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Untitled (Mirror Cube) was created by who and when

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Robert Morris

1965-1971

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The Woman with the Hat was created by who in what year

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Henri Matisse

1905

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No title created by Eva Hesse was created in what year

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1969-1970

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The Spiral Jetty is found where

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Great Salt Lake ,Utah

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What year was the Spiral Jetty constructed and by who

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1969-1970

Robert Smithson

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What black and white photographer shoots herself resembling popular stills from the early 1960’s

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Cindy Sherman

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When did Cindy Sherman release Untitled Film Still #21

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1978

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Who was the artist and what was the title of the performance art where the artist lay himself in a glass display case

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James Luna

The Artifact Piece

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Pablo Picasso’s piece that represented prostitution and the red light dirstrict

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Les Demoiselles D’avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon)

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What year and medium was Les Demoiselles D’avignon created in

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1907

oil on canvas

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Demoiselles a term for _______

Avignon was a ________

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Demoiselles was a term for prostitutes

Avignon was a street name in the red-light district of Barcelona

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Who was the artist of Darkytown Rebellion and when was it created

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Kara Walker

2001

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What story does Darkytown Rebellion tell

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It tells the story of slave revolt and massacre swirling with light projections

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Who saved many artists from destitution including Pablo Picasso

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Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

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Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler by Pablo Picasso was created in _____ and with what technique

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1910

Analytic cubism

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Who designed Falling Water (Edgar Kaufmann House) in what year and where

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Frank Lloyd Wright
1937
Pennsylvania

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The Horde was created in what year by who and with what artistic technique

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1927
Max Ernest
Grattage technique

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3 Standard Stoppages were created by who in order to re-imagine a new ____

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Marcel Duchamp

Meter (the Duchamp-meter)

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Duchamp created the Standard Stoppages in _____ in the year _____

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Paris

1913-1914

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What painting and by who was composed of three primary colours (red, yellow, blue) and two neutrals (white and black), and a grid of horizontal and vertical lines in search of what

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Composition with Yellow, Red, and Blue
The painting was created by Piet Mondrain in 1927
The painting searches for the essence of higher beauty and the balance of forces

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Autumn Rhythm (number 30) was created by _____ in the year of _____ in the medium of ______

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Jackson Pollock
1950
Oil on canvas

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Jackson Pollock created what type of paintings

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Action Paintings

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Who created and in what year and medium was Lavender and Mulberry done in

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Mark Rothko
1959
Oil on paper mounted on fiberboard

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What did Mark Rothko paint in Lavender and Mulberry

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Colours bleeding into one another in shapes that are sought to evoke meditation

