Terms

Question 1

Bohemian

Answer 1

• People usually artists
• Rejected the privileged lifestyle
• Took on a more free lifestyle

Question 2

Avant-garde

Answer 2

• Conjures ideas of conflict
• “The Beginning”
• new/experimental artists
• Artists who were different than those of their time

Question 3

Modern

Answer 3

• The contemporaneous
• Something happening right now
• All art was modern art when it was made

Question 4

Serfdom

Answer 4

• A form of slavery that developed in medieval times
• In Russia
• Was not abolished till the mid-19th century
• Enslaved for centuries (born a serf died a serf)

Question 5

Pointillism

Answer 5

• Separating colours into individual dots or strokes
• French origin

Question 6

Impasto

Answer 6

• Thick application of pigments that gives it texture
• Allows for light reflection

Question 7

Lithography

Answer 7

• Drawing on moistened stone with crayon
• Repelled by wet parts of stone
• Requires a different level of thinking

Question 8

Theosophy

Answer 8

• Applies to several different branches of metaphysical thought
• Could be used to understand inner values/desires

Question 9

Collage

Answer 9

Separate elements pasted together with glue

Question 10

Assemblage

Answer 10

• At the base of most contemporary art
• Found objects
• Created by gathering and manipulating two and three-dimensional found objects

Question 11

Found Objects

Answer 11

The use of unartistic objects used in an art piece

Question 12

Representational (styles)

Answer 12

Those that describe the appearance of recognizable subject matter in ways that make it seem lifelike

Question 13

Gesamtkunstwerk

Answer 13

• Roughly translates to total work of art
• Describes an artwork where different forms are combined to create a single cohesive unit

Question 14

Abstraction

Answer 14

Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effects