Art 1010 week 14

Question 1

How did Henry Ossawa Tanner feel about the Uncle Tom stereotype?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to abolish that untrue stereotype.

Question 2

How did the Ashcan School get their name?

Accepted Answer

because of their gritty realism and the muddiness of their palettes.

Question 3

Social Realism in America became more prevalent during.....

Accepted Answer

the Great Depression

Question 4

How are Mark Rothko’s paintings “spiritual”?

Accepted Answer

The harmony of his colors evoke contemplation and reverence.

Question 5

How does this sculpture reflect the ideas of Existentialism?

Accepted Answer

He is thin and stretched out and seems to walk without purpose., He resembles the concentration camp victims.

Question 6

What term did Piet Mondrian use to describe his style of painting?

Accepted Answer

plastic

Question 7

Why did European artists turn to printmaking during the wars?

Accepted Answer

These prints could make the public more aware of new ideas for reform., Artists could make multiples and easily distribute them.

Question 8

What did the philosopher Theodor Adorno mean when he said that writing poetry after Auschwitz was barbaric?

Accepted Answer

He meant that Auschwitz was too horrifying.

Question 9

What other artist does Rauschenberg reference in his Bed painting?

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock

Question 10

How do Pollock's paintings compare to automatic drawings?

Accepted Answer

Both are a freeform process that requires no planning.

Question 11

What was the Uncle Tom stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A title for an exceedingly subservient person.

Question 12

What movement is considered the first American Art movement?

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism

Question 13

What source of Russian Neo-Primitivism do you think that Paul Klee was using in Twittering Machine ?

Accepted Answer

Children’s Art

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