American Modernism /Abstract Expressionism Flashcards
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Diego Rivera, Ancient Mexico, fresco, 1929-1935
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Diego Rivera, Man, Controller of the Universe,
fresco, 1934
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Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, oil on canvas, 1939
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Jackson Pollock, Lavendar Mist, oil, enamel and aluminum paint on canvas, 1950
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Willem de Kooning, Woman I, oil on canvas, 1950-1952
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Barnett Newman, Onement I, oil on canvas, 1948
-ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: Newmann’s “zips”
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Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis,
oil on canvas, 1950-1951
“Vir heroicus sublimis”= Man, heroic and sublime
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Mark Rothko, No. 14, oil on canvas, 1960
-ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: color field; chromatic expressionism