History of Art Since 1945 - Midterm Study Guide

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering key artworks, artists, dates, scores, and performances featured on the History of Art Since 1945 Midterm Study Guide.

Sky City I. A 1957–59 sculpture created by Louise Nevelson.

Vir Heroicus Sublimis. A 1950–51 large-scale abstract painting by Barnett Newman.

Autumn Rhythm: Number 30. A 1950 drip painting by Jackson Pollock.

Target with Four Faces. A 1955 mixed-media assemblage featuring an encaustic target and plaster face casts by Jasper Johns.

Minutiae. A 1954 combine work constructed by Robert Rauschenberg.

Challenging Mud

Challenging Mud. A 1955 physical action and performance work executed in mud by Shiraga Kazuo.

Phantasy II. A 1946 abstract painting created by Norman Lewis.

Score for 4'33". A musical score composed by John Cage, written in 1952 and updated in 1953.

Trio A. A 1966 choreographic work created and performed by Yvonne Rainer.

Score for Dance Construction and performance of Huddle. A 1961 dance construction by Simone Forti in which seven or eight individuals form a close mass while participants take turns climbing over the huddle.

Column. A 1961 minimalist geometric column sculpture by Robert Morris.

Yellow Movie. A 1973 structural film and paper work produced by Tony Conrad.

Bicho em Si - Pq. A 1966 articulated, interactive geometric metal sculpture by Lygia Clark (often referenced simply as 'Bicho').

Untitled (1967). A 1967 wall-mounted serial stack sculpture by Donald Judd.

Little Sister. A 1962 delicate grid-structured painting by Agnes Martin.

Brillo Box (Soap Pads). A 1964 silkscreened wooden replica of a commercial product shipping carton by Andy Warhol.

Taglioni's Jewel Casket. A 1940 shadow-box assemblage containing glass cubes resting on velvet by Joseph Cornell.

Working Thought (from the "Lynch Fragments" series). A 1985 welded steel relief sculpture from the 'Lynch Fragments' series by Melvin Edwards.

Jazz (Chicago) Grand Terrace Ballroom. A 1964 photostat collage artwork by Romare Bearden.

Meat Piece with Warhol Brillo Box. A 1965 sculpture juxtaposing simulated visceral raw meat within a replica Brillo carton by Paul Thek.

Untitled from the series Technological Reliquaries. A 1966 sculpture enclosing simulated organic matter in a plexiglass vitrine by Paul Thek.

Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea. A 1958 constructed wooden cabinet and assemblage sculpture by H.C. Westermann.

Bliz-aard Ball Sale. A 1983 unannounced winter street performance in New York City by David Hammons selling graduated spheres of snow.

MOMA-Poll. A 1970 participatory institutional critique installation by Hans Haacke asking museum visitors to vote on Governor Rockefeller's stance on Nixon's Indochina policy.

Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Projects. A 1970 conceptual project by Cildo Meireles consisting of political messages and instructions printed on returnable glass Coca-Cola bottles.

Hang Up. A 1966 wall piece by Eva Hesse composed of a cloth-wrapped frame with a long, flexible steel tube protruding into the room.

Condensation Cube. A 1965 physical system artwork by Hans Haacke consisting of an enclosed transparent acrylic cube containing water that continuously condenses and evaporates.

Declaration of Intent. A 1968 conceptual statement by Lawrence Weiner defining the terms of construction, fabrication, and existence of a work relative to the artist and receiver.

Proposition #2: Make a Salad. A 1962 Fluxus event score and communal performance piece by Alison Knowles premiered on October 21st, 1962 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

Spatial Poem No. 1. A 1965 global participatory mail-art and mapping project organized by Mieko Shiomi.

Composition 1960 #10 to Bob Morris. An October 1960 text score by La Monte Young bearing the single instruction: 'Draw a straight line and follow it.'

Composition 1960 #9 to Bob Morris. A 1960 minimalist score by La Monte Young consisting of a single straight horizontal line drawn on paper.

Zen for Head. A 1962 performance by Nam June Paik realizing La Monte Young's Composition 1960 #10 by dipping his head, hands, and necktie into ink and drawing a line across paper.

Nov. 1, 1996. A Date Painting by On Kawara from the 'Today' series (1966–2013) stored in a custom cardboard box lined with a newspaper clipping from that day.