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What painting and by who was created as a broad red field without any form that is only interrupted by zips of other colours (year also)
Vir Heroicus Sublimis by Barnett Newman in 1950-1951
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What do the zips of color in Vir Heroicus Sublimis represent
Represents human flaw creating unbalance
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Who painted The Snake Charmer. In what medium and year
Jean-Leon Gerome c. 1870 oil on canvas
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What "ism" is found in The Snake Charmer
Orientalism
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The Artists Studio was created by who in what year
Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre | 1837
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Who "fixed" photographic images creating what type of photograph
Daguerre fixed photographic images creating a type called daguerreotype
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Rouen Cathedral:The Portal was painted by _______ in the year ______ on over ___ canvases
Claud Monet 1894 30
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Why did Monet paint the cathedral
It was not for religious reasons, but Claud Monet was fascinated with the way light changed the facade constantly
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Who painted Still Life with Basket of Apples and in what years
Paul Cezzanne | 1880-1894
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What 4 spatial ambiguities are found in Still Life with Basket of Apples
1- The right side of the table is higher then the left 2- The wine bottle has two silhouettes 3- The right side of the basket in lower then the left 4- The pastries are titled towards the viewer
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Who was The Swing painted by and in what year
Honore Fragonard | 1767
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What type of painting is The Swing
It is a Rocco Painting
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What story does The swing depict
- A pretty young woman on a swing lifts her legs and gives an unobstructed view up her skirt to her hidden lover below - A statue of cupid with a hushing gesture maintains the humorous yet risque atmosphere - Movement of the swing comes from an elderly guardian pushing hidden by the shadows
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Who painted A Bar at the Folies-Bergere in what year and medium
Edouard Manet 1881-1882 Oil on canvas
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What does Edouard Manet portray in A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
He portrays the complex theme of gender and class relations
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Describe what is happening in A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
- A young woman serves drinks at a famous nightclub - She has a ruby face, and raw hands, seeming self absorbed and stiff perhaps depressed - She gazes but does not meet the customers eyes - There is a man visible in the mirror behind her standing close to her - The flowers in her chest symbolize availability or prostitution
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What does A Bar at the Folies-Bergere acknowledge in retrospect to gender and class
The piece acknowledged her gender and class, both she and the products she sells are up for consumption (visual and sexual)
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Who was Turner
He was an English landscape painter | The father of impressionism
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was painted by ____with _____ colours in ___ values
Georges Seurat 11 3
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is part of the __________ movement, as Seurat worked his whole life trying to "correct" what
Post-Impressionist | Seurat worked of correcting the shallow aspects of impressionism
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Who created Am I not a Man and A Brother in what year and medium
William Hackwood created it for Josiah Wedgehood 1787 Black and white jasperware
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Who designed the Chiswick House and in what years and where is it located
Richard Boyle 1724-1729 West London, England
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In what year was Liberty Leading the People created and by who
1830 | Eugene Delacroix
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What story does the painting Liberty Leading the People tell
The painting encapsulates the history of France after the fall of Napoleon It is an imaginative recreation of the massive July 1830 uprising
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Where is the Trinity Church located and who was it created by
New York | Richard Upjohn
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Details of the Trinity Church are rendered with historical accuracy aside from the vaults which are plastered not masonry from the _______ era
Early Gothic revival
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When was Monticello designed, where and by who and in what style of architecture
1770's Charlottesville, Virginia Thomas Jefferson Neoclassical Architecture
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Grotesque Art
Art work that is characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms. Often distorted from its natural form into absurdity, or ugliness
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Who designed Black forest (dark waters) and the Grotesque
Diana Thorneycroft
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What is the title of the horse Diana Thorneycroft created with her cats scabs and a porcupine quill mane
Horse with Red Tails
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What is the title of Diana Thorneycroft's piece she shot at Clear Lake
Herd Girl (Dysfunctional Fireman)
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How was the fire in Herd Girl (Dysfunctional Fireman) created
Created by soaking braided cotton in lighter fluid
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What 4 images are shown for the Indigenous peoples art
1- The Square Dancers 2- Electrical Currents 3- Mediating the Treaties 4- O-ween du muh waun (we were told)
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The Square Dancers were created by ____ in the year ____ and are located at ______
Kenneth Lavallee 2018 Air Canada Park
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What medium is The Square Dancers and why is the color and shape important
The medium is painted steel and the color is blue that is depicted on the Metis flag as well as the form creates an infinity side that is found on the flag as well
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Who is the artist of Electrical Currents and when was it created and in what medium
Julie Nagam 2018 Steel and glass
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What is the point behind Electrical Currents
To bring up awareness of sustainable energy consumption
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Mediating the Treaties was created by who in what year, what medium and where is it located
Rolande Souliere 2018 Stainless steel, digital print, and granite Air Canada Park
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Who designed O-ween du muh waun (We were told), when, in what medium, and where
RBOY Inc. September 2018 Concrete weathering steel Air Canada Park
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What does O-ween du muh waun symbolize
The overturned chairs signify the end and the failed attempts to assimilate
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In what year and by who was Moulin Rouge created by
1891 | Henri de Toulouse
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What medium was Henri de Toulouse's art done in
Lithograph printed in 4 colours
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Rococo
Fanciful and redefined art movement developed in France around 1715
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What was the Grand Tour
It was an extended visit to major cultural sites throughout Europe offered to wealthy young European men
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Picturesque
Visually attractive especially in a quaint or pretty style. Describes picture-like qualities
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Jasperware
A fine grained, unglazed white ceramic
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Grand Manner
Large scale and classical details. Artists used poses, compositions, and attitudes of Renaissance and antique models
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Orientalism
A fascination with Middle Eastern cultures that inspired nineteenth century European fantasies of exotic life that often appeared in paintings
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Fete galante
Elegant outdoor entertainment
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Capricco
Imaginary landscape
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Veduta
Naturalistic view of well known locales
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Daguerrotypes
A still life of plaster casts and a framed drawing that stakes a claim for photography as art
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Cubism
Painting that is fragmented and abstracted
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Futurism
Concern with events and trends of the future
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Rococo
Baroque and Rocaille. Fanciful and refined style
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Supermatism
Basic geometric shapes, painted in limited range of colours
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Where and when did Dada start
Cabaret Voltaire in Switzerland after World War I
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Automatism
To suppresses conscious control in the making process
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The 3 principles of "International Style"
1- The conception of architecture as volume rather than mass 2- Regularity rather than symmetry as the chief means of ordering design 3- Arbitrary applied decoration
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Frottage
Rubbing a pencil or crayon over a textured surface
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Grattage
Involved layers of paint being laid on a textured surface and emphasizing imagery seen in natural paint
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Happening
Performance, event, or situation meant to be considered art
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Who was the first person to use the term "happening"
Allan Kaprow
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Minimalism
Simple, typically massive forms
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Neo-classicism
The revival of classical style or treatment in art
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Pimitivism
Art with primitive people. Groups deemed to have relatively low standard of technological development by Western standards
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Analytic cubism
Breaking down a paining into pieces and seemingly analyze them
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Surrealism
Sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind
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Japonisme
Influence of Japanese
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Expressionism
Modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting beginning in Germany
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Equisse
Preliminary sketch
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Poussinistes and Rubenistes argued what
Argued whether line or color was more important in art
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Impressionism
Seek to re-create the general impression of a scene
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Post-impressionism
Reaction against impressionists concern for naturalistic depiction of light and colour
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En pleine air
To paint outside
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Fauvism
Wild beasts of colours. Non naturalistic colours, blunt brushstrokes, and deliberate disharmony

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