Shared Flashcard Set

Details

quiz # 5: video 13 & 14
quiz # 5: video 13 & 14
37
Art History
Undergraduate 4
06/30/2013

Additional Art History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
What job did David Smith take as a teenager?
Definition
welder/riveter
Term
Who introduced Smith to the writings of Freud and Jung?
Definition
Graham
Term
Where did Smith Work in Upstate New York?
Definition
near Bolton Landing
Term
What did Smith do during World war II?
Definition
assembled tanks
Term
How did Smith arrange the compositions of his steel sculptures?
Definition
by kicking pieces around
Term
Where did the Pop art movement begin?
Definition
Britain
Term
Who coined  the term Pop art?
Definition
Alloway
Term
What show did the IG sponsor at the Whitechapel Art gallery in 1956?
Definition
"This is Tomorrow"
Term
What experimental composer was an important influence on American Pop?
Definition
Cage
Term
How did Larry Rivers get his name?
Definition
When his Jazz group was introduced calling him Larry Rivers
Term
Whose school of painting did Rivers attend in 1947?
Definition
Hans Hofmann
Term
Who called Rivers "an amazing beginner" in 1950?
Definition
Schapiro & Greenberg
Term
Who posed nude for Rivers' Double Portrait of Berdie (i.e., who was Berdie)?
Definition
his mother-in law
Term
What did Rivers do to "set off the artiness of my rendering"?
Definition
use stencils
Term
The work of what Old Master is referenced by Rivers' Dutch Masters and Cigars?
Definition
Rembrandt
Term
Where was Robert Rauschenberg born?
Definition
Texas
Term
What source of income did Rauschenberg draw upon to attend the Kansas City Art Institute?
Definition
grant from the GI bill
Term
What part did Rauschenberg take in Cage's Theatre Piece #?
Definition
1
Term
What did Rauschenberg do in Merce Cunningham's dance company?
Definition
the designer
Term
What did Rauschenberg do with a drawing by De Kooning?
Definition
erased parts of it
Term
What term did Rauschenberg  use to describe the technique used in his Red Paintings?
Definition
"combine paintings"
Term
Who was Matson Jones?
Definition
a pseudonym
Term
What was Rauschenberg's biggest fear about his work Bed?
Definition
someone would want to crawl into it
Term
What childhood experience may have been behind Rauschenberg's incorporation of a stuffed coat into one of his works?
Definition
his father destroyed a pet goat
Term
What does EAT stand for?
Definition
Experiments in Art and Technology
Term
How did Rauschenberg make the Hoarfrost series?
Definition
transfer prints to silk, muslin, or cheesecloth
Term
Where did Jasper Johns meet Rauschenberg?
Definition
a bookstore
Term
What technique did Johns use to paint his flags?
Definition
hot wax
Term
What philosopher's ideas influnced Johns' use of stenciled names of colors over patches of colors with which they did not correspond?
Definition
Ale
Term
What Johns work was inspired by a story that he heard about De Kooning's complaint against Leo Castelli?
Definition
sculpture
Term
Where did Johns see the flagstone pattern that he would incorporate into his paintings?
Definition
Harlem taxi
Term
What objects sold in his grandfather's store would figure into Jim Dine's works?
Definition
tools
Term
What country did Oldenburg invent as a kid?
Definition
Neubern
Term
In whose Happenings did Oldenburg participate?
Definition
Kaprow
Term
What alter ego did Oldenburg invent for himself?
Definition
Ray Gun
Term
How did Oldenberg make the items that he sold in his "store"?
Definition
spiritualized food and clothes
Term
What materials did Oldenburg use for his works at the Green gallery in 1962?
Definition
canvas, foam, rubber, and paint
Supporting users have an ad free experience!