20th century Flashcards
What did art do?
began to challenge the supremacy of figure
what is 20th century art?
diverse
Where is the center for art?
moved to New york
did flat
art has pattern
Matisse
humanity in crisis
Munch
just look at color not the picture itself
Kanginski
geometric
interlocking grids
Mondarian
worked in stained glass
liked white
Chagall
What does surrealists mean?
walking the boarder btwn sanity and insanity
What are the characteristics of Surrealists?
1- infinite distances
2- deep voids
3- uncomfortably close
What is the type of artist that has glaring light and menacing shadows?
Surrealists
art means something to him but he just doesn’t know what it is
Miro
1st to make a name for himself
Dali
- Wanted to see all sides of the subject at the same time
- reduce everything to geometry
Cubism
human figure in motion
Duchamp
- most revolutionary artists of the 20th century
- never lost sight of the human figure
Picasso
favorite shape - oval
often worked in bronze
Brancusi
holes in sculptures
negative space
Moore
mobiles
stabiles
Calder
1st to give us a skyscraper
sullivan
modular buildings
school - Bauhaus
Gropius
TWA terminal
Saarinean
love triangles
I. M. Pei
rough unfinished look
Gehry
name several things that Wright invented:
- concrete slab
- car port
- open floor plans
- built in furniture
- casement windows
responsible for the prairie house
Wright