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ART2006D
Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Abstract, Surrealism
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/29/2009

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Romanticism
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Passionate; Oceans; Drama; Patriotic
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David
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Romanticism; neo classical; masculine men/swooning women
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Goya
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Romanticism; Court painter; French revolution
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Friedrich
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Romanticism; emphasis on nature
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Turner
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Romanticism; emphasis on storms, ocean
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Impressionism
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instantaneous moments, quickly; intense observation; attention to actual physical texture; focus on light, shadow, reflections; influence by Japanese, photography
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Manet
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Impressionism; Real people; used old paintings as inspiration
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Monet
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Impressionism; Landscapes; Did not use black
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Renoir
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Impressionism; People and parties; social
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Degas
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Impressionist; Dancers and horseraces
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Post-Impressionism
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frustrated with lack of form/content in impressionism
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Seurat
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Post-Impressionism; Color theory; Pointilism
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Gauguin
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Post-Impressionism; Yellow Christ; left family to "find himself"; influenced by ancient american art
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Van Gogh
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Post-Impressionism; dutch; used texture to suggest form; never sold painting; halo effect; impasto
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Cezanne
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Post-Impressionism; way of depicting space; beginning of cubism
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Expressionism
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expression with paint and color; subject is secondary
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Matisse
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Expressionism
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Munch
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Expressionism; German; painted mother/sister; darker colors
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Nolde
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Expressionism; intense, warm colors
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Marc
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Expressionism; brighter colors and themes
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Kandinsky
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Expressionism; Medical issue: sees sound; first abstract
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Cubism
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multiple view points; looks geometric forms; broken down and put together again
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Picasso
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Cubism; started movement with Braque
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Braque
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Cubism; started movement with Picasso; monochromatic coloring
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Gris
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Cubism; more recognizable
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Leger
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Cubism; City; Somewhat recognizable images
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Lipshitz
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Cubism; Sculpture
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Abstract
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emotions instead of image; no references to natural objects
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Malevich
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Abstract; Suprematism; White on White
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Mondrian
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Abstract; lines and colors; page layout
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Brancusi
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Abstract; bird sculptures
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Dada
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use of machine imagery; sarcastic comments
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Duchamp
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Dada; early cubist; poking fun of old art; kinetic art; also did found art
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Surrealism
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drawing imagery from subconscious or dream like but looks real
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De Chirico
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Surrealism; unreal building structures; long shadows
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Dali
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Surrealism; liked Vermeer; wife in many paintings; catholic; insects
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Magritte
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Surrealism; Surreal; bowler hat
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Giacometti
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Surrealism; sculptures
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Mexico
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social ideas; revolution; common man; starts in mexico; show in Europe, USA; connected to other artists
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Rivera
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Mexican Muralist; married to Frida Kahlo; followers of marx and lennin; plight of the worker; haves and have nots; horrors of rich; Katrina, figure is skeleton dressed in fancy hat, clothes, feather boa that is a snake
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Mexican Muralists
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Diego; Siqueiros; Orozco
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West
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Early American artists; baroque, romanticism
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Hudson River
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landscape painters influenced by romanticism
depict Hudson River Valley and surrounding area
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Cole
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Hudson River artists; has people, but landscape is more important
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Homer
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American breakout artists; emphasis on people; casual; water, boats; watercolors
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Eakins
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American breakout artists; details; love of science
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O Tanner
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American breakout artists; student of Eakins; not happy with portrayal of african american's art; last part of career painted only religious art
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Whistler
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American breakout artists; experiments with color and composition
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Stieglitz
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American breakout artist; photographer; owns gallery in NYC
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O’Keeffe
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American breakout artist; extreme close ups
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Hopper
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American breakout artist; dinner painting; lonely, quiet, still, voyeuristic; realistic but no details
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Hofmann
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American abstract; teacher of famous artists
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Pollock
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American Abstract; action painting; many tools
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de Kooning
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American Abstract; charming artist; starts with female form but gets more abstract
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Kline
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American Abstract; calligraphy like
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Rothko
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American Abstract; minimal colors; fuzzy; chapel in Houston
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Pop
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popular culture; image people will recognize immediately
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Licktenstein
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Pop; comic books
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Warhol
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Pop; in advertising; people; screenprinting
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Johns
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Pop; shapes (flag, target)
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Oldenburg
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Pop; enlarging objects
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Impasto
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Paint is laid on very thickly
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Ready made
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The term found art describes art created from the undisguised, but often modified, use of objects that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a mundane, utilitarian function
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Sublime
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something exalted, noble; inspiring wonder or awe, wonderful, splendid
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Suprematism
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movement focused on fundamental geometric forms (squares and circles); Kasimir Malevich
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Copley
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Early American artists; casual, baroque
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Church
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Hudson River artists; no people, only landscapes
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Moran
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Hudson River artists; sent west by govn’t
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