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art history exam part A

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twittering machine
klee
bottle, newspaper, pipe and glass
braque
picasso's analytic cubism portait
portrait of ambroise vollard
dali
the persistence of memory
synthetic cubism
collage-like
analytic cubism
seperation of subject into pieces, revealing underlying geometrical subject
picasso's human figures (women)
les demoiselles d'avignon
what was guernica about?
spanish civil war
braque painted what?
bottle, newspaper, pipe and glass
nude descending a staircase
duchamp
nude descending a staircase is what kind of cubism
analytic cubism
duchamp's nude descending a stair case was also inspired by what?
multiple exposure photography
klee painted what child like painting which had everything reduced to lines, point, plane and solid?
twittering machine
twittering machine had everything simplified to which 4 elements?
point, line, shape, solid
what two things did the clocks and jellybeans represent in dali's persistence of memory
clocks represented fear of impotency and jellybeans represented his mother
what was magritte's pipe painting called
the treachery of images
what was kandinsky's painting about?
music
what was kandinsky's painting called
composition VII
What is non objective work
artist is not representing anything specific that is found in the real world
what are some ways to describe "red studio" by matisse
genius of omission, flat brush work, left out detail, ghost objects
what did matisse do with red studio?
broke down linear perspective, made it so that there are multiple view points
Kandinsky belonged to which movement
expressionism
what movement did mattise belong to and lead
fauvism (wild beasts)
which movement did braque (bottle, newsp...) belong to
cubism
what is abstraction
to separate, draw away from, analyzing/simplifying observed reality
which movement did klee (twittering machine) belong to
surrealism
which movement did magritte (the treachery of images) belong to
surrealism
what is surrealism
express process of thought
describe dadaism
"hobby horse", all valued rendered meaningless by war, protest to war killings
found object
object as is, presented as a piece of art
ready made
altered
who made fountain (dadaism)
duchamp
why was duchamp's "fountain" considered inappropriate
inaproppo materials used, vs traditional ones usually used for sculptures
what did mondrian paint
composition with red, blue and yellow
which movement did Mondrian belong to (composition with red...)
neo-plasticism
what style of painting is neo-plasticism?
non representational style
what was mondrian's composition with red, blue, and yellow inspired by
city
who painted light iris
o'keefe
which movement did o'keefe (light iris) belong to
american abstractionism
hopper belonged to which movement
american realism
which painting did hopper (NY) paint
nighthawks
what did nighthawks (hooper) represent
great depression, ny lifestyle, modern condition-loneliness in crowds
what was hopper considered?
regionalist
pollock painted which painting
autumn rythm
which movement did autumn rythm (pollock) belong to
abstract expressionism
de kooning painted an abstract expressionism painting called
woman I
de kooning believed in 3 types of women in his paintings
vampire, sex symbol, fertility goddess
de kooning believed in 3 types of women in his paintings
vampire, sex symbol, fertility goddess
(lines horizontal, thick and thin) was an abstract expressionism painting by
rothko (No.3/No.13)
The bay was painted by which artist
frankenthaller
which technique did frankenthaller use
stain painting
what is stain painting
unprimed canvas, applying paint stains surface
what is hard-edge painting
abrupt transitions between colour areas
albers painted which hardedge painting
homage to the square
harran II was painted by which artist
stella
stella, a hard edge painter, painted which piece
harran II
this painting's canvas was irregular and a part of the painting
harran II by Stella
what was important about harran II by stella
hardedge painting, irregular canvas-part of painting
describe pop art
optimistic spirit about consumerism and american pop culture, mass media/culture, 60s, JFK
this collage pop art piece is called
Just what is it...?
Just what is it...? was painted by
hamilton
gold marilyn was painted by
warhol
the kiss, a sculpture was made by
brancusi
describe brancusi's "the kiss"
genius of omission
this colour field painting by louis is called
beta nu
beta nu was painted by which artist
louis
what kind of painting is beta nu
colourfield painting
what kind of painting is the bay
colourfield painting
what kind of painting is the persistence of memory
surrealism
floorcake is by which artist
oldenburg
this gold sculpture from the 20th century is called
unique forms of continuity in space
unique forms of continuity in space (gold) is by which artist
boccioni
this contraption sculpture from the 20th century is called
triumphant red
triumphant red was created by
calder
this stone sculpture of a single figure is called
recumbent figure
recumbent figure was by
moore
smithson created which piece of earth art
spiral jetty
spiral jetty is by which artist
smithson
islands surrounded by pink, name and artist
surrounded islands by cristo and jeanne-claude
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space was inspired by dachump
nude descending staircase
boccioni took inspiration from which artist for his 20th century sculpture
duchamp (nude descending a staircase)
calder's triumphant red is considered what type of sculpture
kinetic sculpture
spiral jetty by smithson is considered
earth art
lin created the
vietnam veterans memorial
foster created which silver building
hong kong bank
the hong kong bank was designed by
foster
what is the name of the museum and artist
guggenheim museum by gehry
house with waterfall was designed by and is called
falling water house by wright
this irregular shaped white house is called and was designed by
notre dame du haut by le corbusier