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Art Final Flashcards

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Lion Man

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-prehistoric
-possible link to religion

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Venus of Willendorf

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-Willendorf in Germany
-goddess of fertility

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Horse

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-made of horn
-decorative only
-(prehistoric?)

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Thinker

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-made of clay
-decorative only

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Ram

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-possible deity
-Mesopotamian, NOT European

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Abu Simbel

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-Egyptian
-moved due to dam construction

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Discobulus

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-human athlete
-original sport of Olympic games

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Laocoon

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-gods punishing humans
-physically exceptional

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Venus de Milo

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-female beauty formula
-reconstructed digitally and held an apple

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Resting Boxer

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-beat up human form
-bronze sculpture

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Notre Dame Paris

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-spire burned down
-home of Quasimodo

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Chimera

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-diverts water
-NOT gargoyle

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Gargoyle

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-ornamental only
-not a chimera

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Donatello’s David

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-young boy
-peacefully resting after the battle

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Michelangelo’s David

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-large sculpture
-replica on the square original in museum

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Michelangelo’s Pieta

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-marble sculpture
-called a deposition as well

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Bernini’s David

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-full of action
-marble sculpture

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Bernini’s ecstasy of St. Teresa

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-too physical
-gold light behind and above the piece

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Trevi Fountain

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-over-the-top structure
-not allowed to swim in it

20
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Rodin’s The Thinker

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-many copies
-large and small copies abound

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Rodin’s Burgher of Calais

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-regular merchants from the town
-heroic offer to save town

22
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Object 1935

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-fur-covered cup and saucer
-dada art

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Duchamp’s “Fountain”

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-challenges what art is
-ceramic piece

24
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Man Ray “present”

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-challenges form and function
-breaks symbol of oppression

25
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Picasso’s Chicago Picasso

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-large public sculpture
-steel construction

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Brancusi “Bird in Space”

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-rejected when shown because it did not look like a “sculpture”
-one of the first modern works shown in USA

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Calder’s Mobile

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-kinetic art
-small to huge examples exist

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Robert Indiana’s love

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-pop art
-very intentional use of type

29
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Shuttle Rocks

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-large installation
-bigger than life

30
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“Cloud Gate”

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-hollow structure
-stainless steel

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Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty”

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-not permanent
-huge scale

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Cristo’s Running fence

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-24 miles
-lasted only 18 days

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Butterfield’s Horse

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-in Wausau
-bronze sculpture

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Lewis Hine “Mill Worker”

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-Hine from Wisconsin
-labor laws were challenged

35
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Lewis Hine “Worker at the Steam Pump”

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-recreation of Greek pose
-not spontaneous

36
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Margaret Burke - White “The Soup Line”

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-not the American Dream
-Shows social divide

37
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Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother”

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-during dustbowl
-shows resilience

38
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Alfred Einstaed V J celebration in Times Square

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-victory over Japan
-names unknown of people in shot

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Eugene Smith’s “A country Doctor”

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-shows compassion
-is all real

40
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Cartiere Bresson’s image of little boy with bottles

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-example of street photography
-involves everyone in picture

41
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“Napalm Girl”

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-brought home horrors of war in Vietnam
-changed many perspectives of the war

42
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Execution of Vietcong man

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-showed war brutally
-would never be published today

43
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“Kent State massacre” image

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-brought war to USA
-commemorated in song

44
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Raising of the Flag over Iwo Jima

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-claims to be unposed
-turned into sculpture

45
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Image correctly named, “Falling Man”

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-represents all the people lost
-copy owned by Elton John

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