American Art in a Global Context

Flashcards about American Art in a Global Context

Cubism, Dada, Futurism, Expressionism, and Surrealism

Movements that had an important impact on artists, including Man Ray, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth.

Post-First World War Era

A period when Europe became infused with a new energy, stressing policies of modernization and aggressive financial growth.

Lost Generation

Termed by Gertrude Stein; It refers to a group of American authors and artists disillusioned by the aftermath of the First World War, seeking meaning through their work while residing in Europe. .

American trends in the 1920s

Popular in Europe including mixed drinks, dances, and Hollywood movies.

Gerald and Sara Murphy

Wealthy American expatriate family who threw lavish parties in their villa in Cap d’Antibes.

Villa America

Villa of Gerald and Sara Murphy that hosted famous American expatriates and European avant-garde artists.

Purism

Léger's style stressing a postwar return to basics in art: primary colors, simple shapes, and solid forms.

Purism's Subject Matter

Modern subject matter taken on by Purism, like ocean liners and factory chimneys.

Murphy's work referencing modern consumer goods and machines such as…

Watch, Razor, Cocktail, and Boat Deck

Pan-African Movement

Movement stressing the need for solidarity among people of African descent sharing struggles against racism and colonialism.

Meta Warrick Fuller

Important Black sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and created Ethiopia Awakening.

Ethiopia Awakening

Sculpture by Meta Warrick Fuller relating to Black modernism in the Jazz Age.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Leader of the Pan-African movement who organized congresses and was buried in Ghana.

Ethiopia

African nation symbolizing resilience and resistance to colonial rule.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Japanese artist who came to the US and combined Japanese aesthetics with American folk art.

Boy Stealing Fruit

Kuniyoshi's work combining Japanese aesthetics with his interest in American folk art.

American folk art

Works of art and objects of everyday use crafted by artists lacking formal training.

Primitivism

When an artist borrows from the artistic styles of a group they view as 'other'.

Momotarō

Japanese folk tale possibly referenced in Kuniyoshi's Boy Stealing Fruit.

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect known for the Prairie Style and buildings inspired by Pre-Columbian architecture.

"Romanza"

Wright's style using modern materials alongside references to ancient pyramids and jungles.

Ennis House

Houses built using textile blocks.

Textile blocks

Molded tiles formed from concrete used by Wright to create hollow walls.

Maya and Aztec

Ancient civilizations that inspired Art Deco architects with their cubic style and geometric decoration.

Indigeneity and Modernism

Term used to discuss indigenous creators of art and craft

Maria and Julian Martinez

Tribal members of San Ildefonso Pueblo known for their black-on-black ware pottery.

Pottery techniques

Southwestern pottery techniques demonstrated by Maria Martinez at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Black-on-black ware

The Martinezes' best-known innovation, produced for twenty-five years.

Eagle claw motifs

Stylized design on Martinezes bowl and plate

"Indian Craze"

A widespread interest in Native American art.

1910s

The redefinition of Native art as fine art begins in this time period

Angel DeCora

One of the leaders of this movement that argued that native arts had aesthetic value

What did Maria Martinez begin doing around 1920

Signing her Pots

Precisionism

Photorealist painting style celebrating modern technology.

Criss-Crossed Conveyors

Representation of a Ford automotive plant stressing the complexity and interconnectedness of manufacturing.

Frederick Winslow Taylor

Engineer who developed "scientific" studies of motion to organize factory production and maximize output.

Fordism

A continuous assembly line, where each worker stayed at their station as the car chassis rolled by on a conveyor belt.

Ford hired Sheeler

Hired Sheeler to photograph the River Rouge plant to combat GM's success.

The form of a cross

Where the 2 conveyors in Criss-Crossed Connectors intersect in the image

Factory environment

Where some workers felt they “cease to be human beings as soon as they enter the gates of the shop.”

Tina Modotti birth name and year…

Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti. in 1896

Class Struggle movement’s motto

The camera is a weapon

Communism

Modotti was connected to this movement because of her approach to labor and artistic reasons

Aaron Douglas

Leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

The National Urban League

Black advocacy organization who supported Douglass

black and white designs

Images Douglas made that was developed , enlarged and coloured

The Old Testament

Artist Douglas reference from old testament and religious narrative