Quiz 10

Question 1

Untitled

Answer 1

Title: Untitled 
Artist: Donald Judd 
Style: Minimalism 
Medium: Brass and colored fluorescent plexiglass on steel brackets 
Date range: 1969

Question 2

Objecthood

Answer 2

Term developed by critic Michael Fried to differentiate Minimalist works from actual “art”.

Question 3

Campbells Soup Cans

Answer 3

Title: Campbells Soup Cans 
Artist: Andy Warhol
Style: pop art 
Medium: synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases 
Date range: 1962

Question 4

Post-painterly abstraction

Answer 4

-50’s 60’s
-also known as hard edge painting
Reaction to abstract expressionism
-crisp lines and solid colors to express emotions
New group of artists championed by Clement Greenberg

Question 5

Minimalism

Answer 5

• Purely abstract work devoid of human emotion, subject and narratives
• sought purity of 3-dimensional medium
• emphasized objecthood
• basic geometric shapes
• industrial nontraditional materials

Question 6

Pop art

Answer 6

• early 1960’s
• reaction to abstract expressionism, hard edge painting and minimalism
• led by Andy Warhol, created work inspired by American consumerism and pop culture

Question 7

Pop art characteristics

Answer 7

• Influenced by communication such as advertising, comic books, TV, newspapers and magazines
• view art as a commodity
• satirical view of pop culture
• recognizable imagery
• experimental techniques such as assemblage and mixed media