Arts: I Saw the Number 8 In Gold Flashcards

1
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“Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors)”

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Frantisek Kupka

Czech

Orphism

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“A Little of the Bandit’s Soul”

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Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surealism

(shows a cello with a bowtie)

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“42 Kids”

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George Bellows

American

Ashcan

(located on their “splinter beach” near the Hudson)

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“Aviation series at the Newark Airport”

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Arshille Gorky

Armenain-American

Abstract Expressionism

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“At the Bar”

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Maurice de Vlaminck

French

Fauvism

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“Black Friar’s Bridge”

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Andre Derain

French

Fauvism

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“Charing Cross Bridge”

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Andre Derain

French

Fauvism

(In red and purple)

(Green skyscrapers in background)

(Purple canoes float in red water)

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“Ciphers and Constellation in Love With a Woman”

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Joan Miro

Spanish

Surrealism

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“Clairvoyance”

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Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surrealism

(Shows dude painting an egg as a bird)

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“Chinese Restaurant”

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John Sloan

American

Ashcan

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5
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“Coffee Mill”

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Marcel Duchamp

French

Surrealism

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“Cybernetic Odalisque”

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Salvador Dali

Spanish

Surealism

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“Dance in a Madhouse”

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George Bellows

American

Ashcan

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“Depictions of the Eiffel Tower”

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Robert Delaunay

French

Orphism

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9
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“Did costumes for Diaghilev’s 1919 La Boutique Fantastique”

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Andre Derain

French

Fauvism

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10
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“Dog Barking at the Moon”

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Joan Miro

Spanish

Surrealism

(Includes ladder on left)

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“Editor of Dada magazine 391”

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Francis Picabia

French

Dada

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“Figure in Motion”

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Robert Henri

American

Ashcan

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“Flight Into Egypt”

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Henry Ossawa Tanner

African-American

Realism

(Blues / whites / lantern)

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“From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky”

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Matthew Spender

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“Garden in Sochi”

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Arshille Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

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  • Style of surrealism that is developed by scraping paint of the canvas
  • Developed by Joan Miro and Max Ernst, as shown below
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Grattage

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17
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Person who coined the phrase ‘orphism’

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Guillaume Appolinaire

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17
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“Greenwich Village”

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John Sloan

American

Ashcan

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18
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“Henley Regatta”

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Raoul Dufy

French

Fauvism

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19
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“Hermes and the Infant Dionysus”

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Arthur Davies

American

Avant-garde

(Nude woman kneels before unicorns)

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20
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“Hesiod and the Muse”

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Gustave Moreau

French

Symbolism

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“Homage to Picasso”

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Juan Gris

Spanish

Cubism

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22
Q

“How My Mother’s Embroidered Apron Unfolds in My Life”

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Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

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22
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“Landscape in the Manner of Cezanne”

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Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

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22
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“Initiation into the Frat”

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George Bellows

American

Ashcan

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23
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“Law is too Slow”

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George Bellows

American

Ashcan

(Shows man in chains being burned alive)

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24
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-He named ‘fauvism’ and ‘cubism’

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Louis Vauxcelles

French

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25
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“Machine Turn Quickly”

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Francis Picabia

French

Dada

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26
Q

“Man in the Bathtub”

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George W. Bush

American

Modernism

(Because I’m not making two different Bush flash cards, this one is “Man in the Shower”)

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27
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“Max Schmitt in a Single Scull”

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Thomas Eakins

American

Realism

(Takes place on Schuylkill River)

(Mansion of Samuel Breck is on hill in right ‘sweetbriar’)

(Girard Ave Bridge)

(Railroad Connection Bridge)

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28
Q

“McSorley’s Bar”

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John Sloan

American

Ashcan

29
Q

What did Joan Miro say in response to Cubism?

A

“I’m going to smash their guitar”

30
Q

“[his]’s Chicago”

A

Joan Miro

Spanish

Surrealism

(named Miro’s Chicago)

(Originally named ‘The Sun, the Moon, and One Star’)

32
Q

“Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia series”

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Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

33
Q

“Odalisque series”

“Odalisque with a Green Scarf”

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Henri Matisse

French

Fauvism

“Odalisque in Red Trousers”

34
Q

“Oedipus and the Sphinx”

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Gustave Moreau

French

Symbolism

35
Q

“On the Threshold of Liberty”

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Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surrealism

(Shows bells next to wood and a female torso with cannon)

36
Q

“One Year the Milkweed”

A

Arshile Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

37
Q

Henri Mattise’s technique was “painting with” what?

