Art 111 Exam 1 Flashcards
Is a banana and duct tape really a work of art?
Own response
Realistic Art
Subject painted from everyday life in a natural manner and it looks real
Representational Art
taking an object and using it to represent something else
Abstract Art
Pure form to express ideas and emotions
non-objective art
do not focus on an object)
Lascaux Cave
where visitors are no longer allowed because of the deterioration of the paintings
Venus of Willendorf
Fertility goddess statue
Venus de Milo
Statue created by the greeks that campuses grace, harmony and beauty, by using math
Duchamp(DADA ERA)
who presented a men’s urinal entitled “Fountain
Van Gogh’s Starry Night
Post Impressionism
Art effects culture
Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic ( ART INFLUENCING CULTURE)
Regionalism
Edward Hoppers Nighthawks
Social realism
Mondrian’s non-objective work influence on fashion
Pop Art by Andy Warhol( Culture influences art)
Soup Can
JEFF KOONS BASKETBALLS
CONTEMPORARY ART
Hugh Dalziel Duncan is a sociologist with a theory regarding art.
Art is the ‘Prime Mover of social action. HUMANS ELABORATE THINGS AND WE ARE ALL ARTISTS
HIS EXAMPLE OF ELABORATION WAS SEX
HOW SEX IS APPLIED TO CARS
METAPHOR
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Kandinsky’s painting Composition VII and Cy Twombly’s painting Untitled relate to the classical music of Mozart’s Flute Quartet
are examples of non-objective art BECAUSE OF THEIR PURE FORM
BLACK AND BLACK’S THEORY OF METAPHOR
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUBJECT OF METAPHOR
hat we are specifically looking at would be the secondary subject. What the artist’s intent is would be the primary subject of the metaphor.
EXAMPLES INCLUDED VANGOUGHS STARRY NIGHT AND POTATOE EATERS
PAINTINGS THAT TELL A STORY
NARRATIVE
We saw videos illustrating the ideas above including George Carlin’s Baseball and Football, Abbott and Costello’s Who’s on First
VIDEOS THAT ILLUSTRATE COMEDY IS A FORM OF ART
