Test 4 Flashcards
What is Performance Art?
Visual art that is performed
What is Happenings?
A type of performance art by Allan Kaprow, reflecting the oddities of things that happen in reality
“Boy Playing Flute” shows what?
The pride music has in a strong Holland middle class
Who was Jane Avril?
A dancer at the Moulin Rouge, painted by Latrec
What is deconstructivism?
Entertainment art with many unique viewpoints that don’t form a whole
What is neo-modernism?
Clean cut architecture reacting to the complexities of post modernist structures.
What is organic architecture?
Architecture and art that is inspired by surrounding environments, and is site specific. Coined by Frank Lloyd Wright.
What is a Theatron?
Tiered seating areas in theaters
What is a Skene?
Building used for backdrops and dressing rooms in theaters
Did Brugel’s flower arrangements ever exist in real life?
No
What is optical art?
optical illusion art, (Salvador Dali melting clock painting)
What does Ain Soph mean?
“The infinite” in Hebrew
What is Surrealism?
Exploring the unconscious through dream imagery
What are Earthworks?
Large scale environmental art pieces
What is impressionism?
Captures subtle effects of light and color, like Monet
What is romanticism?
Art that elevates nature and immediate existence, like the Haywin
German vs English landscape differences?
G= morbid
E= open fields
What is Okiyo-e?
Style of Japanese art: “hot chicks’, landscapes, and kabuki actors
What is pointillism?
Style of painting with a fuck ton of tiny dots
What are genre paintings?
1600s Netherland paintings that show off the styles of the strong middle class
What is Rococo?
decorative style for rich people, feminine qualities (as in the Hall of Mirrors)
What is Tambaran?
Papua New Guinea rituals in large cult houses that ‘allow’ men to give life
Who is Beyte Saar?
She made the Aunt Jemima assemblage sculpture
What is fauvism?
A French art movement that used Van Gogh’s coloring
What is Cubism?
Multiple viewpoints from one pov (The city by Fernand Leger)
What is futurism?
celebrates violence, speed, energy, motion, force, and change
What is pop art?
reveals consumer culture, highly spreadable and marketable art
What is stoicism?
In the Hellenistic Era, individuals were urged to nobly endure fate and stay still
What is Epicureanism?
In the Hellenistic Era, it was a movement that advocated for seeking intelligent pleasure because design was the point of existence
What is polykleitos?
A mathematical approach to developing classical figures’ ideal proportions
What is the proportions of the “Male Torso”?
1/3 head, 1/3 body, 1/3 legs
What is the Classical style?
A Greek art style of ideal human figures
What is contrapposto?
a standing position with the figure leaning on one straight leg, with the other bent
What is Chiaroscuro?
Western light and dark shading style
What is stucco?
Concrete like art material, ancient Romans/Greeks would carve statues and reliefs out of it
“The Study for the Portrait of Okakura Tenshin” blends what?
Eastern and Western art styles
What happened to Van Gogh after he painted “The Portrait of Dr. Gachet”?
He committed suicide two months later
Why do full body portraits reveal more about the figure than just a face or bust rendering?
As they pose for longer, they are forced to become more relaxed and natural in posture and mannerisms.
What did Frida Kahlo include in her self portraits?
A monkey alter ego, unibrow, and nature
Who is Star Doll based on?
Mariko Mori
What did the ancient Greeks believe about the human body?
Humans were capable of perfection, and exemplary nudity should be praised.
What pose and style is Doryphoros in?
Classical style, contrapposto pose
What is “Torso”?
An ancient Indian depiction of an ideal body (torso), possibly of a youthful deity
What does Yakshi represent?
Female sexuality, flexibility, fertility
Describe “The Last Judgement”
Early Gothic style. shows humanity as flawed, and depicts the end of time on judgement day
Who created “Piranesi’s Prison”?
Giovanni Battista
Sioux Circle Dancer wears 28 what?
Hoops
What relevant film won the Cannes Film Festival?
Maria Candelaria
Was Toulouse Lautrec influenced by Japanese prints?
Yes
What is the Opera House?
A functional sculpture
What are lavish visual experiences that combine many artistic elements?
Casinos
What are harpies?
Women headed birds preying on men
Centuars
Lusty man headed horses
Satyrs
Lusty goat/horse men
Describe the symbolism of “A unicorn in captivity”
collar= chain of love
pomegranate juice= blood of Christ, chivalry
What objects are attached to “monkey magic: sex, money and drugs”?
Three clumps of elephant dung, referencing ritual use of it
In Ashurbanipal II killing Lions, what was accomplished with a longer hunt?
A higher status of heaven
In Little Boutique in a clay jar, were Bruegel’s flowers real?
No
Describe symbolism in “Babur supervising the layout of the garden of fidelity”
water in four directions = rivers of paradise
four squares= Allah’s creation
Describe the symbolism in “Ryoanji Zen garden of contemplation”
raked quartz gravel= void of mind/universe
dark rocks= material/worldly things
raked gravel= waves
boulders= mountains
15th boulder= can only be seen after spiritual enlightenment
What drawing was part of marking the beginning of modern science?
Andreas, the 4th plate of muscles
What is Bunraku?
Ancient Japanese puppetry
What is Happenings?
1960s short films with really weird gendered turns
What is Lyre?
Ancient Iraqi queen sound box, has a bull on it
What is the iatmul hand drum?
A Papua New Guinean ritual instrument for boys’ initiation, ancestor honor, and magical rites
Describe the Kanaga Mask
Mali, story of the origins of death. Interpreted as bird, croc, and/or God
What is a spectacle?
ex. Las Vegas entry strip, notable parts of visual cultures
What is gasoline alley?
1930s US comic strip, a boy and his uncle observing an abstract world
Describe Cremaster films
1990s US films that mess with gender and sex, has personal messages instead of a narrative.
