Art History: Styles and Movements

Question 1

Who: Created by those not classically-trained in art (or made to look that way)

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Folk Art

Question 2

Why: Advances in painting technique, invention of oil paint, printing press helped spread ideas

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Renaissance

Question 3

Why/how: Replication of everyday scenes/objects; using photos to reproduce realistically

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Photorealism

Question 4

What: Scenes of everyday life and people, poor urban areas, "American Impressionism"

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Ashcan School

Question 5

Who: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt

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Impressionism

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Who/where/how: Caravaggio, Genteleschi, De la Tour; Italy; 1600s

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Tennebrism

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Why: Often made to be more decorative, not exist for the sake of art itself like fine art does

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Folk Art

Question 8

What: Still life (mostly traditional), some figures, simplified geometric shapes, flat colors

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Cubism

Question 9

What: Sculpture and painting rendered in a very lifelike manner (often religious); 1500s

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Renaissance

Question 10

Larger than life sculpture, various materials, designed for public to interact with the art

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Installation Art

Question 11

Who: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Marcel DuChamp

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Surrealism

Question 12

Why: During the Great Migration, blacks moved from south to cities; developed own culture

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Harlem Renaissance

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What: Quick, muddy brushstrokes, fractured shapes; began in Germany; Early 1900s

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Expressionism

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Who/When: Jackson Pollock, Wasilly Kandinsky, Willem DeKooning, 1930s-1960s

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Abstract Expressionism

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What/who: Very detailed and realistic drawing and painting; Audrey Flack, Chuck Close

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Photorealism

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What: Works that deal with African American Experience; often shows city life, music, religion

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 17

How: Light and color, pastel tones, expressive brushstrokes, blips of paint

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Impressionism

Question 18

Inspired by Impressionism; darker colors but loose brushwork, America (northeast), early 1900s

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Question 19

What: Absurd scenes, imagery is recognizable but doesn't make sense; dream-like

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Surrealism

Question 20

Why: New discoveries about psychology (Freud), artists exploring inner mind, subconscious

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Surrealism

Question 21

Who: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque

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Cubism

Question 22

What: Non-objective "action painting" (swirls and drips, splatters, flinging)

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Abstract Expressionism

Question 23

What: Emotional expressions (tortured, unhappy), "loud" colors, feeling of movement/unrest

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Expressionism

Question 24

What: Landscapes, idyllic, everyday scenes, ballet, parties, time of day/year

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Impressionism

Question 25

What: Landscapes and portraits with bright colors and quick, expressive paint application

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Fauvism

Question 26

Who, what, where: Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael- 1500s in Italy

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Renaissance

Question 27

Why: Art's reaction to everyday pop culture, redundancy of images, bombardment of advertising

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Pop Art

Question 28

What/how: Canvases painted with a single color; trying to reduce art to its most basic elements

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Minimalism

Question 29

A piece of art (esp sculpture) designed for a specific site or space

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Installation Art

Question 30

Reaction to the political/social unrest during WW1 and WW2; dehumanization, industrialization

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Expressionism

Question 31

Why: New technology; artists can paint outside; tried to show feeling/mood time of day/year

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Impressionism

Question 32

What: Limited shapes, colors, lines; very abstract/simple, geometric

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Minimalism

Question 33

Who: Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Vincent Van Gogh, Maurice de Vlaminck

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Fauvism

Question 34

Why: Artists sought to involve more of their own bodily movement into their work

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Abstract Expressionism

Question 35

Who/When/Where: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein- 1960s America

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Pop Art

Question 36

What: everyday mass-produced products, celebrities, comic book imagery

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Pop Art

Question 37

Who, where, when: Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, New York City, 1920s

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 38

What/how: Painting with a dramatic light/dark contrast to create a stark mood

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Tennebrism

Question 39

Why: A reaction to Impressionism (similar style but these artists sought to show emotion)

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Fauvism

Art History: Styles and Movements

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Art History: Styles and Movements

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