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Who is the architect of the contemporary art museum

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Zaha Hadid

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who is known for their graffiti art and moving art beyond the boundaries of the museum?

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Basquiat

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what are some ideas of the installations that involve the aids epidemic?

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silence = death
government won’t step in, so artists will
more about the message than the aesthetic

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who is known for self portrait, not wanting to be considered a surrealist, and a mexican woman artist?

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Frida Kahlo

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Who is a regionalist painter, with a suburban push, known for lonely scenes?

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Edward Hopper

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Who is known for their modernistic aesthetic, along with their painting of the great migration in america?

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Jacob Lawrence

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what is a straight photograph?

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makes photos look like photos instead of imitations of paintings or prints.

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What is regionalism?

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US response on specific locations in the US

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Popular painting that represents regionalism?

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American gothic by Grant Wood because every thing about it is midwest

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what are the 3 big avant garde trends?

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modernism, regionalism, and social realism

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what is modernism?

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is a marker for the transition to more machine-aesthetic/modern styles. characterized by clean lines and explorations on form

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What is the armory show?

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Is an avant garde show that helps set up NYC as the next big art center

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what is the Stieglitz circle/291 gallery?

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they bring in photography as an art form. the circle also brings in modernist ideas of clean lines and forms, and machine aesthetics

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what is the ashcan school?

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it is a school that draws on traditional means of representations. it looks at urban settings as it is a NYC centered art school

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what is the Harlem renaissance?

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black artist become more prevalent. in NYC. combats stereotypes

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who is a popular harlem painter?

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Palmer Hayden

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Who is a popular harlem photographer?

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James Van Der Zee

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how was photography used during the harlem renaissance?

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was used activism, and it often showed the living conditions of new york

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who was georgia O’Keeffe?

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she was a bigger female name when female names were not getting much attention. she had an emphasis on form, and often had flowers in her paintings

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what is the WPA

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the works progress administration. the WPA provided jobs for the unemployed, and it enabled many painters to survive during the depression

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What is the FSA?

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the federal farm security administration. it was aimed to educate the population about the toll that the depression had taken on the farmers and migrant workers. photographers came to these areas to document the lives of the residents

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who was diego rivera?

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one of the mexican muralists. also had a relationship with frida kahlo

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who was alexander calder?

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one of the mexican muralists. his art is an exploration of sculpture, how the sculpture moves, and how the perspective changes when it moves

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Edward hopper, Early sunday morning

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photo of a building. painted in 1930, part of the regionalist movement

