Crafts Exam Part 2

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Classically trained artist but wanted more freedom in his work

“As a child, I watched my mother &grandmot. sew, &they taught me. After that class, I made a portrait quilt for my gran.

“It took me many years to learn how to draw like these children”

Presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects.

Rejected the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro

Before _________________, grass was green and sky was blue

Different views of subject matters together in the same picture, resulting in art that appear fragmented and abstracted-

Produces hand-tufted rugs and wall hangings that resemble aerial views of pastoral landscapes. 

“I’m expressing myself & embracing my femininity through my choice of material; Sewing is also very therapeutic"

This artist's textiles are meticulous and can be easily mistaken for paintings when viewed from afar.

Artist are Defining their Environment, Beliefs, and Social and physical structure of ourselves and others

Emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane

Was a high school art teacher for 10 years

Viewers can interact with these rugs in the gallery or live with them in the home

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Vibrantly stunning larger than life sized quilted portraits

Abdominal cancer in 1941; Surgery that left him chair and bed bound

New ways to express emotional response to a scene with color

Reaction of what artist see and feel and artist are questioning concepts and cultural beliefs

Uses tapestries to document her everyday life and elevates the mundane (everyday life)

Inspired by Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin

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Invented the Cubist Movement

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Artist are looking to the traditional art and their meanings

Muted colors

 was influenced by the late work of artist Paul Cézanne

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Hostile public response; Critics called them: “Raving madness”

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Uses scraps of yarn salvaged from her family’s carpet factory

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80s and up

Painting and sculpture had become impossible so they turned to a new type of medium. 

Use of color without reference to actual appearance; They used unnatural colors

“Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature, but so that we can express our own emotions.”

Picasso and Braque started the movement

“Being touched, walked on, and dirtied brings the works to life,”she explains.“My rugs become a register of lives lived”

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“Wild beast”

Transcending of traditional conceptions of art

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Is supported by technological development and global awareness. 

Took a Fiber Arts class where she had an artistic awakening and she finally realized how to express her art.

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