Art History

WW2

Abstract Expressionist artists responded to which major historical event?

flatness

According to art critic Clement Greenberg, modernist painting is defined by its emphasis on

Neoclassicism

All of the following were influences on Abstraction Expressionism, EXCEPT:

The Advancement of Modernism in America

Although the Armory Show was controversial, it provided the impetus for

The New York School

Another term for Abstraction Expressionism is

welded steel

David Smith's chosen medium was

animal bones, desert landscaping, flowers

Georgia O'Keeffe's subject matter included

Regionalism

Grant Wood's "American Gothic" is an example of which of the following?

automobile parts

In his sculptures, John Chamberlain is known for his use of

painting unstretched canvases on the floor, dripping and splattering paint and painting spontaneously

Pollock broke with traditional easel painting by

the real and everyday aspects of urban daily life.

The Ashcan School was so named because its artists emphasized

1920s-1930s

The Harlem Renaissance took place in the

the first overtly race-conscious art and cultural movement in the U.S.

The Harlem Renaissance was

a unified color field interrupted by a vertical line.

The basic formula for Newman's "zip" paintings is

violence

The slashing strokes of Willem de Kooning's paintings of women equate intense aesthetic scrutiny with

the Process

The term "action painting" refers to art that privileges not only the final work, but also

spontaneous

The term "gestural painting" describes works that look

The Federal Art Project

What initiative was central to the survival of many American artists during the 1930s?

A hard-edge painting style that focused on modern American subjects such as factories.

What is Precisionism?

abstract expressionism

Which movement is considered the first American avant-garde?