Art History: Exam I Review
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Vocabulary practice flashcards covering all major artworks, artists, dates, dimensions, mediums, and artistic movements included in the Exam I review notes.
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Oath of Horatii
A 1784 painting by David measuring 10'8" x 14'.
Luncheon on the Grass
An 1863 work by Edouard Manet, who is considered by some historians to be a Realist that created a bridge between Impressionism and Realism.
Pastoral Concert
A 1510 Renaissance masterpiece by Titian and / or Giorgione, compared and contrasted with Edouard Manet's Luncheon on the Grass (1863).
Olympia
An 1863 painting by Edouard Manet, paired for comparison with Titian's Venus of Urbino (1538).
Venus of Urbino
A 1538 Renaissance painting by Titian, compared with Edouard Manet's Olympia (1863).
Vision after the Sermon (or Jacob Wrestling the Angel)
An 1888 painting by Paul Gauguin.
Joy of Life
A 1905–06 painting by Henri Matisse.
The Red Studio
A 1911 oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse measuring 181 cm x 219 cm (70" x 86").
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
A 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso.
Street, Berlin
A 1913 expressionist painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
Young Couple
A series of color lithographs created in 1913 by Emil Nolde.
Composition IV
A 1911 work by Wassily Kandinsky reflecting 'The End of Illusion: Painting as Inner Necessity', the Blue Rider, and the Spiritual in Art.
The Blue Rider
An artistic movement associated with Wassily Kandinsky, the concept of painting as inner necessity, and the Spiritual in Art.
Impression III
A 1911 artwork by Wassily Kandinsky.
Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin
A 1912 Futurist painting by Gino Severini.
Nude Descending a Staircase
A 1912 oil on canvas painting by Marcel Duchamp.
Armory Show
The famous exhibition where an art critic for the New York Times stated that Marcel Duchamp's 1912 Nude Descending a Staircase resembled 'an explosion in a shingle factory.'
The Treachery of Images
A 1929 painting by René Magritte featuring a pipe above the script phrase 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe.'
One and Three Chairs
A 1965 conceptual artwork by Joseph Kosuth incorporating an object, its representation, and its dictionary definition.
The Persistence of Memory
A 1931 surrealist painting by Salvador Dali depicting melting pocket watches.
The Son of Man (Le fils de l'homme)
A 1964 surrealist painting by René Magritte.
Untitled (Man Ray, 1920's)
A 1920s photographic/assemblage work by Man Ray depicting a mannequin form.
Man Ray (Bettina Buck, 2015)
A 2015 contemporary artwork by Bettina Buck.
Der Kunstreporter (The Art Critic)
A 1919–20 photomontage by Dadaist Raoul Hausmann.
The Spirit of Our Time
A 1920 assemblage sculpture created by Raoul Hausmann.
The Pillars of Society
A 1926 oil on canvas painting by George Grosz (1893–1959) satirizing political, military, and religious figures in Weimar Germany.
Friedrich Ebert
The leader of the Social Democratic Party, represented in George Grosz's 1926 painting 'The Pillars of Society'.
Alfred Hugenberg
The press baron representing the Nazi Party in George Grosz's 1926 painting 'The Pillars of Society'.
Merzbau
A 1933 continuous spatial/architectural assemblage by Kurt Schwitters.
Fountain
A 1917 ready-made sculpture by Marcel Duchamp consisting of a porcelain urinal signed 'R. Mutt 1917'.
Guernica
A monumental 1937 anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso measuring 12' x 25'.
Big Night Down the Drain
A 1963 painting by Georg Baselitz.
Acker
A 1962 artwork by Georg Baselitz.
Occupations
A 1969 conceptual photographic and performance series by Anselm Kiefer.
Black Flakes (Scwartz Flaggen)
A 2006 mixed media on canvas work by Anselm Kiefer inscribed with text including 'Schwarze Flocken'.
Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial (Nameless Library)
A 2000 memorial in Vienna created by British artist Rachel Whiteread.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin
A 2004 memorial in Berlin designed by architect Peter Eisenman featuring an undulating field of concrete stelae.
Yolocaust
A 2018 project by Shahak Shapira addressing inappropriate visitor social media behavior, such as yoga poses and captions like 'Jumping on dead Jews @ Holocaust Memorial', at the Holocaust Denkmal Berlin.
Rhythm 0
A 1974 6-hour durational performance (8 pm – 2 am) by Marina Abramovic where she declared herself an object, assumed full responsibility, and invited the audience to use 72 objects on a table on her as desired.
Disasters of War Series
A historic series of etchings by Francisco Goya documenting the atrocities, executions, and violence of war.
Adding Insult to Injury
A work by the Chapman Brothers created by directly altering and embellishing original etchings from Francisco Goya's Disasters of War Series.
Shibboleth
A 2007 site-specific installation by Doris Salcedo consisting of a long, deep crack cut into the concrete floor of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern Museum.
Atrabiliarios
A 1993–1994 installation by Doris Salcedo featuring shoes placed in niches covered with translucent animal skin sutured to the wall.
Nighthawkes
A 1942 painting by Edward Hopper depicting individuals inside an all-night diner.
Office in a Small City
A 1953 painting by Edward Hopper.
Eleven AM
A 1926 painting by Edward Hopper depicting a solitary woman sitting naked in an armchair facing an open window.
Woman At A Window
A 2013 photographic staging by Richard Tuschman referencing Edward Hopper's 1926 painting Eleven AM.
Pink Bedroom (Odalisque)
A 2013 photograph/artwork by Richard Tuschman.
The Subway
A 1950 painting by George Tooker depicting alienated, isolated commuters inside an architectural subway maze.
Ward
A 1970–71 artwork by George Tooker.
30, 1950
A 1950 Abstract Expressionist drip painting by Jackson Pollock.
Woman I
A 1950–1951 painting by Willem De Kooning, about which he declared: 'Beauty becomes petulant to me. I like the grotesque. It's more joyous.'
Erased De Kooning
A 1953 conceptual work by Robert Rauschenberg created by entirely rubbing out a drawing by Willem de Kooning.
Man Shot Down 1
A 1988 photo-painting by Gerhard Richter.
HOMEBOUND
A 2000 mixed-media installation by Mona Hatoum consisting of kitchen utensils, furniture, electric wire, light bulbs, a computerized dimmer unit, amplifier, and speakers.
Doormat
A 1996 sculpture by Mona Hatoum made of stainless steel and nickel-plated pins, glue, and canvas, measuring 1 x 28 x 16 inches and forming the word 'HELLO'.