Famous Artists and Architects Review

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing key artists, architects, historical figures, artworks, and architectural monuments covered across the three lecture sources.

Grandma Moses

An American folk artist (1860-1961), born Anna Mary Robertson Moses, who began painting in her 70's when arthritis made it hard to embroider and created more than 1500 artworks in 3 decades.

Sugaring off

The most expensive artwork by Grandma Moses, valued at 1.36 million.

I.M. Pei

A Chinese American architect (1917-2019) who lived to 102 years old and designed the Glass pyramid at Louvre-Paris (1989), Bank of China Tower (1989), and Rock and Roll HOF in Clevland, OH (1995).

Raffles City

A city inside a city located in Singapore designed by I.M. Pei, noted as his most expensive project at 1.3 billion.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

An American Neo expressionist artist (1960-1988) of Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother who dropped out of high school, sold sweatshirts and art Postcards, used a crown motif, was a close friend of Warhol, and died of O.D.

Untitled (1982)

An artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat that sold for 110. Smillion in 2017, representing the highest amount paid for an american artist.

Pez Dispenser

An artwork created by American Neo expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Valerie Solanos

A feminist who shot Andy Warhol in 1968, prompting him to say 'when anybody hears your name they think of me!'.

Borgium

An American artist of Danish Parents (1867-1941) who designed Mt. Rushmore featuring Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln, but died before finishing it.

Frederic Bartholdi

A French sculptor/painter (1834-1904) who designed the copper Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), dedicated on July 4th, 1886 as a gift from France to the U.S.A.

Statue of Liberty

A 151 FT tall copper structure located at Ellis Island in New York featuring an inner structure designed by Gustave Eiffel, a torch symbolizing enlightenment, a tablet reading July 4th 1776, and which turned green by 1920 after 34 years.

Norman Rockwell

An American illustrator (1894-1978) for the Saturday Evening Post across 5 decades, known for creating Rosie the Riveter and The 4 freedoms.

The 4 freedoms

A series of paintings by Norman Rockwell inspired by an FDR speech, consisting of freedom of Speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

Saving Grace

The most expensive artwork by Norman Rockwell, valued at 46 million.

Frank Lloyd Wright

An American architect (1867-1959) associated with organic Architecture who designed Falling water, sussenheim Museum NYC, Taliesin estate, and Price Tower.

Falling water

A house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Taliesin estate

An estate built by Frank Lloyd Wright for his mistress, where a fired groundskeeper set the house on fire and killed 7 people with a hatchet.

Price Tower

The only skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Claes Oldenburg

A Swedish-American pop art sculptor (1929-2022) known for soft sculpture soggy hamburgers, Spoon bridal and Cherry in Minneapolis, giant clothespin in Philadelphia, and Saw Sawin-To Yo.

Roy Lichtenstein

An American pop artist (1923-1997) known for comic strip style art using Ben-day dots, who created Wham!-2, Nurse, and drowning sir-.

Nurse

A pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that sold for 95.4 mil in 2015.

Andy Warhol

An American pop art leader (1928-1987), originally Warhola Jr. born to Slovakian immigrant parents, who worked as a commercial illustrator and created Campbells Soup Cans, Coca Cola bottles, and SOT SQ &c bluc using silk screening.

Campbells Soup Cans

An artwork series by Andy Warhol featuring 32 different flavors.

SOT SQ &c bluc

The most expensive artwork by Andy Warhol depicting Marilyn Monroe, which sold for 195.04m.

Neo expressionist

An art movement described as emotional/feeling, associated with Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Ben-day dots

A visual style technique used by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in his comic strip artworks.

Silk Screening

A technique involving outline/stencil used by pop art leader Andy Warhol.

Organic Architecture

The architectural style and design philosophy associated with Frank Lloyd Wright.