Test 3: Vocab

Question 1

Caricature

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Chromo luminarianism

Answer 2

Seurat’s own color theory

Question 3

Jugensteil

Answer 3

art nouveau in German

Question 4

Divisionism

Answer 4

pointillism

Question 5

Timeless light

Answer 5

color itself gives off light

Question 6

Abstraction

Answer 6

what the artist thinks the object represents

Question 7

Analytical Cubism

Answer 7

start with the object and move towards abstraction

Question 8

Synthetic Cubism

Answer 8

starts with abstract elements and works towards the subject

Question 9

Orphism

Answer 9

pure harmony of color (Delaunay)

Question 10

Destijl movement

Answer 10

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

pure rational thinking

Question 11

Neoplasticism

Answer 11

new plastic art

Question 12

Lines of Force

Answer 12

shows where things are moving

Question 13

Biomorphic Forms

Answer 13

forms that are lifelike, organic

Question 14

absolute movement

Answer 14

inner potential for movement vibrating out

Question 15

relative movement

Answer 15

something in motion (bodies and couches) actual movement

Question 16

Decalcomania

Answer 16

paint on cardboard, against canvas, then take it off

Question 17

Automatism

Answer 17

doodling

Question 18

Benday

Answer 18

dot process in Lichtenstein’s work

Question 19

Encaustic

Answer 19

pigment with wax

Question 20

suprematist

Answer 20

pure non objective feeling

Question 21

Fauvism

Answer 21

wild beast

Question 22

frottage

Answer 22

texture rubbing with paper

Question 23

Theosophy

Answer 23

belief in colors that are around people (Van Gough)

Question 24

Juxtapositioning

Answer 24

placing two things with each other

Question 25

Found objects

Answer 25

choose things, give it a new context

Question 26

Dada

Answer 26

rocking horse

Question 27

Veristic Surrealism

Answer 27

recognizable

Question 28

Biomorphic Surrealism

Answer 28

not recognizable as human

Question 29

5 Aspects of surrealism:
CREDS

Answer 29

1. chance association of things and events
   
   2. radical freedom of artistic choice
   3. exploration of the subconscious
   4. dislocations of images and meanings
2. scrambling of conventional contexts

Question 30

8 techniques of Dadism:
JPCBARFF

Answer 30

1. Juxtapositioning: taking something out of context
   
   2. Photo collage
   3. Chance association.
   4. 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

Question 31

6 parts Analytical cubism:

FDAGCL

Answer 31

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

Question 32

5 Elements of Synthetic cubism
PARIS

Answer 32

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