HUM1020 Mid-Term: Chapter 32 - The Modernist Assault [Study Guide] (Use LEARN)

this concept rejected former cultural values and conventions in favor of innovation, experimentation, and (at its most extreme) anarchy, the absolute dissolution of established norms

Modernism

The _________ revolution in creative arts responded to equally revolutionary changes in science and technology.

Modernist

leaders in search for a more concentrated style of expression; believed the writer was like a sculptor, whose technique required that he carve away all extraneous matter in a process of abstraction that aimed to arrive an intrinsic or essential form

Imagists

_____-_____ artists questioned the value of art as a faithful recreation of the visible world; pioneered an authentic, "stripped down" style that EVOKED rather than DESCRIBED experience

avant-garde

one of the central tenets of Modernism; promised to purify nature so as to come closer to its true reality

abstraction

_________, ___________, and _______________ became the hallmarks of the Modernist revolt against convention and tradition.

innovation, abstraction, and experimentation

he worked in almost every major art style of the twentieth century, some of which he inaugurated; produced thousands of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints

Picasso

___ ___________ depicts five nude women--the prostitutes of a Barcelona bordello in the Carrer d'Avino (Avignon Street).

Les Demoiselles

this painting violated every shred of tradition; Picasso's most (arguably) infamous painting

Les Demoiselles

this painting was the precursor of Cubism

Les Demoiselles

a bold and distinctive formal language that came to challenge the principles of Renaissance painting as dramatically as Einstein's theory of relativity had challenged Newtonian physics

Cubism

kind of art that was neither a painting nor a sculpture, but both at the same time. resulting from Picasso and Braque pasting various mundane objects such as wine-bottle labels, playing cards, and scraps of newspaper onto the surface of a canva

collage

perfected the process by which cellulose film ran smoothly in a commercial projector

Lumière Brothers

made major innovations in cinematic technique; introduced the use of multiple cameras and camera angles, as well as close-ups, fade-outs, and flashbacks

D.W. Griffith

three-hour silent film; an epic account of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed in the South. despite this film's technical excellence, its negative portrayal of African-Americans contributed to stereotyping them as violent and ignorant savages

The Birth of a Nation

When was "The Birth of a Nation" made?

1915

True/False. Until the late 1920s, all movies were silent--filmmakers used captions to designate the spoken word whenever appropriate, and live musical accompaniment was often provided in the theater.

True

was performed by the Ballet Russes, a company of expatriate Russian dancers led by Sergei Diahilev.

The Rite of Spring

The music accompanying "Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)" was composed by...?

(Igor) Stravinsky

True/False. Stravinsky's tonal shifts are subtle and nuanced; pleasant to listen to.

False Stravinsky's tonal shifts are abrupt and disjunctive

critics argued _____ choreography in Rite of Spring seemed to express the "hidden primitive in man"

Vaslav Nijinsky

Innovative character of early modern dance. the rules and conventions of classical ballet, preferring to explore the dance traditions of Asia, Africa, and Native America; sought a direct correspondence between intangible emotions and physical gesture

Martha Graham

"The Mother of Black Dance" her choreography drew on the dance styles of late nineteenth century, when all-black theatrical companies and minstrel shows toured the United States

(Katherine) Dunham