Module 2: Major Contemporary Art Movements Flashcards
It is also called popular art.
pop art
The 2 persons who pioneered pop art.
Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
It is a British and American art movement that flourished between 1955 and around 19970 and was inspired by a popular culture.
pop art
It was on the 20th century.
minimalism
The term “minimal” was first coined by an American professor of Philosophy _________________ to describe the art style.
Richard Wollheim
The main goal of minimalism.
To reduce the paintings.
It employs a “more real than real” precision of detail.
photorealism
It emerged around the US in 1965.
photorealism
It is a contrast to abstract art.
figurative art
It is real-life imagery of human forms.
figurative art
It refers to land art that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.
earth art
It uses natural materials such as rocks.
earth art
Its goal is to transform natural landscapes into works of art.
earth art
It is inspired by graffiti art in the 1980s.
street art
It is where artists create their artworks on public places.
street art
It emerged through the article published by Sol Lewitt in 1967.
conceptual art
It used different materials and media to convey these concepts.
conceptual art
It came about as a reaction against abstract expressionism.
pop art
It is the style of which emphasizes passionate expression and obscure imagery.
pop art
It was inspired by advertising, magazines, television, and comic strips.
pop art
They were not usually associated with paintings such as collage on canvas and other industrial and technical processes, like silk screen printing.
pop art
The art style focuses on the fundamental principle of “less is more”.
minimalism
The German-born American architect that made minimalism famous.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
It creates artworks to make viewers or spectators see what is in front of them-the artwork itself and not what the artwork represents.
minimalism
It has the aim of creating hyper realistic paintings and drawings that usually involve a reproduction of photographs, including portraits, landscapes, and others.
photorealism
The term and art style of this can be linked to 19th century art movements, such as Renaissance and Baroque, there was a slow movement toward modern art wherein artists started to create less realistic representations of figures.
figurative art
They create artworks that convey political ideas or social commentaries.
street art
They do not intend for spectators to understand their work.
graffiti artists
They create art to convey a message to provoke discussion and reactions from spectators.
street artists
This art movement rejected the idea that art is a commodity a reaction against minimalism and pop art.
conceptual art
The idea or concept behind the artwork is more important than the artwork itself.
conceptual art
The year of origin of installation art.
1960s
It is an art movement characterized by its immersive large-scale artworks.
installation art
They conceptualize their works with certain sites in mind or where the artworks will be placed.
installation art
It is to design artworks that would physically interact with their viewers and spectators as the environment becomes part of the whole artistic experience.
installation art
It is to convey a message or idea through various conceptualized performances.
performance art
The four basic elements of performance art.
time, space, the performer’s body (or presence in a medium), and a relationship between the performer and the audience.
This art can be performed in any setting or venue live or through different media.
performance art
It is formerly referred to as computer art or cybernetic art.
digital art
It began in Europe and the United States in the 1960s.
digital art
The first computer art exhibition.
titled Computer-Generated Pictures, was organized by Howard Wise Gallery in 1965
It makes
use different media and technology to create multimedia installations, film-based photography, and computer-generated or digital images.
digital art
