Art History Exam 3 Dr. Larson

Feminist Art

art that explores ways to give form to political, social, and personal experiences of women. It seeks to highlight the interests of women and issues of equality

Public Museum

A museum whose mission is to serve members of their broader community through exhibitions, programming, and outreach

Mixed media

the use of a variety of media in a single composition

Repatriation

when an object is returned to its culture or country of origin

Relational Art

artwork that seeks to facilitate viewer interaction and emphasizes the viewers experience of the artwork rather than the artist's intentions.

Site-Specific Art

created to exist in a specific place, typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork

Collage

describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other objects are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface

Industrial Revolution

was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

Retrospective

an exhibition showing the development of the work of a particular artist over a period of time

Found object

an object - often utilitarian, manufactured, or naturally occurring- that was not originally designed for an artistic purpose, but has been repurposed in an artistic context

Altered Book

any kind of changes made to a physical book or its parts

Pop

art based on modern popular culture

Modernism

art from the 1850's 1950's; developed with modernization, symbolized the end of feudalism and start of REVOLUTION

Conceptual art

art in which the idea or concept presented by the artist is considered

Romanticism

art that emphasizes the feelings of the artist, artistic inspiration, subjectivity, and individualism

Edition

the total number of copies of a book or other published material issued at one time

Photomontage

a collage constructed from photographs

Realism

emphasizes the gritty, every day, non-heroic aspects of life

Academic Museum

A museum associated with a university, whose primary mission is to serve the students and faculty as well as the local community

Land Acknowledgement

A formal statement that recognizes and respects indigenous people as historic stewards or inhabitants of the land and validates the relationship that exists between indigenous people and their traditional territories

Mission statement

A short statement made by organizations that explain why the organization exists, what its primary goals are, and the audiences its serves

Readymade

A term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe prefabricated, often mass-produced objects isolated from their intended use and elevated to the status of art by the artist choosing and designing them as such

Artist's Book

A work of art that utilizes the form or idea of the book

Impressionism

An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or impression, of the piece they were drawing; shifting effect of color & light

Curator

An individual who cares for and researches objects in a museums' collection, develops and organizes exhibitions, promotes public engagement, and fundraises to support museum initiatives

Abstraction

Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of reality but instead use shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect

Art Brut

unconventional art that incorporates unusual materials like plater, sand, tar, and glass

Biomorphic abstraction

Derived from the Greek words bios (life) and morph (form), the term refers to abstract forms or images that evoke associations with living forms such as plants and the human body

Primitivism

Describes that fascination of early modern European artists with what was then called "primitive art" - including tribal art from Africa the South Pacific and Indonesia, as well as prehistoric and very early European art, and European folk art

Avant-Garde

French fir "advanced guard" this term is used in English to describe artistic groups that are innovative, experimental, and inventive in their techniques

Museum Interpretation

How a museum communicates the stories of their collections to visitors

Neoclassicism

Neoclassical painting is characterized by the use of straight lines, a smooth paint surface, the depiction of light, a minimal use of color, and the clear, crisp definition of forms.

Combine

a combination of painting and sculpture that incorporates objects from everyday life

Abstract Expressionism/Action Painting

a movement in American painting that emphasizes subjective emotional expression conveyed through a spontaneous, gestural, and abstract style

Daguerreotype

a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.

Body and Performance Art

a range of creative practices that employ the human body as the primary material of art, often known through photographs, video, or other means of archival documentation

Provenance

a record of ownership of a work of art

Surrealism

a twentieth- century literary philosophical and artistic movements that explored the working of the mind, championing the irrational, the poetic and the revolutionary (comes out of Data)

Institutional Critique

a type of conceptual art that highlights problems within institutional power structures and subverts traditional systems of display and exhibition

Letterpress

a type of printed image or text produced by direct impressions of an inked raised surface against which sheets are pressed

Geometric Abstraction

abstract works that resemble or use the simple rectilinear or curvilinear lines used in geometry

Enlightenment

also known as the Age of Reason, was a movement that began during the 18th century in Europe and the American colonies. The key figures of the movement sought to reform society using the power of reason

Happening

an artistic action that emphasizes the viewers experience of the work and not the work itself

Dada

an artistic and literary movement formed in response to the disasters of World War I (1914-18) that emphasized irrationality and irreverence

Installation Art

an artistic genre of three- dimensional works that are designed to transform the perception of a space

Panorama

in the visual arts, continuous narrative scene or landscape painted to conform to a flat or curved background, which surrounds or is unrolled before the viewer.

Colophon

information about the artist's book including authorship, press, materials used, artist's statement, and/or edition information that is often found at the back of the book or on a loose page

Lithograph

is a printing process that uses a flat stone or metal plate on which the image areas are worked using a greasy substance so that the ink will adhere to them by, while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent.

Birds eye view

is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans, and maps.

Sublime

of such beauty or grandeur as to evoke terror and awe; distinction between genres not as clear

Deaccession

officially remove (an item) from the listed holdings of a museum

Carte de Visite

originally, a calling card, especially one with a photographic portrait mounted on it.

en plein aire

painting outside, directly in front of your motif; commonly used SQUEEZABLE PAINT TUBES & EISEL

Loan

the act of lending something to an institution

Iconoclasm

the destruction of religious or sacred images or artworks

Japonisme

the influence of Japanese art, fashion and aesthetics on Western culture after the 1853 "opening" of Japan

Cultural Heritage

the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations and maintained for the benefit of future generations

Accession

the process by which a museum adds an object to their collection

Cast

the reproduction of the original piece of sculpture created by pouring casting material into pre-formed mold

Restitution

the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner

Typography

the style and appearance of printed matter such as letters, numbers, and punctuation marks