Terms Flashcards

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Postmodernism

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Can be seen as a reaction against the ideas and values of modernism, as well as a description of the period that followed modernism’s dominance in cultural theory and practice in the early and middle decades of the twentieth century. The term is associated with skeptism, irony, and philosophical critiques of the concepts of the universal truths and objective reality

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Revisionist History

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“revisionist history” refers to conscious, intentional misstatements about things in the past, whether distant or recent.

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Femmage

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Femmage, or feminist collage, was defined by Miriam Schapiro and Melissa Meyer as an activity “practiced by women using traditional women’s techniques to achieve their art—sewing, piecing, hooking, cutting, appliquéing

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Feminist Art

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Feminist art is art by artists made consciously in the light of developments in feminist art theory in the early 1970s

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public art

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The term public art refers to art that is in the public realm, regardless of whether it is situated on public or private property or whether it has been purchased with public or private money

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site-specific

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The term site-specific refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location

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installation art

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The term installation art is used to describe large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time

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Photorealism

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Photorealism is a painting style that emerged in Europe and the USA in the late 1960s, characterised by its painstaking detail and precision

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Graffiti

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Graffiti is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.

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Wildstyle

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Wildstyle is a complicated and intricate form of graffiti. … Usually, this form of graffiti incorporates interwoven and overlapping letters and shapes. It may include arrows, spikes, and other decorative elements depending on the technique used.

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reverse graffiti

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Also known as clean graffiti, reverse graffiti is essentially the act of removing dirt or dust from dirty surfaces in order to form an image or text.

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Street art

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Street art is related to graffiti art in that it is created in public locations and is usually unsanctioned, but it covers a wider range of media and is more connected with graphic design

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multiculturalism

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multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture. Multiculturalism is both a response to the fact of cultural pluralism in modern democracies and a way of compensating cultural groups for past exclusion, discrimination, and oppression.

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pluralism

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In an art context, pluralism refers to the late 1960s and 1970s when art, politics and culture merged as artists began to believe in a more socially and politically responsive form of art

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Appropriation

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Appropriation in art and art history refers to the practice of artists using pre-existing objects or images in their art with little transformation of the original.

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reclamation

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the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right. “the reclamation of our shared history”

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Identity formation

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Identity formation, also called identity development or identity construction, is a complex process in which humans develop a clear and unique view of themselves and of their identity. Self-concept, personality development, and values are all closely related to identity formation. … Identities are formed on many levels. Theories of identity construction challenge conventional models of the person as a bounded or monadic individual with a fixed or essential identity, assuming instead a fragmented, incomplete social subject. … All identities are social, including those personal identities which are experienced as unique (“who I am”).

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Superflat

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Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by the artist Takashi Murakami, which is influenced by manga and anime. The term generally refers to an aesthetic seen in the country’s artistic output spanning many movements, styles, and forms defined by characteristics such as bold outlines, flat coloring, and a decided lack of natural perspective, depth, and three-dimensionality.

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Blood quantum

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Blood quantum laws or Indian blood laws are laws in the United States and the former Thirteen colonies that define Native American status by fractions of Native American ancestry. These laws were enacted by the American government as a way to establish legally defined racial population groups. By contrast, many tribes and nations do not include blood quantum as part of their own enrollment criteria. A person’s blood quantum is defined as the fraction of their ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blood Native Americans.

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NAGPRA

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What is NAGPRA and why is it important? NAGPRA stands for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which was established in 1990. It is fundamentally human rights legislation, and is in place to protect the cultural and biological remains of Native Americans and their ancestors.

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Indigenous Activism

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This category includes a broad spectrum of indigenous peoples worldwide working on various native rights, land, and related issues.

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