Barron's: Chapter 29 - Contemporary Art Flashcards
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Time Period
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- 1980-Present
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Essential Knowledge
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- Traditional skills have been challenged by digital works, works that were meant to last only a short time, works captured on video, computer generated works, etc.
- Diverse art forms are created that reflect and challenge the environment in which they were made
- Artists appropriate works from the past which reveal layers of meaning beyond what was perhaps intended
- Cities seek to be defined by an iconic landmark
- Art history has traditionally ignored contemporary art form non-American and European sources. Excellent contemporary art is being produced globally
- Eurocentric views have been downplayed by the rise of the Internet and political power shifts around the globe
- Artists now come from a multitude of backgrounds, not just the traditional what heterosexual male
- There are many more venues for displaying art in the world today than ever. Galleries, exhibits, and annual exhibitions proliferate
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Guggenheim Bilboa Museo
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- Frank Gehry
- 1997
- titanium, glass, and limestone
- Bilboa, Spain
- modern architecture
- Cross-Cultural Connections: Curvilinear Forms
- Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- Walls of Saqsa Waman
- Great Zimbabwe
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MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
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- Zaha Hadid
- 2009
- glass, steel, and cement
- Rome, Italy
- Modern Architecture
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Public Spaces
- Forum of Trajan
- Angkor Wat
- Forbidden City
5
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The Gates
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- Christo and Jean-Claude
- 1979-2005
- mixed media installation
- New York City
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Gateways
- Great Portal, Chartres
- Todai-ji
- Forbidden City
6
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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- Maya Lin
- 1982
- black granite
- Washington, D.C.
- modern paintings and sculptures
7
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Horn Players
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- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- 183
- acrylic and oil paint stick on canvas panels
- Broad Art Foundation
- Santa Monica, California
- modern paintings and sculptures
8
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Summer Trees
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- Song Su-nam
- 1983
- ink on paper
- British Museum, London
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Ink Technique
- Folio from the Qu’ran
- Bichitr, Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
- Bahrum Gur Fights the Karg
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Androgyn III
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- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- 1985
- burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Human Figure
- Tlatilco Female Figure
- Lakshmana Temple detail
- Nlo Bieri
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A Book from the Sky
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- Xu Bing
- 1987-1991
- 100 boxed sets of 4-volume woodblock printed books, variable numbers of scrolls hanging from the ceiling, and variable numbers of wall panels
- installation
- Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Madison, Wisconsin
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Book Making
- Book of the Lindisfarne
- Golden Haggadah
- Fortispiece of the Codex Mendoza
11
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Pink Panther
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- Jeff Koons
- 1988
- glazed Porcelain
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Porcelain and Ceramic
- The David Vases
- Apollo from Veii
- Terra-cotta Fragment
12
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Untitled #228 from the History Portraits Series
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- Cindy Sherman
- 1990
- photograph
- Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, California
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: References to the Past
- Jefferson, Monticello
- Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre
- Shinobare, The Swing
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Dancing at the Louvre from the series The French Collection, Part I, #1
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- Faith Ringgold
- 1991
- acrylic on canvas, with fabric borders
- Private Collection
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Woven Arts
- Bandolier Bag
- Hiapo
- The Bayeux Tapestry
14
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Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
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- Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith
- 1992
- oil and mixed media
- Chrysler Museum of Art
- Norfolk
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Multi-Media Works and Installations
- Paik, Electronic Superhighway
- Osario, No Crying Allowed in the Babershop
- Shonibare, The Swing (after Fragonard)
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Earth’s Creation
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- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- 1994
- synthetic polymer, paint on canvas
- Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia
- modern paintings and sculptures
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Landscape
- Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and Streams
- Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire
- Cole, Oxbow