20th century Flashcards

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What did art do?

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began to challenge the supremacy of figure

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1
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what is 20th century art?

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diverse

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2
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Where is the center for art?

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moved to New york

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3
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did flat

art has pattern

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Matisse

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4
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humanity in crisis

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Munch

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5
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just look at color not the picture itself

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Kanginski

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6
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geometric

interlocking grids

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Mondarian

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7
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worked in stained glass

liked white

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Chagall

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8
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What does surrealists mean?

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walking the boarder btwn sanity and insanity

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9
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What are the characteristics of Surrealists?

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1- infinite distances
2- deep voids
3- uncomfortably close

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10
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What is the type of artist that has glaring light and menacing shadows?

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Surrealists

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11
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art means something to him but he just doesn’t know what it is

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Miro

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12
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1st to make a name for himself

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Dali

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13
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  • Wanted to see all sides of the subject at the same time

- reduce everything to geometry

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Cubism

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14
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human figure in motion

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Duchamp

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15
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  • most revolutionary artists of the 20th century

- never lost sight of the human figure

16
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favorite shape - oval

often worked in bronze

17
Q

holes in sculptures

negative space

18
Q

mobiles

stabiles

19
Q

1st to give us a skyscraper

20
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modular buildings

school - Bauhaus

21
Q

TWA terminal

22
Q

love triangles

23
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rough unfinished look

24
Q

name several things that Wright invented:

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  • concrete slab
  • car port
  • open floor plans
  • built in furniture
  • casement windows
25
Q

responsible for the prairie house