The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 168 - 169

Question 1

The Twentieth Century and Beyond: Contemporary Art

Answer 1

• opposition to Abstract Expressionism
• most movements centered in New York
• allowable forms, materials, media, and content were expanded to such a degree that nothing seemed off limits, and artists grappled with the challenge of being truly original rather than merely novel

Question 2

“Street Photography” in vogue

Answer 2

• 1959

Question 3

Stella exhibits shaped “Hard Edge” canvases; Minimalism begins

Answer 3

• 1960

Question 4

Yves Klein makes paintings with nude women as “brushes”

Answer 4

• 1960

Question 5

First Pop art exhibit

Answer 5

• 1962

Question 6

Op Art begnis

Answer 6

• 1964

Question 7

Minimalism recognized

Answer 7

• 1965

Question 8

Conceptual Art developed; Venturi describes Post-modern architecture

Answer 8

• 1967

Question 9

Earth Art documented; Process Art exhibited

Answer 9

• 1968

Question 10

Judy Chicago founds feminist art program

Answer 10

• 1969

Question 11

Earthworks sculpt art from landscape

Answer 11

• 1970

Question 12

Photo-Realism shown

Answer 12

• 1972

Question 13

Auction escalates art pieces

Answer 13

• 1973

Question 14

Graffiti art exhibited

Answer 14

• 1975

Question 15

Performance Art shown

Answer 15

• 1976

Question 16

Beaubourg opens in Paris; Blockbuster King Tut show tours

Answer 16

• 1977

Question 17

Appropriation art begins

Answer 17

• 1979

Question 18

Neo-Expressionism exhibited

Answer 18

• 1981

Question 19

Post-Modern architecture recognized

Answer 19

• 1982

Question 20

Installations become trend

Answer 20

• 1986

Question 21

Senator Jesse Helms attacks “obscene” art

Answer 21

• 1989

Question 22

Artists create digital, new-media art

Answer 22

• 1992

Question 23

Political art dominates Whitney Biennial

Answer 23

• 1993

Question 24

Hot “YBAs” (Young British Artists) exhibit

Answer 24

• 1994

Question 25

Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao opens in Spain

Answer 25

• 1997

Question 26

Artists create immersive video environments

Answer 26

• 1998

Question 27

Photography-based imagery widespread

Answer 27

• 2000

Question 28

Trend in collaborative art evident

Answer 28

• 2002

Question 29

Cartoons influence painting

Answer 29

• 2003

Question 30

Artists resume craft painting

Answer 30

• 2004

Question 31

21st century’s 1st “art phenomenon”: New Leipzig School

Answer 31

• 2005

Question 32

Market for contemporary Chinese art soars

Answer 32

• 2006

Question 33

Jackson Pollock painting sells for $140 million

Answer 33

• 2006