ARS Chapters 21-25

All of the following are characteristic of International Style architecture EXCEPT A. decorative ornamentation B. rectilinear planes C. steel frames D. curtain walls

A. Decorative ornamentation

Angelica Kauffmann's paintings are in what style? A. Neoclassical B. Romantic C. Realist D. Rococo

A. Neoclassical

Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair is an example of A. Impressionism B. Realism C. Symbolism D. Postimpressionism

A. Realism

Fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of Post-Impressionism by making their primary subject matter A. line B. portraits C. color D. landscape

C. Color

Neoclassicism

New classicism. A revival of classical Greek and Roman forms in art, music, and literature, particularly during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and America. It was part of a reaction against the excesses of Baroque and Rococo art

Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, 1907

Pablo Picasso, cubism

Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, impressionism

Monogram, 1955-59

Robert Rauschenburg, assemblage

The Persistence of Memory, 1931

Salvador Dali, surrealism

Synthetic cubism

Synthetic or collage Cubism began to appear in 1912, characterized by fewer, more solid forms, conceptual rather than observed subject matter, and richer color and texture

Expressionism

The broad term that describes emotional art, most often boldly executed and making free use of distortion and symbolic or invented color.

The Starry Night, 1889

Vincent Van Gogh, post Impressionism

Woman and Bicycle, 1952-1953

Willed de Kooning, abstract expressionsm

De Stijl

a Dutch purist art movement begun during World War I by Mondrian and others. In involved painters, sculptors, designers, and architects whose works and ideas were expressed in De Stijl magazine. De Stijl, Dutch for "the style", was aimed at creating a universal language of form that would be independent of individual emotion. Visual form was pared down to primary hues plus black and white and rectangular shapes

Readymade

a common manufactured object that the artist signs and turns into an artwork. Concept pioneered by Dadaist Marcel Duchamp

Abstract surrealism

a subcategory of surrealism

Pointillism

a system of painting using tiny dots or "points" of color, developed by French artist Georges Seurat in the 1880s.

Avant-Garde

a term from military theory that was applied to modern art, meaning the advance guard of troops that moves ahead of the main army. Avant guard artists work ahead of the general public's ability to understand

Earthenworks

a type of clay used for ceramics, it fires at 1100-1150 degrees C, and porous after firing

Realism

a type of representational art which the artist depicts as closely as possible what the eye sees

Conceptual art

an art form in which the originating idea and the process by which it is presented take precedence over a tangible product.

Art Nouveau

an art movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Europe and the US, flourishing especially in he decorative arts and architecture, the art nouveau style emphasize curving, expressive lines based on organic shapes of flowers or vegetation

Abstract Expressionism

an art movement, primarily in painting, that originated in the United States in the 1940s in which artists worked in many different styles that emphasized spontaneous personal expression

Performance art

dramatic presentation by visual artists in front of an audience, usually not in a formal theatrical setting

Which of these works exemplifies the Neo-Expressionist style? A. Buster Simpson's "Instrument Implement: Walla Walla Campanile" B. Anish Kapoor's "To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red" C. Anselm Kiefer's "Osiris and Isis" D. Rachel Harrison's "This Is Not an Artwork"

C. Anselm Kiefer's "Osiris and Isis"

The name "Impressionism" derives from a critics's derogatory remark about a painting by A. Edgar Degas B. Mary Cassatt C. Claude Monet D. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

C. Claude Monet

Edgar Degas's paintings reveal his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of A. African Masks B. Neoclassical painting C. Japanese prints D. African-American painting

C. Japanese prints

In formulating a theory of postmodernism, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown professed architectural inspiration from the city of A. Cincinnati B. Santa Monica C. Las Vegas D. Salt Lake City

C. Las Vegas

The works of Joseph Beuys and Ana Mendieta are examples of A. photorealism B. minimalism C. performance art D. abstract expressionism

C. Performance art

Modern art arrived in America by way of exhibitions and promotions by A. painter Emil Nolde B. sculptor Constantin Brancusi C. photographer Alfred Stieglitz D. painter Sonia Delaunay-Terk

C. Photographer Alfred Stieglitz

Richard Hamilton's Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? and James Rosenquist's F-111 are examples of A. Site-Specific Art B. Minimal Art C. Pop Art D. happenings

C. Pop art

Developed in the Netherlands, De Stijl (The Style) had what as its goal? A. dynamic motion B. romantic emotion C. universal harmony D. ultra-realism

C. Universal harmony

Which artist most notably felt that abstract and nonrepresentational art led to a new spirituality? A. Georges Braque B. Giacomo Balla C. Wassily Kandinsky D. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

C. Wassily Kandinsky

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm is an example of A. Pop Art B. Minimal Art C. Conceptual Art D. Abstract Expressionism

D. Abstract expressionism

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of A. color-field painting B. Minimalism C. performance art D. Conceptual Art

D. Conceptual art

Niki de Saint Phalle's works, which she "killed" with nails, dirt, darts, and other objects, most closely show the continuing influence of A. Post-Impressionism B. Surrealism C. Futurism D. Dada

D. Dada

In Old Mole, Martin Puryear asks questions about the A. representation of color B. representation of the animal form C. symbolic meaning of death D. symbolism of shape

D. symbolism of shape

This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works that negotiate Egyptian male identities. A. Shahzia Sikander B. Shirazeh Houshiary C. El Anatsui D. Khaled Hafez

