Terms Flashcards
Postmodernism
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
Revisionist History
“revisionist history” refers to conscious, intentional misstatements about things in the past, whether distant or recent.
Femmage
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
Feminist Art
Feminist art is art by artists made consciously in the light of developments in feminist art theory in the early 1970s
public art
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
site-specific
The term site-specific refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location
installation art
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
Photorealism
Photorealism is a painting style that emerged in Europe and the USA in the late 1960s, characterised by its painstaking detail and precision
Graffiti
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.
Wildstyle
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.
reverse graffiti
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.
Street art
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
multiculturalism
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.
pluralism
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
Appropriation
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.
