stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
The Sixties: Minimalism and Conceptualism Part 1 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
The Sixties: Minimalism and Conceptualism Part 1
The Sixties: Minimalism and Conceptualism Part 1
46 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
20 plays
#AcaDeca#ArtSection5
Flashcards
46 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
46
Answers
1
The composition of
Abstract Painting
is one single large black square.
True
False
2
Who studied under Meyer Schapiro?
Donald Judd
Ad Reinhardt
Sol Lewitt
Joseph Kosuth
3
Which artist believed in lonely repetition to achieve perfection?
Joseph Kosuth
Donald Judd
Edward Ruscha
Ad Reinhardt
4
The resource guide compares Judd's interest in serial progression and repetition to _______
Sol Lewitt
Claes Oldenburg's focus on quotidian (everyday) objects
Ad Reinhardt's choice of color in his early works
Andy Warhol's approach to printed imagery
5
Ad Reinhardt was the first artist to explore monochromes, single color paintings.
False
True
6
Who drew the many precise lines that generated
Wall Drawing I: Drawing Series II 18 (A & B)
?
Sol Lewitt himself
LeWitt constructed plans then hired draftsmen to complete it
7
LeWitt desired to bridge painting, sculpture, and architecture with his wall drawings
False
True
8
Where and when was Sol LeWitt born?
Buffalo, New York; 1913
Hartford, Connecticut; 1928
Toledo, Ohio; 1945
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; 1928
9
What name was this artist given at birth?
Adolph
Ad
Admiral
Adam
10
Initially Judd primarily made paintings. When did he make the switch to 3D geometric objects?
1967
1928
1962
1958
11
Around 1953, Ad Reinhardt began to pursue what style of Art?
Monochromatic Abstraction
Minimalism
Abstract Expressionism
Conceptualism
12
The artwork of Ad Reinhardt was directly influenced by who? How?
Rauschenberg whose Black Market influenced the Black Canvas
Betty Parsons; Art dealer and collector who represented him
Stuart Davis; compelled him to use brighter colors
Meyer Schapiro; Marxist Art Historian who he studied under
13
Where and when was Donald Judd born?
Hartford, Connecticut; 1928
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; 1913
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; 1928
Buffalo, New York; 1913
14
This was written by _______ in the surprisingly humorous "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art" in 1965
Sol Lewitt
Donald Judd
Meyer Schapiro
Ad Reinhardt
15
What job did Ad Reinhardt have before studying under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University?
He was a commercial artist and book illustrator
He enlisted in the army after high school graduation
He was a propaganda illustrator for the army.
His parents founded the University and payed for everything
16
Do you understand what this is saying?
No
Yes
17
LeWitt drew all his wall drawings himself.
False
True
18
What was Sol Lewitt's approach to art-making?
Individualistic
slowly adding specific details by hand
subjective
Anti-subjective
19
Each unit is 9x40x31 inches, meaning each shelf projects nearly _______ from the wall
40 feet
3 feet
5 feet
1 foot
20
Judd is similar to Reinhardt in that Judd also believed in producing the work himself.
False
True
21
This was written by ________ in his most influential text "Specific Objects" in 1965
Meyer Schapiro
Doanld Judd
Sol Lewitt
Ad Reinhardt
22
Where and when was Ad Reinhardt born?
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; 1928
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; 1913
Buffalo, New York; 1913
Hartford, Connecticut; 1928
23
When was
Wall Drawing 1
first exhibited?
1968
1965
1967
1960-61
24
What city has developed into an art pilgrimage site since the founding artist's death in 1994?
SoHo, Manhattan
Marfa, Texas
25
Donald Judd considered himself to be a Minimalist along side artists like Sol LeWitt
False
True
26
Read this and tell me what you remember.
I did not read
I read and would like to talk about this
27
Ad Reinhardt's monochromes were primarily ______ in 1953 then primarily ______ after 1956
red or blue; dark gray or black
dark gray; black
dark gray or black; red or blue
They were always black
28
Before his death in 2007, LeWitt created more than ______ wall drawings. Choose the best answer
2,250
2,890
1,270
500
29
LeWitt's anti-subjective approach to art making contrasted sharply with that of most _________.
white men
Minimalists
Conceptualists
Abstract Expressionists
30
Moving away from the idea that art should be made in its entirety by the artist influenced ____
Conceptualism
Minimalism
31
What is the size of all of Reinhardt's monochromes after 1960?
5 ft by 5 ft
4 in by 4 in
4 ft by 6 ft
6 ft by 6 1/2 ft
32
Which are reasons for Judd's longstanding arguments with Michael Fried?
The legitimacy of minimalism or "three-dimensional work"
He thought there were too many slabs in the Untitled (Stack)
Judd disliked the initially pejorative term Minimalism
Judd thought Fried was a disgrace to the art community
33
Lewitt's earliest works were ephemeral, meaning ________.
they were bad examples of the majority of his wall drawings
they have feminine characteristics
they are to be preserved at all costs
they were to be displayed temporarily then painted over
34
When was
Untitled (Stack)
produced?
1967
1958
1965
1962
35
Judd initially created abstract works based on landscapes prior to his geometric abstraction
True
False
36
What movements did Ad Reinhardt's monochromes bridge?
bridged bright colors to dark colors
bridged Modernist painting to minimalism and conceptualism
bridged minimalism to monochromatic abstraction
bridged minimalism to conceptualism
37
The boxes are _______
installed with even distance between them
precisely manufactured out of galvanized iron
painted with the lacquer paint used for HarleyDavidson bikes
unfinished on top and bottom; painted emerald green on sides
38
Whose parents were immigrants from Germany and Lithuania?
Donald Judd
Sol Lewitt
Ad Reinhardt
Joseph Kosuth
39
Sol Lewitt gave credit to his draftsmen who helped realize many wall paintings
True
False
40
When was
Abstract Painting
painted?
1957-58
1953
1967
1960-61
41
(1968)Judd purchased a 5story building in SoHo, NY and later buildings in _____ to live/work in
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Korea
Marfa, Texas
Hartford, Connecticut
42
What was the purpose for the 1968 inaugural exhibition at New York's Paula Cooper Gallery?
to raise funds for war rations
for the Student Mobilization Committee to End War in Vietnam
43
Which artist aside from Reinhardt explored monochromes at some point in his or her career?
Donal Judd
Jasper Johns
Robert Rauschenberg
Martha Rosler
44
Judd is almost as well known for the __________ as for the works themselves
mythological stories associated with his work
originality of his works
spaces he created for his work
large selling prices of his works
45
What is the composition and/or medium of
Wall Drawing I: Drawing Series II 18 (A & B)
?
It is two side-by-side drawings
Each small square (there are 32 total) patterned differently
drawn directly on the wall with graphite pencils
Each square is divided into four smaller squares
46
He believed Art should be created for Art's sake and painting as a direct form of communication
Donald Judd
Sol Lewitt
Ad Reinhardt
Joseph Kosuth