Midterm Exam Study Guide

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on key concepts and terms from the midterm exam study guide.

Formal elements

The visual components of an artwork, such as color, line, shape, and texture, which help to identify its style and movement.

Subject matter

The content or theme of an artwork, which can inform its historical context and artistic movement.

Post-Impressionism

An art movement originating in the late 19th century, characterized by a focus on emotional expression and a departure from Impressionism.

Fauvism

An early 20th-century art movement led by Henri Matisse, noted for its bold colors and simplified forms.

Dada

A cultural movement that originated in the early 20th century as a reaction against the horrors of World War I, characterized by absurdity and anti-art sentiments.

Cubism

An influential art movement developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, focused on abstract forms and the representation of multiple perspectives.

German Expressionism

An early 20th-century art movement characterized by a focus on emotional experience rather than physical reality.

Impressionism

A late 19th-century art movement that sought to capture the effects of light and atmosphere on the subject matter.

Symbolism

A late 19th-century literary and artistic movement that emphasized the expression of emotional experience through symbolic imagery.

Early Modern Sculpture

Sculptures created during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting modern aesthetics and ideas.

Francisco Goya, The Execution of the Rebels on the Third of May, 1808, oil on canvas, Spanish
Romanticism

Édouard Manet (French), (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863, oil on canvas, France,
Realism

Claude Monet (French), Impression: Sunrise, 1872, Impressionism

Georges Seurat (French), A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1886,
oil on canvas, Post-Impressionism

Paul Cézanne (French), Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904, oil on canvas, Post-Impressionism

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), The Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, Post-Impressionism/Symbolism

Paul Gauguin (French), Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897, oil on canvas,
Post-Impressionism/Symbolism

Auguste Rodin (French), Burghers of Calais, 1884, bronze, Symbolism

Edvard Munch ( Norwegian) The Scream 1893 tempera and pastel on board, Symbolism

James Ensor (Belgian), The Entry of Christ into Brussels, 1888, oil on canvas, Symbolism/Les X

Henri Matisse (French), (The Joy of Life), 1906, oil on canvas, Fauvism

Constantin Brancusi (Romanian), Bird in Space, 1925, bronze, stone, and wood, Early Modern Sculpture

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German), Street, Dresden, 1908 (dated 1907), oil on canvas, German Expressionism
(Die Brücke)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), Composition VII, 1913, oil on canvas, German Expressionism (Der Blaue
Reiter

Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, June-July 1907, oil on canvas, Early Cubism/Primitivism

George Braque (French), The Portuguese (The Emigrant), 1911, oil on canvas, Analytic Cubism

Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Guitar, Sheet Music, and Wine Glass, Fall 1912, pasted papers, gouache, and charcoal
on paper, Synthetic Cubism

Marcel Duchamp (French), Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912, oil on canvas, Cubism & Futurism

Giacomo Balla (Italian), Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (Leash in Motion), 1912, oil on canvas, Futurism

Umberto Boccioni (Italian), Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze (cast 1931), Futurism

Kazimir Malevich (Russian Empire, born in present-day Ukraine), Black Square, 1915, Russian Suprematism

Hugo Ball (German), Hugo Ball Reciting the Poem Karawane at the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, 1916,
photograph, Zurich Dada

when did this dude do a performance

Hugo Ball reciting the poem Karawane at the cabaret Voltaire 1917

Marcel Duchamp (French), Fountain, 1917, porcelain urinal and paint, New York Dada

Hannah Höch (German), Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch
of Germany, 1920, photomontage, Berlin Dada

when was this painting made

The scream was made in 1893

when was this painting made

The execution of the rebels on the third of May was made in 1808

when was this painting made

Luncheon the grass was made in 1863

when was this painting made

Sunset by Monet was made in 1872

when was this painting made

A Sunday afternoon on the island of la grand jatta was made in 1886

when was this made

Mont sainte victorie was made in 1904

when was this lil lad made

the stary night by van gogh was made in 1889

when was dis made

1897 where do we come from, what are we, where do we go gogan

when was dis sculpted

1889 burghers of Calais

when whas dis one made hmm

1888 The entry of Christ into Brussels

when was dis made

the joy of life was made in 1906

when was this fuck shit made

A bird in space was made in 1925

when ohwas thisu made

the street Dresden was made in 1907

when was this musical art thing made

composition VII was made in 1913

when was this woman hating one made

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
was made in 1907

when was this guy made

the Portuguese was made in 1911

made in 1912 guitar sheet music wine glass Pablo Picasso synthetic cubism

when did this guy get painted

Nude walking down a staircase by marcel Duchamp 1912

when was this pupper made

Dynamism of a dog on a leash 1912

when was this space man made

unique forms of continuity in space 1913

when was this Russian square made

Black square was made in 1915

when did this actual fuck shit get “made”

the fountain was made in 1917

when was this made

cut with a kitchen knife dada was made in 1920