Cultural Diversity in American Art Midterm
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Artist
Title
Time
Media
Fosso
The Chief: He Who Sold Africa to the Colonists. From: Self-Portraits I-V
1997
Chromogenic print
Cultural Diversity
quality of diverse or different cultures as opposed to monoculture akin to cultural decay
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Kente Cloth from Ghana
Mid-20th century
Cotton
What do artists do?
1) create places for some human purpose/ 2) create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects 3) to record and commemorate 4) to give tangible form to the unknown 5) to give tangible form to feelings and ideas 6) to refresh our visions and help us see the world in new ways
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Shiva Nataraja
10th Century C.E.
Bronze
the arms are imagined
artists portray what cannot be seen with the eyes or events that can only be imagined
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lin
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1982
Black granite
contemplation and remembrance of the dead
artists create places for some human purpose and to bridge communities together
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lin
Marble Han River Dam
2022
Glass marbles and adhesive
Artist
Title
Time
Media
de Valdes Leal
Vanitas
1660
Oil on Canvas
(elludes to biblical book of ecclesiastes)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
de Goya
Saturn Devouring One of his Children.
C. 1820-22
Wall painting in oil on plaster
(beauty is not a requirement for art)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Picasso
First Communion
1895-96
Oil on Canvas
representational art (picasso first communion)
descriptive of a work of art that depicts forms in the natural world
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Picasso
Seated Woman Holding a Fan
1908
Oil on Canvas
abstract art (picasso/ seated woman holding a fan)
descriptive of art in which forms of the visual world are purposefully simplified fragment or otherwise distorted
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Delaunay
Electric Prisms
1913
Oil on Canvas
Nonrepresentational art (delaunay/ electric prisims)
nonobjective descriptive of art that does not represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside itself
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Koetsu
Teabowl
Momoyama-Edo Period/ late 16th early 17th century
Raku ware
Wabi
embraces such concepts as naturalness, simplicity, understatement, and impermanence
Sabi
adds overtones of loneliness old age and tranquility
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Walker
A Subtlety or The Marvelous Sugar Baby
2014
Styrofoam, resin, sugar, and molasses
Installation art (marvelous sugar baby)
a space is presented as a work of art that can entered explored experienced and reflected upon
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Kusama
Love in Calling
2013
Mirrors, wood, metal, glass, tile, acrylic panel, rubber, blowers, lighting element, etc
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Kahlo
Self-Portrait with Monkeys
1943
Oil on canvas
I never painted my dreams I painted my own reality
Kahlo/ Self Portrait with Monkeys
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Navajo Men Creating a Sand Painting
1939
Photograph
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Picasso
Guernica
1937
Oil on Canvas
(associated with violence of spanish civil war)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Stone and Gravel Garden
1488-1500
Earthwork
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Gonzalez-Torres
Untitled
1992
Billboard
(wanted to viewer to imagine their own meaning)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Sze
Hidden Relief
2001
Mixed media
(visual elements)
Visual Elements
Line, color, light, shape & mass, texture & pattern, space, time & motion
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Walker
Untitled
1996
Watercolor on Paper
Color harmonies/schemes
selective use of two or more colors in a single composition
Monochromatic color scheme
(Walker/ Untitled/ 1996/ Watercolor on paper)
harmonies composed of variations on the same hue
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Marshall
Me
2012
Linocut
Complementary color scheme
(Marshall/ Me/ Linocut/ 2012)
harmonies involving colors directly opposite of each other on the color wheel
Artist
Title
Time
Media
White
Untitled
1979
Etching
Chiaroscuro
ON THE TEST FS (White/ Untitled/ 1979/ Etching)
Italian for light/dark where artists employ values to record contrasts of light and shadow in the natural world
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Whitehorse
Chanter
1991
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Figure
(Whitehorse/ Chanter/ 1991/ Oil on paper) ON TEST FS
the shape we detach and focus on
Ground
(Whitehorse/ Chanter/ 1991/ Oil on paper)
The surrounding visual information that the figure strand out form the background
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Suh
Reflection
2004
Nylon and Stainless steel tube
Example of Space
(Suh/ Reflection/ 2004/ Stainless steel and nylon)
two identical replicas of the traditional Korean entry gate/ memory of time present and time past
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Wiley
Portrait of Alicia Keys Dean
2024
Oil on Linen
Texture
(Wiley/ Portrait of Alicia Keys Dean/ 2024/ Oil on linen)
the surface quality perception of smooth or rough/ flat or bumpy/ fine or coarse
Pattern
(Wiley/ Portrait of Alicia Keys Dean/ 2024/ Oil on linen)
any decorative repetitive motif or design / can create visual texture
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Cave and Watt
This Land, Shared Sky
2026
Hand strung pony beads, beaded shoelaces, textiles, jingles
(themes of migration, community, and oppurtunity)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Cave
Soundsuits
Early 21st century
Wearable mixed media ASK ABOUT MAIN MEDIA
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Bradford
City of the Big Shoulders
2026
Recycled paper, rope, string, and found material
(represents chicago’s southside)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Kojin
Reflectwo
2007
Artificial flower petals, acrylic, string
Symmetrical balance
(Kojin/ Reflectwo/ 2007/ artificial flower petals, acrylic, string)
