank Stella, Mas o Menos
Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Op Art Stella was a student at Princeton Uni. |
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Donald Judd, Untitled
"Specific Objects" - goal is to focus on the space occupied and created by his objects, in other words, their purity of form. Post Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Op Art Attempt to defeat Greenberg's ideas. |
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Bridget Riley, Fission
Post-Painterly Abstraction, Minimalism & Opt Art Riley was British. |
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Robert Rauschenberg, Bed
Pop Art Assemblage = "Combine" (3D). Collages are made out of mass productions which promotes everyday objects. |
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Jasper Johns, Flag
Covered newsprints, and advertisements. Clemeents said their structure meaning. Johns was Gay. |
