Art hisotey final terms

Nkisi n’kondi

Powerful spiritual statue created in the Congo

“Primitivism”

Art inspired by other cultures (like Africa) and using it to convey less modern, primitive art

Cultural exchange

Sharing ideas and traditions from other cultures to another

Restitution

Solution to provenance.

Countries the art was taken from should be paid for its value

Repatriation

Solution to provenance

The stolen art work should be returned to its rightful place

Provenance

Trace history of an object after its creation (how did the art end up in the museum? Stolen?)

Chanoyu

Japanese tea ceremony that is used as a hospitality ceremony

Wabi sabi

Wabi = modest, humble

Sabi = imperfect, weathered

An object is appealing because of its imperfections and humble nature

Kintsugi

Taking broken pots or objects and repairing cracks with golden laquer to celebrate its continuation as a broken object

Ukiyo-e

Predecessor to manga, art would tell stories, highly collectible

Japonisme

Craze for Japanese art and design in western countries in the 19th century

Fauvism

Art movement in 20th c, use of radical and vibrant colors, spontaneous and bold brushstrokes

Analytic Cubism

Takes a subject and breaks individual down into its components

Synthetic Cubism

More collage and took external materials to build up an object

Collage

Use external materials and layering it in combination with other materials

Abstraction

Simplifying complex realities and images through abstract shapes and colors

Expressionism

Art prioritizing emotional experience over objective reality

Dada (dadaism)

Art movement in 20th c. that rejects logic and embraces the absurd and nonsense

Readymade (found object)

Found objects (objects that were abandoned) are displayed as they are or with minimal additions to

Surrealism

Art movement in 20th c. that is very figural and has likeness to reality but not quite like it, dream-like

Abstract expressionism

Art movement in 20th c. that focuses on abstract paintings made with spontaneity and emotional expression

Drip painting

Pouring and splattering paint over a canvas without brushstrokes

Color-field painting

Style of abstract art in 20th c, evokes emotion through the color rather than imagery, the color is the subject

Curation

Process of selecting, organizing, and looking after items in a museum

Installation art

Artist installs the art right in the museum with collaboration of the institution

video art

Art using moving images or videos as its medium

Performance art

Artist is usually physically part of the work of art and what they do is the art

Earth art/ environmental art

Art made in the earth to get people out of museums and experience the world