I Saw A Figure 5 In Gold: Charles Demuth

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Where was charles demuth born

lancaster pennsylvania

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When was charles demuth born

1883

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Where did charles demuth study

pennsylvania academy of fine arts and paris

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What american painter did charles demuth meet in paris

marsden hartley

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Whom did marsden hartley introduce demuth to while in paris

alfreid stieglitz

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When did alfred stieglitx give demtuh a solo show

1926

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Both marsden hartley and demuth found the environment of europe to be more accepting of what group of individual

gay men

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Who suggests that alfred stieglitz did not whole heartedly support demuths art career

wanda corn

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Why is it believed that alfred stieglitz did not fully support demuth

homosexual identity

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What type of works had demuth largely been known for

water color

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What was often the subject matter of demuths work

lancaster, vegetation, inustrial landscapes and scenes of entertainment

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What type of abstraction is used in I saw the figure 5 in gold

geometric abstraction

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Through use of what had artists attempted to create 3 dimensioanl paintings

chiascuro and modeling

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Geometric abstraction is most like which movements

russian supremetism, vorticism in england, cubism, italina futurism and constructivism

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Demuth got inspiration form geometric absraction drawing mostly from what movement and what artists

cubism, pablo picasso and georges braque

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What people apart of stieglitz group used geometric abstraction

max weber, and john marin

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Demuth in order to celebrate his friends invented a non representational way of portraiture called ____ that depicted the subject through symbols and text

poster portraits

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I saw a fugure 5 in gold depicts which one of demuths friends

william carlos williams

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Where and how did demuth meet poet william carlos william

met as lodger in philly

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Where was william carlos william studying when he met demuth

pennsylvania medical school

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Williams carlos william was stated to have been friends with what other 2 poets

Hilda dolittle and ezra pound

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What style of poetry did william carlos william practice

imagism

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What is imagism poetry

poetry that focuses on depicting clear imagery

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I saw a figure 5 in gold uses what 3 colors

gold red and grey

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I saw a figure 5 in gold use of thin brushstrokes and the creation of sharp outlines resembles the stencils used in

commercial advertising

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How many times does the number 5 appear in I saw a figure 5 in gold

3

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Where does each number 5 placed in I saw the figure 5 in gold

on the curve of the other 5's

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How many circles of what color resemble what in I saw the figure 5 in gold

7, pale gold and street lamps

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What two words mimic electrical signage in I saw a fugure 5 in gold

bill and carlo

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What does demuth include in his work I saw the figure 5 in gold at the bottom pertaining to william carlos william

WCW

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Which of william 1921 poems resembled a fire engines noisy progress down a street

the great figure

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What does william carlos williams poemp the great figure depict

firey engines noisy progress down a street

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When and how did demuth die

diabetes in 1935

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What does demuth employ to create the illusion of mevement in I saw the figure 5 in gold

shrinking numbers and gray lines

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Which of demuths friends intorduced him to the stieglitz group

marsden hartley

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Geometric abstraction often lack what pertaining to the usage of chiaroscuro during the renaissance

shading