D.Khaled Hafez

Untitled, 1967

Donald Judd, minimalism

Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863

Eduoard Manet, realism

Sasa, 2004

El Anatsui, the global present

"The Third of May 1808", 1814

Francisco Goya, romanticism

The Portuguese, 1911

Georges Braque, cubism

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-86

Georges Seurat, post Impressionism

The Stone Breakers, 1849

Gustave Curbet, realism

Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life), 1905-06

Henri Matisse, expressionism

Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950

Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism

"The Oath of the Horatii", 1784

Jacques-Louis David, neoclassicism

One and Three Chairs, 1965

Joseph Kosuth, conceptual art

The Dinner Party, 1979

Judy Chicago, feminism

Cadeau (Gift), 1958

Man Ray, dada

Blue, Orange, Red, 1961

Mark Rothko, abstract expressionism/color field

The Boating Party, 1893-94

Mary Cassatt, impressionism

Futurism

a group movement that originated in Italy in 1909. One of several added implied motion to the shifting planes and multiple observation points of the Cubists; they celebrated natural as well as mechanical motion and speed. Their glorification of hanger, war, and the machine age was in keeping with the martial spirit developing in Italy at the time

Dada

a movement in art and literature founded in Switzerland in the early twentieth century, which ridiculed contemporary culture and conventional. The Dadaists shared an anti-militaristic and anti-aesthetic attitude, generated in part by the horrors of World War I and in pat by a rejection of accepted canons of morality and taste

Surrealism

a movement in literature and the visual arts that developed in the mid-1920s, based on revealing the unconscious mind in dream images and the fantastic realism took two directions: abstract and representational

Symbolism

a movement in the late nineteenth century Europe concerned with communication of inner emotional states through forms and colors that may not copy nature directly

Color field

a movement that grew out of abstract expressionism, in which large stained or painted areas or "fields" of color evoke aesthetic and emotional responses

Minimalist

a nonrepresentational style of sculpture and painting, usually severely restricted in the use of visual elements and often consisting of simple geometric shapes or masses. The style came to prominence in the middle and late 1960s

Pop art

a style of painting and sculpture that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in Britain and the US, and uses mass production techniques (such as silkscreen) or real objects in works that are generally more polished and ironic than assemblages

Impressionism

a style of painting that originated in France about 1870. Paintings of casual contemporary subjects were executed outdoors using divided brushstrokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment and the transitory effects of natural light and color

Postmodern

an attitude or trend of the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; characterized in architecture by a move away from the International Style in favor of an imaginative, eclectic approach, and in the other visual arts by influence from all periods and styles and a willingness to combine elements of all.

Academic art

art governed by rules, especially works sanctioned by an official institution, academy, or school

Constructivism

art movement that originated in Russia at the time of the Soviet Revolution of 1917. Constructivism emphasized abstract art, modern materials (glass, metal, plastic) and useful arts such as set design, furniture, and graphics

Cubism

art style developed in Paris by Picasso and Braque, beginning in 1907. Cubism is based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subject in flattened, ambiguous pictorial space

Feminism

in art, a movement among artists, critics, and art historians that began in an organized fashion in the 1970

Social realism

representational art that expresses protest at some social condition

Photomontage

the process of combining parts of various photographs in one photograph

Jacob Lawrence was a product of a community art center in A. Los Angeles B. Harlem C. Chicago D. Missouri

B. Harlem

Focused on developing a new visual language for a new industrial age, Constructivism developed in A. the Netherlands B. Russia C. France D. Spain

B. Russia

In letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show A. political opinion B. emotion C. religious feeling D. intellect

B. Emotion

Romanticism

A literary and artistic movement of late 18th and nineteenth century Europe, aimed at asserting the validity of subjective experience as a counter movement to the often cold formulas of neoclassicism, characterized by intense emotional excitement, and depictions of powerful forces in nature, exotic lifestyles, danger, suffering, and nostalgia

Action painting

A style of nonrepresentational painting that relies on the physical movement of the artist by using such gestural techniques as vigorous brushwork, dripping, and pouring. Dynamism is often created through the interlaced directions of the paint's impact. A subcategory of abstract expressionism

In creating Les Demoiselles d' Avignon, Pablo Picasso combined lessons from Paul Cézanne with A. African Masks B. Roman Sculpture C. medieval illumination D. japanese prints

A. African Masks

Eugène Delacroix differs from Neoclassical painters in using A. painterly brushstrokes B. carefully organized composition C. large format canvases D. literary subjects

A. Painterly brush strokes

In a search for spiritual truth, which Post-Impressionist artist moved to Tahiti? A. Paul Gauguin B. Georges Seurat C. Paul Cézanne D. Vincent van Gogh

A. Paul Gauguin

The Post-Impressionists felt that the Impressionists did not allow room for A. personal expression B. a single style C. emphasis on everyday life D. momentary impressions

A. Personal expression

In Mining the Museum, Fred Wilson rearranged a museum collection to convey ideas primarily about A. race B. gender C. religion D. sexual orientation

A. Race

Romantic artists emphasized A. emotion B. structure C. reason D. abstraction

A. emotion

Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the A. juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures B. lack of a religious message C. vastness of the landscape D. heavy reliance on the color green

A. juxtaposition of nude and clothes figures

Automatism

Action without conscious control, such as pouring, scribbling, or doodling. Employed by Surrealist writers and artists to allow unconscious ideas and feelings to be expressed.

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, 2010

Ai Weiwei, the global present

London Bridge, 1906

Andre Derain, expressionism

Marilyn Diptych, 1962

Andy Warhol, pop art

Osiris and Isis, 1985-1987

Anselm Kiefer, neo-expressionism

Which artist believed himself to reveal the essence of his forms in his work? A. Marcel Duchamp B. Constantine Brancusi C. Pablo Picasso D. Wassily Kandinsky

B. Constantine Brancusi

Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. is an example of A. Surrealism B. Dada C. Constructivism D. De Stijl

B. Dada