forms of a composition that mirror each other across a central axis
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Sotatsu
The Zen Priest Choka
late 16th early 17th century
Hanging scroll/ ink on paper
Asymmetrical balance
(Sotatsu/ The Zen Preist Choka/ Edo period late 16th early 17th/ Hanging scroll ink on paper)
a composition has two sides that do not match
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Tanner
The Banjo Lesson
1893
Oil on canvas
Emphasis
(Tanner/ The Banjo Lesson/ 1893/ Oil on canvas)
our attention is drawn more to certain parts of a composition than to others
Subordination
(Tanner/ The Banjo Lesson/ 1893/ Oil on canvas)
certain areas of the composition are purposefully made less visually interesting so the areas of emphasis stand out
Artist
Title
Time
Media
de Goya
Executions of the Third of May
1808
Oil on Canvas
(represents the invasion of spain by napoleon)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Benin Royal Altar to the Hand
18th century
Brass
Scale
(Unknown/ Benin Royal Altar of the Hand/ 18th century/ brass)
size in relation to s standard normal
Proportions
(Unknown/ Benin Royal Altar to the Hand/ 18th century brass)
refers to size in relationships between parts of a whole
Hierarchical Scale
(Unknown/ Benin Royal Altar to the Hand/ 18th century/ Brass)
use of scale to indicate relative importance
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lin
Storm King Wavefield
2007
Earth and grass
(example of rhythm (based in repetition))
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Sikander
1 from 51 Ways of Looking
2004
Graphite on paper
Dry Media
(Sikander/ 1, from 51 Ways of Looking/ 2004/ Graphite on paper)
graphite, charcoal, crayon, pastel, and chalk
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Mehretu
Untitled
2001
Ink colored pencil and cut paper on mylar
Liquid Media
(Mehretu/ Untitled/ 2001/ Ink colored pencil and cut paper on nylon)
pen and ink/ brush and ink
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Mutu
Hide and Seek Kill or Speak
2004
Paint ink collage and mixed media on mylar
(example of collage)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Rivera
Mixtec Culture
1942
Fresco
Fresco
(Rivera/ Mixtec Culture/ 1942/ Fresco)
a wall painting technique that has been used for large scale murals since ancient times when pigments are mixed with water and applied to plaster support (wall or ceiling)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lawrence
The Migration Series
1940
Tempera on composition board
Tempera
(Lawrence/ The migration series/ 1940/ Tempera on composition board)
paint that dries very quickly and cannot be blended easily once its set down
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lawrence
Self-Portrait
1977
Gouache on paper
he does not put paint on canvas he puts himself on canvas
Lawrence/ Self-Portrait/ 1977/ Gouache on paper
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Sillman
Nut
2011
Oil on canvas
Oil paint
(Sillman/ Nut/ Oil on canvas)
pigment combined with oil/ dries very slowly allowing artists more time to manipulate the paint.
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Milhazes
Mariposa
2004
Acrylic on canvas
Acrylic
(Milhazes/ Mariposa/ 2004/ Acrylic on canvas)
synthetic artists colors that are strong weatherproof and industrial/ can be layered in heavy IMPASTO - ITALIAN FOR PASTE or dilluted with water/ dry permanently and quickly
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Bradford
Black Venus
2005
Photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, and additional mixed media
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
Preface to the Diamond Sutra
868
Woodblock handscroll
(example of relief)
Relief
(Unknown/ Preface to the Diamond Sultra/ 868/ Woodblock handscroll)
printing method in which the image to be printed is raised from a background
3 methods of printmaking
relief/ intaglio/ lithography
Artist
Title
Time
Media
de Goya
Asta su Abelo
1799
Aquatint
(example of intaglio)
Intaglio
(de Goya/ Asta su Abuelo/ 1799/ Aquatint)
areas meant to print are BELOW the surface of the printing table
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Catlett
Singing their Songs
1992
color lithography
(example of lithography)
Lithography
(Catlett/ Singing their Songs/ 1992/ Color Lithograph)
planographic process with a FLAT printing surface
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Osorio
You’re never Ready
2009
Inkjet on confetti
Memento mori
(Osorio/ You’re Never Ready/ 2009/ Inkjet on confetti)
WILL BE ON TEST
objects that remind us of our morality/ latin for remember you must die
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Swoon
Untitled or Kamayura Woman
2014
Hand-colored linocut
“For me pasting is about many things and one of them is about declaring the walls of the city a public sounding board for our dreams, desires, and collective identity”
Swoon/ Untitled/ 2013/ Hand-colored linocut
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Throssel
Crow Camp
1910
Modern print from a negative
This is how we see ourselves; this is what is important to us
Throssel/ Crow Camp/ 1910/ print form a negative
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Palik
TV Buddha
1974
Closed-circuit video installation with bronze sculpture, monitor, video camera
(example of video)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Tracy
iMirror
2007
Single channel video with sound
(example of machinima = machine cinema)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
SenseTeam Yiyang
Poster for X Exhibition 07: Graphic Design in China
2007
poster/ graphic ASK
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Pfeiffer
Red Green Blue
2023
light and video installation
(example of instalation art)
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Bourgeois
Maman (french for mommy or mtoher/ tribute to her mom who wove tapestries)
1999
Bronze, stainless steel, marble
Methods and materials of sculpture
modeling, assembling, carving, and casting
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Lewis
Forever Free
1867
Carrara Marble
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Unknown
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
12th century
gilt bronze
Artist
Title
Time
Media
Puryear
CFAO
2006
Painted and unpainted pine and found wheelbarrow