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Art His. Midterm
Art 443 - Contemporary Art sec. 1
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
03/16/2018

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Head of a Hostage

1943

ART INFORMEL

Fautrier - French

 

Statement: Directly influenced by the caves @ Lascaux through color/texture/etc.

Term
[image]
Definition
  • Paris City Scene

1944

ART BRUT

Dubuffet - French

 

 

Statement: Autobiographical because the artist witnessed these daily marches on the street. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Large Sooty Nude

1944

ART BRUT

Dubuffet - French

 

Statement: "It will be women who will rebuild after the war; Women would never send their sons and husbands to war; Women are the return to humanity/the beginning of humanity."

Term
[image]
Definition

Group of Four Trees

1972

ART BRUT

Dubuffet - French

 

Statement: Trees were a symbol of corporations in America: "These corporations show strength, growth, and prosperity." -- Symbols changed over time. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Chariot

1950

MID-CENTURY SCULPT.
Giacometti - Italian / French

 

Statement: Autobiographical because it is a depiction of the nurses with their medicine carts in the hospital he stayed in.

Term
[image]
Definition

La Place

1947

MIA-CENTURY SCULPT.

Giacometti - Italian / French

 

Statement: Jean Paul Sartre said that this sculpture embodied Existentialism. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Recumbent Figure

1938

BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPTURE

Moore - British

 

Statement: Organic subject matter reflected society's cry to return to humanity after enormous devastation; Female figure implied the birth of humanity and the repopulation of Europe.

Term
[image]
Definition

Shelterers in the Tube 

1941

Drawing

Moore - British

 

Statement: Autobiographical: Moore was London's war artist, and would document environments/people taking shelter. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Sculpture With Color and String

1961

BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPT.

Hepworth - British

 

Statement: Organic forms based on ancient sculpture. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Curved Form II with Wire

1961

BRITISH MID-CENTURY SCULPT.

Hepworth - British

 

Statement: Work shows her ambivalence of wanting to hoard her children vs. letting them leave the nest.

Term
[image]
Definition

Guardians of The Secret

1943

AB. EX. : GESTURAL PAINTING

Pollock - American

 

Statement: Raw primitive brushwork influenced by caves @ Lascaux.

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[image]
Definition

Lucifer

1947

AB. EX. : DRIP PAINTING

Pollock - American

 

Statement: Destroyed traditional painting; influenced by Navajo sand painting. Lucifer condenses the five major concepts of design into line only.

Term
[image]
Definition

Woman I

1952

AB. EX. : GESTURAL PAINTING

De Kooning - Dutch

 

Statement: It is believed that this painting is a representation of his abusive mother. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Gotham News

1955

AB. EX. : ACTION PAINTING

De Kooning - Dutch

 

Statement: Autobiographical; piece is DIRECTLY RELATED to the last visit his mother made to him in America

Term
[image]
Definition

Subway Scene

1938

COLOR FIELD PAINTING

Rothko - Russian

 

Statement: This painting is a prelude to what Rothko becomes known for; rectangles of color. 

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Blue, Orange, and Red

1961

COLOR FIELD PAINTING

Rothko - Russian

 

Statement: 

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[image]
Definition

Rothko Chapel, Houston

1971

COLOR FIELD PAINTING

Rothko - Russian

 

Statement: The eight sides of the room are a symbol for eternity. 

 

Term
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Definition

Decent into Darkness

1947

PICTOGRAPHS

Gottleib - German

 

Statement: Gottleib was trying to prove the universality of humans; that we are all the same beneath the skin. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Blackburn: The Song of the Irish Blacksmith

1950

POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE

Smith - American

 

Statement: Autobiographical; Blackburn was the name of the man who gave Smith his first studio for free. This sculpture is en homage to the man.

Term
[image]
Definition

Hudson River Landscape

1951

POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE

Smith - American

 

Statement: Autobiographical; The sculpture is a depiction of things he saw on his Sunday walks along the Hudson River.

Term
[image]
Definition

Cubi Series

1960s

POSTWAR AMERICAN SCULPTURE

Smith - American

 

Statement: The reflective surface of the totemic structure allows the viewer to see themselves like a mirror; it is meant to ask you who you are.

