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Exam One
Art pieces and their details
18
Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2009

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Term
[image]
Definition

"The Gates"

Christo & Jean Claude

Feb 2005

installation art

NYC Central Park

Term
[image]
Definition

Wrapped Coast

Christo & Jean Claude

installation art

Little Bay

Term
[image]
Definition

Torii Gates

Fushimi Inari

8th century Japan

leads to shrine of rice god (Shinto)

Term
[image]
Definition

The Maid and the Mistress

Jan Vermeer

1665-1670

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Spiral Jetty

Robert Smithson

April 1970

Materials: earth, rocks, salt crystals, water & algae

Located in Great Salt Lake in Utah

Term
[image]
Definition

God Bless America

Fath Ringgold

1964

reflects sentimentality towards events of Civil Rights movement

Term
[image]
Definition

World Flag Ant Farm

Yukinory Yanagi

1990

artistic metaphor for globalization

Term
[image]
Definition

Bushfire & Corroboree Dreaming

Erna Motna

1988

typical of Australian Aborigines

aerial diagram explains ritual: women set fire in the bush, drives out animals; women hunt them using tools depicted; larger animals tackled by men using spears

Term
[image]
Definition

The Central Mountain (style)

Wu Chen

Drybrush technique

Yuen dynasty

 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Rocky Mountains

Albert Bierstadt

1863

Bottom scene clearly America, however, mountains are clearly in the Alps (reflects longing of artist for homeland)

Term
[image]
Definition

The Treason of Images

Renee Margaritte

1929

"This is not a pipe"

Enlightenment period

Term
[image]
Definition

The Knight, Death & Devil

Albrecht Durer

1513

Term
Umbrella Documentary
Definition

Christo and Jean Claude

October 1st

Blue umbrellas in Japan/Yellow in California

3100 total

Term
Islamic Art
Definition
Focuses on Arabic calligraphy, rather than on figures, because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against Allah.
Term
[image]
Definition

The Marriage of Joivanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami

Jan Van Eyck

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Triumphal Entry

Shahnama

Persia

1562

Page from manuscript

Contains calligraphy called Jawi

Repetitive floral design in background called Arabesque

 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Birth of Buddha

Silk painting

Asian culture

Term
[image]
Definition

The Birth of Buddha

Stone sculpture

Islamic culture

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