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Test 3: Vocab Flashcards

1
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Caricature

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an exaggeration of somebody’s physical characteristics, captures person this way

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Chromo luminarianism

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Seurat’s own color theory

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3
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Jugensteil

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art nouveau in German

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4
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Divisionism

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pointillism

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5
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Timeless light

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color itself gives off light

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Abstraction

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what the artist thinks the object represents

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Analytical Cubism

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start with the object and move towards abstraction

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Synthetic Cubism

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starts with abstract elements and works towards the subject

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Orphism

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pure harmony of color (Delaunay)

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Destijl movement

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Dutch artists who believed in idealism, tradition of sobriety, clarity, and logic

pure rational thinking

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Neoplasticism

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new plastic art

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12
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Lines of Force

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shows where things are moving

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13
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Biomorphic Forms

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forms that are lifelike, organic

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14
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absolute movement

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inner potential for movement vibrating out

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relative movement

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something in motion (bodies and couches) actual movement

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Decalcomania

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paint on cardboard, against canvas, then take it off

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Automatism

18
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Benday

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dot process in Lichtenstein’s work

19
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Encaustic

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pigment with wax

20
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suprematist

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pure non objective feeling

21
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Fauvism

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wild beast

22
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frottage

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texture rubbing with paper

23
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Theosophy

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belief in colors that are around people (Van Gough)

24
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Juxtapositioning

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placing two things with each other

25
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Found objects

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choose things, give it a new context

26
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Dada

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rocking horse

27
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Veristic Surrealism

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recognizable

28
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Biomorphic Surrealism

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not recognizable as human

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5 Aspects of surrealism:
CREDS

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  1. chance association of things and events
    1. radical freedom of artistic choice
    2. exploration of the subconscious
    3. dislocations of images and meanings
  2. scrambling of conventional contexts
30
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8 techniques of Dadism:
JPCBARFF

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  1. Juxtapositioning: taking something out of context
    1. Photo collage
    2. Chance association.
    3. Biomorphism: shapes that look like they could be living
  2. Automatism: automatic writing - doodling
  3. Readymades
  4. Found objects
  5. Frottage: texture rubbing with paper
31
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6 parts Analytical cubism:

FDAGCL

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  1. Fusion of the object with it’s surroundings.
    1. Different sides at the same time.
    2. Abstract and representational elements together.
    3. Grid pattern.
    4. Concentration of the forms in the center.
    5. Limited color. (color would get in the way of the structure)
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5 Elements of Synthetic cubism
PARIS

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  1. Painting is a self-contained constructive outlet
    1. Addition more color
    2. Reaction against photo illusion
    3. Importance of collage (to glue)
    4. Strike against technical skill

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