Key Terms - Art History Exam
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Western Canon
* post modern
* portrayal of art from the perspective of a very white male
* this perspective is highly valued in the West
* portrayal of art from the perspective of a very white male
* this perspective is highly valued in the West
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Disillusionment
* post modern
* disappoint from realising something isn’t as good as it seems
* post war disillusionment
* disappoint from realising something isn’t as good as it seems
* post war disillusionment
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Systematic Iconology
* conceptual art
* use of a system of items to symbolise an artist’s experience
* Kosuth “One and Three Chairs”
* use of a system of items to symbolise an artist’s experience
* Kosuth “One and Three Chairs”
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Dematerialisation of the Art Object
* conceptual art
* the idea is significant, the material form is secondary
* Beuys “I Like America and America Likes Me”
* the idea is significant, the material form is secondary
* Beuys “I Like America and America Likes Me”
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Anti-Heroic
* process art
* the look of the art doesn’t matter, the process of creating it is significant
* Winsor “#1 Rope”
* the look of the art doesn’t matter, the process of creating it is significant
* Winsor “#1 Rope”
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Primal Roots
* minimalism/land art
* collective process to create environmental artwork
* community effort = going back to ancient roots
* Smithson “Spiral Jetty”
* collective process to create environmental artwork
* community effort = going back to ancient roots
* Smithson “Spiral Jetty”
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Kitsch
* pop art
* art considered to be of poor taste bc it did not fit the fundamentals of high art
* Lichtenstein “Girl with Ball”
* art considered to be of poor taste bc it did not fit the fundamentals of high art
* Lichtenstein “Girl with Ball”
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Kinetic Art
* op art
* art that contains movements on a flat surface, often seen through illusions of motion
* Riley “Fall”
* art that contains movements on a flat surface, often seen through illusions of motion
* Riley “Fall”
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Art as Art
* hard edge
* the notion that ‘what you see is what you get’, there is no deeper meaning to the artwork
* Stella “Harran II”
* the notion that ‘what you see is what you get’, there is no deeper meaning to the artwork
* Stella “Harran II”
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Pure Artistic Feeling
* colour field
* art that is based on feeling than a literal subject
* Frankenthaler “The Bay”
* art that is based on feeling than a literal subject
* Frankenthaler “The Bay”
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Spontaneous Act
* abstract expressionism
* art that emerges as an artist works on it
* Motherwell “Elegy to the Spanish Republic”
* art that emerges as an artist works on it
* Motherwell “Elegy to the Spanish Republic”
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Heroism
* non-representational
* belief that this art style could better society
* simple style = simple mindset = less complexities in society (?)
* belief that this art style could better society
* simple style = simple mindset = less complexities in society (?)
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Improvisational Compositions
* non-representational
* pieces created through the experience of listening to music
* Kandinsky “Composition VII”
* pieces created through the experience of listening to music
* Kandinsky “Composition VII”
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Dream Imagery
* surrealism
* art based on one’s dreams or resembles dreams
* Dali “The Persistence of Memory”
* art based on one’s dreams or resembles dreams
* Dali “The Persistence of Memory”
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Automatism
* surrealism
* avoids conscious intention when creating, images are formed using material from the mind as reference
* Ernst “The Entire City”
* avoids conscious intention when creating, images are formed using material from the mind as reference
* Ernst “The Entire City”
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Subconscious Mind
* surrealism
* helped the artists make connections between images and conceptual meanings
* Klee “Twittering Machine”
* helped the artists make connections between images and conceptual meanings
* Klee “Twittering Machine”
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Strobe Photography
* futurism
* used to show movement through a compilation of still photos
* technological advancement that removed the barrier between life and art
* used to show movement through a compilation of still photos
* technological advancement that removed the barrier between life and art
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Laws of Perspective
* cubism
* art technique that gives a flat surface depth
* Braque “Bottle and Fishes”
* art technique that gives a flat surface depth
* Braque “Bottle and Fishes”
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Collage
* cubism
* assemblage of materials forming an image with a conceptual meaning, often depicting different facets of life
* Picasso “Guitar, Glass, and Bottle”
* assemblage of materials forming an image with a conceptual meaning, often depicting different facets of life
* Picasso “Guitar, Glass, and Bottle”
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Abstracted
* cubism
* abandoned tradition of a single perspective, showed subject from multiple views at once
* Picasso “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
* abandoned tradition of a single perspective, showed subject from multiple views at once
* Picasso “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
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Distortion
* expressionism
* artists often distorted reality to express their opinion/mind rather than the objective reality
* Dix “Ellis”
* artists often distorted reality to express their opinion/mind rather than the objective reality
* Dix “Ellis”
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Subjective
* expressionism
* artistic style where objective reality is not depicted but subjective emotional response to the environment
* Munch “The Scream”
* artistic style where objective reality is not depicted but subjective emotional response to the environment
* Munch “The Scream”
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Wild Beast Colours
* fauvism
* term used by critics to demean artists as they saw the artistic use of bright and bold colours as primitive and savage
* Derain “The Turning Road”
* term used by critics to demean artists as they saw the artistic use of bright and bold colours as primitive and savage
* Derain “The Turning Road”
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Decorative Surfaces
* fauvism
* surface with a pattern that bears no metaphorical or symbolic meaning
* Matisse “Harmony in Red”
* surface with a pattern that bears no metaphorical or symbolic meaning
* Matisse “Harmony in Red”
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Pointilism
* post-impressionism
* patterns of coloured dots set side by side to create an overall image
* Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”
* patterns of coloured dots set side by side to create an overall image
* Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”
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Optical Mixing
* post-impressionism
* the art of placing unmixed hues next to each other to create the illusion of a third colour
* Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”
* the art of placing unmixed hues next to each other to create the illusion of a third colour
* Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte”
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Japanese Prints
* impressionism
* influenced impressionists through use of blocky brush strokes, expressive colour and foreground details
* Monet “Impression:Sunrise”
* influenced impressionists through use of blocky brush strokes, expressive colour and foreground details
* Monet “Impression:Sunrise”
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Ready-Made
* dada
* sculpture made from found objects that challenged the elitism of art and made statements on war and the political environment
* Schwitters “Merzbild 32 A, The Cherry Picture”
* sculpture made from found objects that challenged the elitism of art and made statements on war and the political environment
* Schwitters “Merzbild 32 A, The Cherry Picture”
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Action Painting
* expressionism
* the use of full body movement when creating art
* Pollock “One: Number 31”
* the use of full body movement when creating art
* Pollock “One: Number 31”
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Consumer Culture
* pop art
* mixing of capitalism into art-making and the consumption of superficial products
* Warhol “Campbell’s Soup Cans”
* mixing of capitalism into art-making and the consumption of superficial products
* Warhol “Campbell’s Soup Cans”
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