Modern Art Midterm Flashcards
Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright is located in
Pennsylvania
Who was the patron of Falling Water?
The Kaufman family
Which of the following is not a feature of Falling Water…
-Painted natural colors
-Designed to harmonize with nature
-Open floor plan
-Located next to a waterfall
Located next to a waterfall
Les Demoiselles D’Avignon is a painting showing 5 prostitutes waiting for a customer… True or False
True
Primitivism in art involves an appreciation and imitation of cultural products and practices… True or False
True
In Alfred Stieglitz’s, The Steerage, the people on the lower half of the ship are Americans or Europeans:
Europeans traveling back to Europe.
For Stieglitz, The Steerage was important as..
A turning point from pictoralism to modern photography.
In the beginning of the 20th century, what was an argument why photography could not be called fine art?
It was the product of a mechanical tool.
Which of the following are influences In Klimt’s, The Kiss?
-Art Nouveau
-Byzantine mosaics
-Japanese art
-All of the above
All of the above
The forward thinking group led by Klimt was called…
The Vienna Secession
The Romanian artist, Constantin Brancusi brought what folk art traditions to France?
Stone and wood carving.
Which of the following artists did Brancusi work under?
Rodin
What was the main function of the Cubist Movement?
To show multiple viewpoints simultaneously.
What was Kandinsky’s intention to the viewer with Improvisation 28?
To provide them with a sensory experience, like music.
The formal qualities of Kirchner’s Self Portrait As A Soldier demonstrate the influence of… Fauvism True or False
True- The use of bold colors for emotional impact (Fauvism).
The Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht was commissioned by who?
It was commissioned by his family.
Kathe Kollwitz probably chose woodcut as the medium for her Memorial Sheet because…
It allowed for strong contrast and expressive shapes.
How did the Fauvists(Wild Beasts) get their name?
-They used complimentary colors next to each other
-Crude loose brushstrokes
-The critics described them as wild beasts
-All of the above
All of the above
Matisse was inspired to paint “Goldfish” after he visited…
Morocco
Die Brucke was a group of German Expressionists- it means?
The Bridge
What characterizes Modern Art?
Shift away from traditional styles to more experimental
Manet modernized the tradition of female nudes by “rejecting” academic conventions of……pick 2
-Color for the background
-The relationship of the nude to the viewer
-Modeling of the figure’s form
-The horizontal composition of the image of female nude
- The relationship of the nude to the viewer
- Modeling of the figure’s form
True or false
Traditional sensual female nudes were disguised in mythology, religion, and idealism
True
Type answer
Manet found inspiration for Olympia from which artist’s work?
Titian
(Venus of Urbino)
