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Blaue Reiter 1909/11-1914
Blaue Reiter 1909/11-1914
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Blue Rider, Kandinsky, German Expressionism
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1
Take your time. Look at the style of this work. What do you think the year of the work is.
1911
1898
1922
1905
2
Der Blaue Reiter and Die Brucke differ in that the Rider group was less...
about changing society
nationalistic
primitive
about materialism
3
Was Cubism Abstract?
Yes, it has lost all links with representational reality
No, its always obvious what the subject is if you study it.
No, it cut up the subject but never eliminated it completely
SHyeah! Can see anything that is going on in that!
4
According to this colour chart, Theosophists believed _____ was the most powerful and religious
black
blue
red
white
5
What did the cipher of the rainbow stand for?
First ever gay pride symbol
the apocalypse
theosophy
God's promise after the flood
6
Silent and motionless
white
black
yellow
grey
7
A great silence. One that is pregnant with possibilities.
white
green
red
black
8
How did the Blaue Reiter express their spiritual ideas?
Through impressionistic techniques
Through the use of alcohol and drugs
In an object and conscious manner. Naturalistic renditions.
In a unconscious, spontaneous expression of inner character.
9
What is this an example of ?
synthesia
amnesia
anesthesia
synaesthesia
10
Why wasn't a classical style appropriate for the 20th century? (take your time )
uranium was discovered 1896, meaning the atom was divisible
According to Kandinsky, a new basis of art was needed
Wait, all of these are true! so click this one to get points
it meant the classical Greek art was no longer appropriate
11
a dead silence. One with no possibilities.
black
green
white
grey
12
Kandinsky's colour theories suggested that moving our eyes over a palette had two main results
Chaos and Redemption
Physical and the Spiritual
Physical and the Psychological
Revolution and Upheaval
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What does materialism mean in relation to the Blaue Reiter?
An interest in craftmanship and the materials they use
Spiritualism is all that matters--hence materialism.
matter is basis of all things. There is no spiritualism.
An obsession with folk patterns and cloth
14
Which one of these did the horse motif NOT represent for the group?
Influence by Russian Folk tales
St George fighting against materialism
a measure of mechanical speed, as in horsepower (futurists)
one of the four horses of the apocalypse
15
Take your time. Look at the style of this work. What do you think the year of the work is.
1925
1906
1910
1897
16
This is painting Composition VI is not abstract but refers to a past biblical apocalypse.
Plague
The Great Flood
Hell fire
Locusts
17
After the Russian Revolution, he was inspired by the _____________ and the ____________
Constructivists, Suprematists
Cubists, Realists
Fauves, Futurists
NeoClassical, Romantics
18
Composition for Kandinsky was...
Formed by a complicated interaction with sound waves.
Done intuitively, from feeling
Complicated, carefully planned with lots of prep drawings
Random, unplanned
19
_____ forms are asymmetrical, curved and random where as ___ are angular, sharp and precise..
free, solid
figurative, mathematical
geometric, organic
organic, geometric
20
This is the most restful colour. It is passive. Colour of summer. Middle notes of a violin
green
red
orange
yellow
21
To Kandinsky the purpose of art was to...
prophesise the coming apocalypse
provoke a cerebral response (not an emotional one)
hang on your wall
release energy by making it. End product is not important
22
What did St George symbolise for the Blaue Reiter?
He became the symbol of renewal and redemption
He's the patron saint of England, a place the group admired
He stood for their role of rescuing us from materialism
St George believed in the religious power of colour
23
Take your time. Look at the style of this work. What do you think the year of the work is.
1904
1897
1921
1913
24
In terms of the prophetic (predicts the future) power of art, who influenced Kandinsky?
Wagner
Matisse
Picasso
Bergson
25
Were some of Delauney's Orphic paintings considered abstract?
No, abstract painting requires no link to anything visual.
Yes. They attempt to mimic the abstract idea of music
Nahh I see beach balls and eyes.
