Art Test Flashcards
What were some of the artists that influenced Diego Rivera’s art style? (2)
Diego Rivera was influenced by many styles, but ultimately achieved his own brilliant and personal expression.
What were some of the cultures that influenced Diego Rivera’s art style? (2)
Some of the artists and cultures that influenced Diego Rivera’s art style were simple, outlined forms of Gauguin and his own cultural heritage of Mayan and Aztcc sculpture.
How did Fauvism get its name? (3)
Impressed by Freedom, Colour, and Individual character. These artists filled their canvases with vigorous brushstrokes and raw, bright, hot colors that sizzled. The art was described as the work of “wild beasts.” The French word for wild beasts is
Fauves, and the revolutionary artists accepted the title with pride, their work was thus called Fauvism.
What medium is Matisse’s Beasts of the Sea? (1)
The medium of Matisse’s Beasts of the Sea is collage. It was created by pinning and
pasting brightly colored flat shapes on contrasting backgrounds. The artist cut shapes directly from colored paper without first outlining them in pencil.
What elements in Rouault’s The Old King are similar: to a stained-glass window?
Rouault’s The Old King is similar to a stained-glass window because it uses heavy black lines and bright, glowing colours. Heavy black lines, like the lead in stained-glass windows) are used to cage brilliant colors in The OldKing.
Name two women German Expressionist artists (2)
Paula Modersohn-Becker and Kathe Kollwitz are two women German Expressionist artists. The artists Paula Modersohn-Becker and Käthe Kollwitz set the stage for
German Expressionism in their powerful and sympathetic studies of peasants and working-class people.
What were some of the concerns of Die Brücke? (1)
They cried out against the economic and social conditions in Germany prior to World War I.
From what artists did Die Brücke draw their inspiration? (3)
The artists were ardent admirers of Munch, van Gogh, and Gauguin.
What art did Die Brücke reject? (1)
The group vehemently rejected academic training in art and all traditional forms of expression.
What were some characteristics of the art Die Brücke? (2)
Meaning of expression through violent colour and distortion of features. They also studied African art in depth, especially the expressive masks and carving.
Describe the mood in Kirchner’s The Street. (2)
The tension and agitation of the street are expressed by sharp, angular shapes and vivid aid colors. There is isolation and loneliness even in such crowded conditions.
Which artist is recognized as having painted the first nonobjective painting?
Wassily Kandinsky is recognized as having painted the first nonobjective painting in 1910.
Name three artists or cultures that influenced Modigliani’s art. (5)
Early work: Toulouse-Lautrec. The artist developed a unique style based on the
elongated distortion of African sculpture, the design and brushwork of Cézanne the sketchy line and flat shapes of Matisse, and his innate Italian interest in portraiture.
Explain the symbolism in Kahlo’s Diego y yo. (3)
Among several paintings, the artist showed her husband to be a powerful presence in her life. In Diego y yo, to indicate that she was thinking about him, she painted him on her forehead. The third eve on his head is symbolic of the master artist’s ability to perceive far more in life than other people.
Describe the bridge in Joseph Stella’s Brooklyn Bridge. (3)
The painting of the Brooklyn Bridge is a visual praise of a structure that was considered an industrial and engineering triumph. Towers, cables, and beams of light are all woven
together with distant skyscrapers, and water. Together, they create a dynamic vision of interlocked space, light, form and colour.
Joseph Stella’s Brooklyn Bridge compositional balance? (1)
There is a symmetrical balance on either side of a strong central axis to hold the composition together.
What nationality was Pablo Picasso? In what country did he spend most of his adult life?
He was born in Spain, and moved to Paris to spend most of his years in France.
Describe the musicians in Picasso’s Three Musicians. What instrument is each one playing? (3)
They are happy, made using cut shapes. A Pierrot and a Harlequin from Italian comedic theater and a Franciscan monk were depicted. The three are making music on a violin, a clarinet and a zither.
What is the name of the technique perfected by Braque and Picasso where bits of real objects and paper were added to paintings? (1)
The two artists began adding actual bits of real objects to their canvases: newspaper
clippings, pieces of rope, bits of wallpaper, and even sand. These pieces added a note of realism to the designed pictorial space. The name of technique is called a collage, from the French word collé for glue or paste.
Describe the simultaneity in Braque’s Still Life:
The viewer sees each object from a separate vantage point, something a camera cannot do. One can see into the top of one bottle, but not into that of its neighboring flask. The viewer looks down on the dish with the apples. The wine glass is seen straight on and in perspective at the same time. This characteristic is called simultaneity.
Explain why the 1913 New York Armory Show was important.
It was America’s First chance to see Cubism, Fauvism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in a single exhibition. This was very uncommon at the time.
What is the main subject of Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase?
Duchamp had fractured the movement of a figure as it descended the stairs, and the
shapes are very shingle-like in their Character. Duchamp presents not one image, but an entire series of movements, stopped in successive stages of action.
Define Surrealism. (1)
Surrealism is when recognizable subject matter is put in illogical situations.
List five surrealistic artists. (5)
Some artists include Ernst, Arp, de Chirico, Klee and Picasso. Another painter who would form the heart of the Surrealist movement was Joan Miro. René Magritte and Salvador Dali would join in a few years. The work of these artists was called Surrealism because they were getting “beneath the realistic surface of life” or into a dream world of unreality.
