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what are the hallmarks of fauvism

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colors fighting like wild beasts

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what are the hallmarks of futurism

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speed and movement

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what is the major historical context of fauvism

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what is the major historical context for fauvism

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everything is speeding up like cars and trains

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what are the hallmarks of cubism

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cubed geometric fomrs

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what is the major historical context of cubism

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eisteins theory of relativity-time and space is relative to the observer. cubists are showing different perspectives within one art work

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what are the hallmarks of expressionsim

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emotional intensity. the artists are dealing with winner emotions

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what is the major historical context of expressionsim

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existentialism- how you exist. there is no real purpose when you enter the earth. you can make purpose out of your life. life is meaninglesss. you have to make purpose

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what is the hallmarks of dada

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nonsensical. making fun of art

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what is the major historical context of dada

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after ww1, everyone is affected. it pushed the boundaries of traditional arts

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what are the hallmarks of surrealism

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dreamlike

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what is the major historical context of surrealism

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freuds theories-psychoanaylist of the subconscious mind and dream analysis. they are trying to relate that idea through visual representation of it

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what are the hall marks of documented photography

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telling a story with photographs to show how they live. brining awareness to something

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what is the major historical context of documented photography

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the great depression, the dustbowl

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what are the hallmarks of abstract expressionsim

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emotional expression

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what is the major historical context of abstract expressionsim

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the cold war. they are not fithting. communism vs capitalism

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what are the hallmarks of american realism

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unebellished everyday life

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what is the major historical context of american realism

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the invention of the flourescent lighting

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what are the hallmarks of popart

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making fun of socieety and all of the advertising

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what is the major historical context of popart

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advertising- they were making fun of advertising

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what is the hallmarks of the harlem rennaissance

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dynamic cubism

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what is the major historical context of the harlem renasaiince

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bringing awareness to african americans moving up to the north to have a better life. it was documenting things they had to go through

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what are the hallmarks of the balck arts movement

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assemblage

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what is the major historical context of the black arts movement

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the civil rigihts movement

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what are the hallmarks of feminist art

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feminsit issues and equal rights

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what is the major historical context of contemporary art

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enviromental art. bringing awarenees to enviromental issues

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documentary photography

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brought awareness to the hardships. migrant mother became one of the most famous pictures

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futurism

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speeding through time

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travyon martin

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he was murderd the person who murderd him was left off the hook

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cold war-communism vs capitalism

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pushing people out of the box and people are experimenting

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what is existentialism

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life is meaningless

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what was the democratic republic of congo

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the group that would take the kids and train tehm to become soldiers. they repeat the process. they take them whether they want to or not

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what is globalization

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it is one of the biggeset part of contemporary art. artists can become worldwide famous easier. we can be informed about things to the point where no one cares. the internet and the computer made us a completely globalized world

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what is mob mentality

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you following someone blindly, and you los eyou rmind.

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what were avant garde artists

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artists ahead of their time. they are modern

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what were african masks

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they were inspired by aftican masks

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what is dada

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nonsensical

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who was emmet till

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the little boy that was murdred aftera woman in thre grovery store whisteled at him

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after emmet till died, what happened

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a lot of people got involved with the civil rights movement

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