Some do yes, but some represent simultaneity of modernity.
26
Similar to another colour, this gives a feeling of strength, vigour, determination, triump
red
white
green
yellow
27
Many philosophers and artists believed that German society in general was becoming more...
corrupt and we needed to break with materialism
expressive and it needed to feed upon art
spiritual
urbanised and thus needed to be cleansed
28
If colour is the keyboard, then the ____ is the hammer and the soul is the piano with strings
fingers
ear
nail
eye
29
Why did Kandinsky use ciphers?
They helped him hear
What's a cipher sir?
Because he could not understand their materialistic language
Because society could not comprehend the colours alone.
30
For artists, X-rays revealed the existence (and an interest) in the....
bones! Look at that! There they are. Wow.
invisible things can be known to exist-so too may the spirit
'death' essentially walking within us. (whoah, deep)
Nothing is impenetrable with technology
31
What is a cipher in the context of Kandinsky?
A card to help decode a message
a secret way to help people uncover the meaning of the art
something to help refine the paint
an answer key on the back of the painting
32
Take your time. Look at the style of this work. What do you think the year of the work is.
1911
1922
1898
1905
33
What other ciphers did he use?
women
waves
cows
boats
34
Colour has a direct influence on the...
mind
canvas
heart
soul
35
Rudolph Steiner was known for his book on...
Theosophy
The Apocalypse
Darwin
Colour
36
Why was Kandinsky so concerned with the splitting of the atom?
He was concerned with quantum mechanics of structure
Atoms held our spirtis
the baseline of science was destroyed. The world collapsed
He feared atomic weapons
37
Before becoming a painter, Kandinsky was a....
Soldier
Policeman
Lawyer
Teacher
38
The typical heavenly colour. Creates feelings of rest.
blue
red
white
green
39
abstraction for the group was because they wanted to express a spiritual reality but
NOT
to..
create an artwork that would be universally understood
break free from artistic traditions (such as academic art)
encourage viewers to look beyond the material reality
embrace and acknowledge just the material reality
40
The Constructivists influence can be seen in his more _________forms
geometric
dynamic
organic
soft
41
What is synaesthesia?
Where colours begin to blend.
two or more of the five senses are joined. e.g. ears/eyes
When you can control the subconscious
Where you cannot remember
42
When were x-rays first discovered?
1913
1560
1895
1902
43
During World War 1, Kandinsky moved back to...
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
France
44
Take your time. Look at the style of this work. What do you think the year of the work is.
1898
1922
1911
1905
45
The central aim of Expressionism was to use painting...
to nullify (get rid of) emotion and personal experiences.
to show the limitations of the painting surface.
as a means of communicating personal experience and emotion
as a way of forwarding German nationalist ideas
46
When was the first Blaue Reiter exhibition?
1915
1911
1909
1937
47
Which one of these was not a member of the Blaue Reiter?
Macke
Kandinksy
Marc
Kirchner
48
What does Gesamtkunstwerk mean?
Folk style art--as suggested by Macke
Renaissance art envisioned by Raphael
Total, universal or ideal work of art envisioned by Wagner
Marc's idea of the German consciousness
49
Abstraction, symbolic colour. The Artist as a prophet. Apocalyptic and utopian. This is...
Wagner
Freud and Young
Theosophy
Neo-Impressionism
50
After the war in 1921, K returned to ________ to teach at________. Picture is a hint
Germany, Bauhaus
Britain, Oxford University
Paris, Ecole des Beux Arts
USA, Harvard University
51
COMPLETE. The__________ of this painting seems chaotic, but ....
composition, it was carefully planned
line, they were done with a ruler
space, then that doesn't really make sense now does it?
form, they are representational
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Matisse wanted colour to be balanced in order to create a peaceful mood. Kandinsky wanted...
move totally away from representational colour
us to reject colour altogether
to provoke an emotional/spiritual response in the viewer
to remove any meaning from colour