Term
[image]
Definition

Hotel Eden

1945

ASSEMBLAGE

Cornell - Dutch

 

Statement: The piece evokes memories in the viewer that NEVER HAPPENED. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Soap Bubble Variant (Series)
1940s

ASSEMBLAGE

Cornell - Dutch

 

Statement: Soap Bubble Variant is a device in which you are to contemplate your place in time and space and what your purpose is. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Sky Cathedral

1958

ASSEMBLAGE

Nevelson - Russian

 

Statement: Sky Cathedral is part of an exhibit titled "Moon Garden Plus One"; it is en homage to her mother's death, and is painted entirely black because black is the color of INFINITY in Russian lore. 

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[image]
Definition

Toy "2"

1961

ASSEMBLAGE

Chamberlain - American

 

Statement: This mixed media piece is directly related to society in America and our lasting prevalence of consumerism.

Term
[image]
Definition

Monogram

1959

AMERICAN NEO-DADA (COMBINE)

Rauschenberg - American

 

Statement: Piece is a sort of self portrait, where he is represented by a sacrificial goat as a metaphor for how artists, specifically Abstract Expressionists, despised his work.

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Estate

1963

AMERICAN NEO-DADA

Rauschenberg - American

 

Statement: First postmodern view of the world in art. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Revolver

1967

AMERICAN NEO-DADA

Rauschenberg - American

 

Statement: First piece of art that had a connection to popular culture (music). The Beatle's album, "Revolver".

Term
[image]
Definition

Flag

1955

AMERICAN NEO-DADA

Johns - American

 

Statement: The piece is a statement on the myth of America in the 50s; Johns wanted people to question what they thought they knew.

Term
[image]
Definition

False Start

1959

AMERICAN NEO-DADA

Johns - American

 

Statement: Piece is ABOUT semiotics; a word is arbitrary, you have to agree on the meaning. The object is the same, the methodology of describing it is arbitrary. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Painted Bronze

1960

AMERICAN NEO-DADA

Johns - American

 

Statement: Autobiographical; Johns painted these bronze casts of beer cans because De Kooning made a remark that Johns could "probably even paint beer cans" and still sell them. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?

1956

PROTO-POP

Hamilton - British

 

Statement: Hamilton believed Americans were tasteless beings with a lot of money.

Term
[image]
Definition

32 Campbell's Soup Cans

1962

HIGH POP ART

Warhol - American

 

Statement: Commodity (soup) becomes art (oil paint), art becomes commodity. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Gold Marilyn Monroe

1962

HIGH POP ART

Warhol - American

 

Statement: Golden frame influenced by iconic images of the virgin Mary from the church that he went to.

Term
[image]
Definition

Electric Chair

1965

HIGH POP ART

Warhol - American

 

Statement: Color desensitizes the viewer. 

Term
[image]
Definition

Camouflage, Self-Portrait

1986

HIGH POP ART

Warhol - American

 

Statement: "Yes I am a celebrity, but I also want to hide."

Term
[image]
Definition

Oh, Jeff

1963

HIGH POP ART

Lichtenstein - American

 

Statement: Mimicked the Ben Day dot printing style on his pieces to flatten depth.

Term
[image]
Definition

Big Painting no. 6

1965

HIGH POP ART

Lichtenstein - American

 

Statement: Autobiographical; "I used to be this [Ab. Ex.], but now I am this [Pop Art]."

Term
[image]
Definition

Ghost Typewriter

1963

HIGH POP ART

Oldenburg - American

 

Statement: Autobiographical; Oldenburg's father's secretary would let him play w/ an electric typewriter; it is a memory from his childhood that is slowly fading away.

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[image]
Definition

Lipstick on a Caterpillar Tractor

1969

HIGH POP ART

Oldenburg - American

 

Statement: Feminization of war, because women would never send their sons/husbands to war.

Term
[image]
Definition

Knife/Ship

1976

HIGH POP ART

Oldenburg - American

 

Statement: "Cuts through the water like a knife."

Term
[image]
Definition

The Diner

1966

ENVIRONMENTS

Segal - American

 

Statement: Observation of the absence of man in modern life/alienation.

Term
[image]
Definition

Walk/Don't Walk

1976

ENVIRONMENTS

Segal - American

 

Statement: People don't pay attention to signs / Man is not present in daily life. 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Wait

1966

ENVIRONMENTS

Ed & Nancy Kienholz

 

Statement: 

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Portable War Memorial

1968

ENVIRONMENTS

Ed & Nancy Kienholz - American

 

Statement: "War in America is always going on."

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