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Art Flashcards

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Define: Self-portrait:

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A self-portrait is a portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as the subject, typically it is drawn or painted from a reflection in a mirror.

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Define: Functions of the self-portrait

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Signatures of style, advertisements of skill, experiments in technique or expression, self-revelation

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Define: Existential

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Relations to human existence and human experience

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Define: Imbued

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To infuse

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5
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Define: Bohemians

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A person (such as a writer or an artist) living an alternative life

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Define: Reconciliation

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Act of resolution between the two groups

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Define: Figurative

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Representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

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Define: Interwoven

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interconnected

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9
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Define: Mythical

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Imaginary

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10
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Define: Inimitable

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Something that is not able to be imitated

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Define: Transparency

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A picture viewed by light shining through it or by projection

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Define: Illusory

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Implies a false impression - somewhat deceptive or unreal

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13
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Define: Technologies that influenced the self-portrait

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The mirror, Oil paint, SLR Camera, Photoshop

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14
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Define: Subjectivity

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Expressions of the individuality and personal experiences and perceptions of an artist

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15
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Define: Controversy

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A dispute where there is strong disagreement

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Define: Figurative

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Representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

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17
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Define: Benefactor

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A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

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18
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What’s the Archibald Prize awarding?

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The best portrait of a distinguished Australian each year by an Australian painter

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When should the artist complete their work for the Archibald Prize?

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12 months prior to submission

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Who are the entries of the Archibald Prize judged by?

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The Trustees of the Gallery

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21
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How much does the winner receive?

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$100,000

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22
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What are the two other prizes awarded with the Archibald Prize?

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People’s Choice Award & Packing room

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23
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How much is the People’s Choice Award?

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$3500

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How much is the Packing room?

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$1500

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25
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What is the focus work for Craig Ruddy?

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David Gulpilil, Two Worlds

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What media did he use?

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Mixed media (charcoal & graphite) on wallpaper

27
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What is the meaning of the painting ‘David Gulpilil, Two Worlds’

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“David is a man who crosses the lines that still divide two contrasting worlds” (something like this)

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When was the artwork ‘David Gulpilil, Two Worlds’ made?

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2004

29
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What are the two other works by Craig Ruddy?

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The Prince of Darkness - Warwick & Cathy Freeman, plaster on canvas

30
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What is Craig Ruddy also a winner of? In what year?

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People’s Choice award - 2010

31
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What is the Wynne Prize awarded for?

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best landscape painting of Australian scenery or for the best example of figure sculpture

32
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How much do you get for the Wynne Prize?

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$50,000 for the winner

33
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Where is it held?

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Art gallery of NSW

34
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Define: Bequest

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A money donation given to fund the award

35
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Who is it judged by?

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The Trustees of the AGNSW

36
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What are the other prizes awarded with the Wynne Prize?

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Trustees watercolour Prize, Pring Memorial Prize, Roberst’s family Prize

37
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How much do you get for Trustees watercolour Prize?

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$5000

38
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How much do you get for the Pring Memorial Prize?

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$1000

39
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How much do you get for the Roberst’s family Prize?

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$10,000

40
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What can the works be for the Wynne Prize?

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Multi-panel, seascapes and cityscapes

41
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What can the landscapes be done in?

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Oils, watercolour, acrylic or mixed media

42
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When was Imants Tillers born?

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1950

43
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What did Imants Tillers start? In what year?

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Method painting in 1981

44
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Define: Appropriation

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‘Borrowing’ of images by other artists/to take from another source

45
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Define: Non-linear

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A process in which one thing does not clearly link
or directly follow from another

46
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What has become a dominant theme of Tillers’ works?

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Landscape

47
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Which two artists did Tillers’ look to for inspiration to create this work?

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Von Guerard and Fred Williams

48
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Why was Tillers’ attracted to the waterfall?

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Because a waterfall is always changing but still somehow look the same

49
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What did Tillers’ see the waterfall as a metaphor for?

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Compare waterfall to the fleetingness of human life (short life)

50
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What helps convey the narrative in Tillers’ works?

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The text in his work creates meaning or narrative

51
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Which TWO other contemporary artists influenced Tillers’ practice?

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Fred Williams and Colin McCahon

52
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Define: Cultural Frame

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Examined in terms of the values and beliefs that influenced the artwork. How time, place and certain events shape artwork

53
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Where did Lena Yarinkura come from?

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Arnhem land

54
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Define: Contemporary

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The art of today

55
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Who did Lena Yarinkura learn to weave from?

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Her mother

56
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What does Lena Yarinkura’s work illustrate?

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Her ancestral creation and bush stories

57
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Define: Secular

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Non-reglious

58
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What does Lena Yarinkur use for her works?

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Local bush-dyed pandanus - weaves, forms/bodies filled - paperbark, woven/wooden limbs - attached and decorated

59
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What techniques does Lena Yarinkura use to weave?

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Twined technique

60
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What is usually Lena Yarinkura’s sculptures?

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Important local animals

61
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Where does Yvonne Koolmatrie live?

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Banks of Murray river, Southern Australia

62
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Who did Yvonne Koolmatrie learn to weave from?

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Her aunt Dorthy

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