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11/03/2015

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Greenberg
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Art critic for Abstract Expressionism
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Rosenberg
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Art critic; named Action Painting
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Action Painting
Definition
Abstract Expressionism; emphasis on gesture/brushwork
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New York School
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Abstract Expressionists
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Gesture
Definition
Loose brushwork; painterly; Pollock
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Color Field
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Abstract Expressionism; large areas of color; Rothko
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Abstract Impressionism
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Small brushwork; Guston; Riopelle
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Junk Art
Definition
Assemblage of found objects
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Dubuffet
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Artist known for Art Brut
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Art Brut
Definition
Raw, rough art
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l'Art Informel
(Un Art Autre-'Another Art')
(Tachisme-Blot/drip)
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'Formless'; European expressionists against geometric abstraction; emphasis on gesture/texture
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Tapie
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Art critic for l'Art Informel
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Fontana
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Artist known for spatial concepts; Concrete Art
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Spatial Concepts
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Abstract paintings using real space, depth and shadows
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CoBrA
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Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam; European figurative expressionists.
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Appel
Jorn
Alechinsky
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Artist; member of CoBrA
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Neo-Dada
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Early works of Pop Art
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Factualists
Popular Realists
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Reference to Pop Art
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Rauschenberg
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Artist known for combines
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Combine
Definition
Combination of painting and sculpture; 2D & 3D
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Warhol
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Artist known for underground movies and photo-silkscreen paintings
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Underground Movies
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Experimental movies
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Photo-Silkscreen
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Printing process using photography to create stencils
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Kaprow
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Artist known for Happenings
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Happenings
Definition
Series of events
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40* Above Dada
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New Realism; Yves Klein
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John Cage
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Musician; artist; known for mixed media productions/experimental music
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Mixed Media Productions
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Combination of music, art, etc.
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Fluxus
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Internal group; emphasis on Performance/Happenings
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Christo
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Artist known for empaquettages
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Alloway
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Art critic for Post-Painterly Abstraction
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Post-Painterly Abstraction
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2nd generation New York School; part reaction against, part continuation
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Systematic Painting
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Following a set method; exact scale
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Stained Canvas
Definition
Thin washed of paint on unprimed canvas (without gesso)
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Painterly
Definition
Loose application of paint
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Linear
Definition
Clearly defined shapes
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Hard Edge
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Clearly defined; use of masking tape; eliminates figure/ground relationships
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Cool Art
Definition
Hard Edge paintings
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Shaped Canvas
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Irregular form; painted image and the canvas shape is the same; 2D & 3D
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Chevreul
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Known for color studies
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Retinal Painting
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Op Art
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Vasarely
Definition
Artist known for Yellow Manifesto
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Yellow Manifesto
Definition
Experiments in kinetic works; plastics; against traditional easel paintings
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Tinguely
Definition
Artist; kinetic works; metamatics
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Metamatics
Definition
Painting machines
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E.A.T
Definition
Experiments in Art and Technology; kinetic works
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Primary Structure
Definition
Minimalism; large sculpture; simplified, usually geometric forms
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ABC Art
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Minimalism
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Fuller
Definition
Architect; known for geodesic domes
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Geodesic Domes
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Construction with prefabricated geometric forms
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Soleri
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Architect; known for experimental dwellings
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