Art History II: Chapter 25

In the 20/20 segment on Andy Warhol, we learned that:

1) Andy Warhol always carried a camera and tape recorder. 2) In the 1970s, Andy Warhol's portraits could cost $50,000. 3) It was Andy's philosophy that everyone could be famous for 15 minutes.

Which artist stated that she wanted her pieces to be "non art, non connotative, non anthropomorphic, non geometric, non nothing, everything, but of another kind, vision, sort"?

Eva Hesse

Which of the following painters illustrates Clement Greenberg's insistence on "purity in art"?

Frank Stella

How did Allan Kaprow view art?

He viewed it as an intersection of art and life

Color field painting emphasized painting's basic properties. Color field painters poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas. Which of the following artists was a color field painter?

Helen Frankenthaler

Performance Art can be described as movements, gestures and sounds of persons communicating. Which of the following describes the focus of Performance Art?

It replaces physical objects

Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art?

It was illuminating the condition of modern humanity.

In the video "Why is That Important? Looking at Jackson Pollock", it is suggested that it is important to look at ___________, including understanding the individual and the culture that one lived in.

context

Jackson Pollock is best known for his large-scale portraits.

false

How did the Fluxus group see aesthetic potential?

in the nontraditional and commonplace

Because of the spontaneous and informal nature of Performance Art, which of the following was the primary medium?

the human body

Jean Tinguely was the sculptor who believed that "the only stable thing is movement."

true

John Cage encouraged his students to link their art to life.

true

In the video "The Painting Techniques of Barnett Newman", the narrator makes the claim that Newman used vertical lines because:

we relate to each other largely as vertical form