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Edward hopper, carolina morning
photo of a girl on a train platform? in a field, painted in 1955, part of the regionalist movement
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Jacob lawrence, the migration series
photo of faceless black people, going towards signs with different large cities. painted in 1940. also part of the social regionalist movement.
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who was andrew wyeth?
popular regionalist painter. knwon for christinas world
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who is rothko
good example of color field, you cannot tell his painting gestures, and you are meant to get lost in his fields of color.
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who is isamu noguchi?
an abstract expressionist sculpture
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who is willem de koonig
he is a gestural artist
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Willem de Koonig, Painting
a black and white painting, allowed the medium to run its own course. certain forms can be recognized, like a glove in the upper right. painted in 1946. part of the gestural painting movement
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Willem de kooning, Woman I
colorful painting of a women, part of the gestural movement. disproportionate. very abstract. painted in 1950.
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who is jackson pollock?
painter known for a sense of frenzy. his paintings are abstract because you cannot pick out forms.
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what is existentialism about?
moral or ethical behaviors
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what still has a focus on primitive?
Freud, surrealism, automatism
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what is now the gathering place for artists?
New York City
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what is black mountain college?
its in north carolina, educated many avant garde artists
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what does gestural mean?
you can tell where the artist was moving on the painting
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who is clement greenberg?
was an art critic, 1909-1994. interested in ideas of materiality and artistic genius
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Who was giacometti?
known for sculptures which were supposed to represent people after the war. had a strong emphasis on the individual
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who is jean dubuffet?
was interested in the subconscious and the primitive, and looks at how art of children and mentally ill people may have a more primitive subconscious. they explored the media.
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Barbara hepworth looked at what?
properties of the medium
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who was francis bacon?
they were a painter that was a great example to the response after ww2. they showed the horrors following the war
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Francis Bacon, Head VI
is the pope, looks like he is screaming, and his eyes are disappearing from his head, and he is trapped in a glass box. painted in 1949, part of the british sculpture and painting movement.
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what was Christo known for?
his contemporary pieces, and wrapped buildings
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What is performance art?
breaking outside the medium settings. using bodies as the medium.
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who is yoko ono
popular performance artist
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what does pop art respond do?
consumerism and irony and by eroding the distance between art and life. responds to abstraction with figures
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who is richard hamilton
a popular british pop artist
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richard hamilton, just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?
a pop art, colalge, set in a home, looks almost like magazine cut outs pasted on. made in 1956. part of the pop art in britain movement
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what were two very popular subjects in Andy Warhol's paintings
campbells soup cans and coke bottles
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andy warhol
extremely popular pop art artist
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what is a happening
unlike a stage play, may occur is a super market, driving, under a pile of rags. it is art, but seems closer to life.
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what is combine
it is rauschenberg's term for his assemblages
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what is an encaustic
a painting media that uses wax as a binder
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what is environment art
it is when an artist creates a full experience in a 3d space
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what is conceptualism
the idea of the art is more important than the appearance of the final product
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what is black mountain college
it is an experimental art school in north carolina that drove more progressive art mid century
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what did allan kaprow do?
they staged the first public happening
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what is site-specific?
when art it made for a specific location, which means meaning is lost in another location
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what is open composition?
the artwork seems to expand beyond perceived edges, implying a sense of limitlessness
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what is painterly
emphasis on the free application of paint in a way that shows the hand of the artist as represented by abstract expressionism
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what is kinetic art
art that moves
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what was happening form 1947-1991
the cold war
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what were the rules of clement greenberg?
tendency towards abstraction. truth to materials, adhering to internal logic. originality
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alexander calder, la spirale
a large sculpture that is actually a mobile. made of sheet metal. no date on when it was made
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what was the continued interest of the viewer?
the role of the viewer in interacting with or completing the artwork
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how does interest in viewer awareness shift?
to an emphasis on the idea of the viewer experience instead of an emphasis on how form dictates the experience
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what was conceptual art
the idea is the work of art
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what is feminist art?
art that centered on women. often used their body, but turned to other media as well that was associated with women's history or traditional domestic values
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what is body art
the use of the artist's own body as a medium for artistic expression
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what was happening from 1954-1968
the civil rights movement
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what was happening during 1955-1975
the vietnam war
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what was happening from the 60s-80s
the womens liberation movement
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what happened in 1968
MLK jr and Robert F kennedy were assassinated
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what became very common in the early 60s
televisions
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Joseph josuth, one and three chairs
a wooden folding chair, a photo copy of a char, and an enlarged definition of chair. no date on when it was made. part of the language and image movement
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on kawara, the today series of date paintings
an installation. 1966, part of language and image
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who is on kawara
a japanese artist in new york. known for painting the date in large white letters
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who is joseph kosuth
often wrestled with alternative models for understanding and making art. conceptual artist
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who is fred wilson
art often examined how the circulation adn accumulation of objects document the exercise of cultural power
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who is nam june paik
a performance artist. saw televisions as interesting sculptural possibilities. also known for video installations. created the robot outside the contemporary art center
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who is bruce nauman
known for making himself into a pun. created films, neon signs
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who is marina abramovic
a body artist.
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who is ana mendieta
centered on the drama of the body, treating the female physiology as an emblem of nature's cycle of birth, decay, and rebirth.
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who is judy chicago
one of the founders of the feminist art program at california state university.
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who is faith ringgold
new york based. created 2 and 3 dimensional artworks. focused on racial conflict, and quilted as a means of mixing art and ideas so that neither suffers.
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who is robert colescott
first african american to represent the us at the venice biennale, brought racial politics.
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Nam June Paik, TV bra for living sculpture
photograph of a women playing cello, with small television covering her breasts. done in 1969, part of the feminist art movement
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marina abramovic and ulay, rest energy
one is holding a bow, the other is holidng an arrow pulled back, 1980, part of body art movement
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ana mendieta, untitled
from the fetish series. buried in the dirt, body wrapped up, done in 1977, part of the body art movement
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feminist art program, womanhosue
women are shown in the walls of their house, breasts all over the walls, trashcan overflowing with bloody tampons. done in 1971, part of the feminist art movement
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judy chicago, the dinner party
on a white tiled floor. each plate represents something about women's history. done in 1974. part of the feminist movement
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robert colescott, george washington carver crossing the deleware
a recreation of the famous george washington painting, but all the people on the boat are african american, and in stereotypical work uniforms. done in 1975, racial politics in art movement
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what was post-minimalism a response to?
minimalism's interest in the object. the idea grows into an exploration of how the object changes over time or the process of creation
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what do post-minimalists artists have an undertone of?
a political perhaps has a result of coming of age in the 60s
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what will post minimalism move into?
earth art
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what is process art?
an interest in demonstrating how the artwork is made or changes over time
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what is site specific?
art that is made for a certain location and the meaning will shift when moved from that location
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what is environmentalism?
concern for impact of industrialization/cheaper but dirtier production process prompts 70s environmental campaigns
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when was the EPA founded
dec 2, 1970
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who is eva hesse?
german artist, saw process asa way of subjecting minimalist codes.
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who is robert smithson?
photographer, often did site works
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who is claes oldenburg?
created large scale objects.
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who is maya ying lin?
created the vietnam veterans memorial in DC. very site specific. originally controversial
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who is audrey flack?
credited with painting the first photo realist photo. went from an abstract expressionist, turned illusionism
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who is miriam shapiro?
energized by feminism as well as by a love of ornamental work. drew her imagery and materials fro, the histroy of women's "covert" art
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richard senna, tilted arc
Made of hot-rolled steel, blocks a large walking area, built in 81, removed in 89
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robert smithson, spiral jetty
a man made "island" that is in the form of a spiral made in 1969, part of the earth works movement
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maya ying lin, vietnam veterans memorial
made in the 80s, site specific, have to walk through it to know it. part of monuments and large-scale sculpture
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what is international style
modern movement whose designs shared similar visual qualities, mostly undecorated, asymmetrical, and white
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what is brutalism
comes out in the 50s, intentionally looks raw, haphazard, or unadorned
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who is frank lloyd wright
very popular architect. houses are often build into the environment.
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who is le corbusier
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who is ludwig mies van der rohe
known for claiming less is more
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what is functionalism?
function of a building illustrated in its outward appearancew
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what is cantilever?
horizontally-projecting architectural element that seems to be self supporting
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what is the height of interest in functionalism?
mid-century. slowly the style proves to be impractical for living
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FLW, kaufmann house
built in 34-37, in pennsylvania
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what is silence=death
a response to the aids epidemic, no year or artist

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