Chapter 14 Flashcards

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What is Modernism?

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An artistic, literary, and cultural movement that rejected tradition in favor of experimentation and innovation.

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Define Avant-Garde.

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A term describing artists and writers who push the boundaries of traditional norms.

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What is Futurism?

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An early 20th-century artistic movement celebrating technology, speed, and industrial progress.

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Who is Filippo Tommaso Marinetti?

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The founder of Futurism, who published the Futurist Manifesto in 1909.

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What does Dadaism emphasize?

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An anti-art movement rejecting logic and tradition, emphasizing absurdity and randomness.

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Who is Marcel Duchamp?

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A Dadaist artist known for Fountain, a readymade urinal that challenged art conventions.

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What is Surrealism?

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An artistic and literary movement exploring the unconscious and dream imagery.

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Who is André Breton?

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A French writer and the founder of Surrealism, author of The Surrealist Manifesto.

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Name a famous work by Salvador Dalí.

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The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks.

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What is Expressionism?

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A movement emphasizing emotion and psychological depth over realism.

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Who is Edvard Munch?

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A Norwegian painter known for The Scream, an Expressionist depiction of anxiety.

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What is Die Brücke?

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A German Expressionist group that sought to express raw emotion through art.

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What is Der Blaue Reiter?

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A German Expressionist group emphasizing spiritual and symbolic content in art.

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Who is Wassily Kandinsky?

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An abstract painter and theorist who created Composition VII, pioneering non-representational art.

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What is Cubism?

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An art movement breaking objects into geometric shapes, pioneered by Picasso and Braque.

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Who is Pablo Picasso?

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A Modernist artist who co-founded Cubism, known for Guernica.

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Who is Georges Braque?

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A co-founder of Cubism, known for analytical and synthetic cubist works.

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What is Abstract Art?

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A movement that moved away from depicting reality, focusing on color, shape, and form.

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Who is Piet Mondrian?

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An abstract artist known for Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow.

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What is Bauhaus?

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A German school of design emphasizing functionalism, simplicity, and modern materials.

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Who is Walter Gropius?

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The founder of the Bauhaus, promoting integration of art, design, and industry.

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Who is Le Corbusier?

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A Modernist architect known for functionalist buildings and the phrase ‘a house is a machine for living.’

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What is The International Style?

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A Modernist architectural movement emphasizing simplicity and functionalism.

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What characterizes Modernist Literature?

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A literary movement focusing on fragmentation, stream of consciousness, and breaking traditional narrative structures.

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Who is James Joyce?

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A Modernist writer known for Ulysses, using stream-of-consciousness techniques.

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Who is Virginia Woolf?

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A Modernist writer known for Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.

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Who is T.S. Eliot?

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A poet known for The Waste Land, a fragmented work reflecting postwar disillusionment.

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Who is Ezra Pound?

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A poet and critic who played a major role in shaping Modernist poetry.

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What is The Lost Generation?

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A group of expatriate writers disillusioned by World War I, including Hemingway and Fitzgerald.

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Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

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A writer known for The Great Gatsby, critiquing the American Dream.

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Who is Ernest Hemingway?

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A Modernist novelist known for his minimalist style in A Farewell to Arms.

32
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Define Stream of Consciousness.

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A narrative technique capturing characters’ thoughts in a continuous flow.

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What is Modernist Music?

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A movement breaking traditional harmonies and structures, featuring composers like Stravinsky and Schoenberg.

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Who is Igor Stravinsky?

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A composer known for The Rite of Spring, which caused riots due to its avant-garde music.

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Who is Arnold Schoenberg?

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A composer who developed atonality and the twelve-tone system.

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What is Minimalism?

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A Modernist artistic movement focusing on simplicity and repetition, seen in music and visual art.

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What is The Harlem Renaissance?

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A cultural movement celebrating African American art, music, and literature.

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Who is Langston Hughes?

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A poet of the Harlem Renaissance known for The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

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Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

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An author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, exploring African American identity.

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What is The Jazz Age?

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A period of cultural change in the 1920s, marked by the rise of jazz music.

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What is Modern Dance?

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A movement breaking away from classical ballet, emphasizing freedom of movement.

42
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Who is Martha Graham?

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A pioneering Modernist choreographer who revolutionized dance.

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What is The Atomic Age?

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A period after World War II characterized by scientific advancement and existential reflection in art and literature.

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Who is Jean-Paul Sartre?

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A philosopher and writer associated with existentialism, author of Being and Nothingness.

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Define Existentialism.

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A philosophical movement exploring individual freedom and the search for meaning in a meaningless world.

46
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What impact did Modernism have on contemporary culture?

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Modernist ideas continue to shape contemporary art, literature, and architecture, challenging conventions and embracing innovation.