A

Scissors

38
Q

“Penn Station series”

A

George Bellows

American

Ashcan

39
Q

“Portland Head Light”

A

Edward Hopper

American

Modernism

39
Q

“Pollice Verso”

A

Jean Gerome

French

Orientalism

41
Q

“Portrait of Juan Gris”

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Amedeo Modigliani

Italian

Portraiture

42
Q

“Portrait of Madame Josette”

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Juan Gris

Spanish

Cubism

43
Q

“Portraits of Jo Nivison”

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Edward Hopper

American

Modernism

(His wife)

45
Q

“Regatta at Cowes”

A

Raoul Dufy

French

Fauvism

47
Q

“Reminiscent of the Cathedral”

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Frantisek Kupka

Czech

Orphism

48
Q

“Salome Dancing Before Herod”

A

Gustave Moreau

French

Symbolism

49
Q

“Self Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle”

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Arnold Bocklin

Swiss

Swymbolism

51
Q

“Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon”

A

Robert Delaunay

French

Orphism

52
Q

“Skyline Near Washington Square”

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Edward Hopper

American

Modernism

53
Q

“Still Life with Old Shoe”

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Joan Miro

Spanish

Surrealism

54
Q

“The Balloons”

A

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

French

Symbolism

(premier symbolist of the late 19th century)

54
Q

“The Art Spirit”

A

Robert Henri

American

Ashcan

56
Q

“The Birth of Venus”

A

William Bouguereau

57
Q

“The Bohemian”

A

William Bouguereau

French

Realism

59
Q

“The Broken Column”

A

Frida Kahlo

Mexican

Self-Portraiture

60
Q

“The Card Players”

A

Fernard Leger

French

Tubism

61
Q

“The City”

A

Fernand Leger

French

Tubism

62
Q

“The Courtyard of the Old Residency in Munich”

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian-German

Realism

(Other works by Mr. Hitler land in either two categories: The ones that were seized by the US government, and are still in custody to this day, and the ones that weren’t seized that have sold for thousands of dollars in auctions in recent times)

63
Q

“The Great Parade”

A

Fernard Leger

French

Tubism

64
Q

“The Hibiscus Tree”

A

Paul Gauguin

French

Post-Impressionism

66
Q

“The Isle of the Dead”

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Arnold Bocklin

Swiss

Symbolist

(Freud, Lenin, and Clemenceau had prints in their offices)

(Hitler’s favorite painting)

68
Q

“The Joy in Blindness”

A

Francis Picabia

French

Dada

69
Q

“The Knitting Girl”

A

William Bouguereau

French

Realism

70
Q

“The Leaf of the Artichoke is an Owl”

A

Arshille Gorky

Armenian-American

Abstract Expressionism

71
Q

“The Little Dancer”

A

Robert Henri

American

Ashcan

72
Q

“The Liver is the Cock’s Comb”

A

Arshile Gorky

Armenian American

Abstract Expressionism

(Claws come out of several objects)

73
Q

“The Lost Jockey”

A

Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surrealism

74
Q

“The Magician’s Accomplices”

A

Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surrealism

75
Q

“The Man in the Cafe”

A

Juan Gris

Spanish

Cubism

77
Q

“The Potato Pickers”

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Maurice de Vlaminck

French

Fauvism

79
Q

“The Railway Crossing”

A

Fernard Leger

French

Tubism

80
Q

“The Reception of the Siamese Ambassador at Fontainbleu”

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William Bouguereau

French

Realism

81
Q

“The Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors at Fontainbleu”

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Jean Gerome

French

Orientalism

82
Q

“The Subjugated Reader”

A

Rene Magritte

Belgian

Surrealism

83
Q

“The Suicide of Dorothy Hale”

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Frida Kahlo

Mexican

Surrealism

(Commissioned by Clare Booth Luce)

(Shows woman throwing herself off Hampshire House building)

(Blood on frame of the painting)

84
Q

“The Thankful Poor”

A

Henry Ossawa Tanner

African-American

Realism

84
Q

“The Three Musicians”

A

Fernard Leger

French

Tubism

85
Q

“The Unicorns”

A

Gustave Moreau

French

Symbolism

87
Q

“The Yellow Kid”

A

Richard F. Outcault

88
Q

“The Young Man with Death”

A

Gustave Moreau

French

Symbolism

(winged baby holding torch)

89
Q

“Three Standard Stoppages”

A

Marcel Duchamp

French

Surrealism

(I can’t figure out what this thing is)

90
Q

“Three Women”

A

Fernard Leger

French

Tubism

(Fat mechanical looking naked women)

91
Q

“Tugboat at Boulevard St. Michael”

A

Edward Hopper

American

Modernism

92
Q

“Woman and Bird in the Night”

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Joan Miro

Spanish

Surrealism