20th century art

Question 1

Cubism (2)

Answer 1

Influenced by African Art

Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Angion” and “Guernica” - Hitler bombed Guernica

Question 2

Expressionism

Answer 2

WW2 anxiety

Munich “The Scream”

Question 3

Dada

Answer 3

Distress in meaning; challenge high art

DuChamp’s “Fountain”

Question 4

Surrealism

Answer 4

Inspired by Freud and Dreams

Dali “The Persistence of Memory”

Question 5

Abstract Expressionism

Answer 5

Gestures, color fields, expression without specific meaning

Pollock’s “Number 1”

Question 6

Pop Art

Answer 6

Warhol’s “32 Campbell Soup Cans”