Sunday, December 8, 2013

Notice for Exam

We will not have a terminology section on the final--only slide identification.
There will be a bonus section, though.

Here are some of the questions that could be included in that section...

What are the cross streets for the Guggenheim museum in New York?

What are Benday Dots?

What does, "Ceci n'est pas un pipe." mean?

Alexander Calder is famous for his moving, hanging sculptures that he called, "Mobiles."
What is the name he gave for his larger works that did not move?

Who are the two artists known for creating Cubism?

Where is Spiral Jetty located?

After his death, which artist's studio was moved from London to Dublin?

What is the translation of Avant Garde?

Marina Abramovic and ____?_____ started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Chapter 16- Contemporary Art

PATRICIA PICCININI, The Young Family, 2003
 

 KARA WALKER,
My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, 2008

 
AI WEI WEI, Sunflower Seeds, 2010

 
FOLKERT DE JONG, Human Pyramid, 2007
 

Janine Antoni, Saddle, 2000


 
Kiki Smith, Untitled ,1995
ARTURO HERRERA, Untitled, 1997-1998
 

MARK BRADFORD, Kryptonite, 2006
 

JOSIAH MCELHENY, Island Universe, 2008
 
MARK DION, Life Raft, Zurich ,1995

 

Chapter 15 - Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

JOSEPH KOSUTH, One and Three Chairs, 1965
 

ANDY WARHOL, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962
 

JUDY CHICAGO, The Dinner Party, 1979

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1943–1959
 

ROY LICHTENSTEIN, Hopeless, 1963

JACKSON POLLOCK, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)
 

JASPER JOHNS, Flag, 1954–1955
 

NAM JUNE PAIK, video still from Global Groove, 1973

FRANCIS BACON, Painting, 1946
 

MARK ROTHKO, No. 14, 1960

Claes Oldenburg, Giant Soft Fan, 1967

ROBERT SMITHSON, Spiral Jetty, 1970

Chapter 14 -Modernism in Europe and America, 1900-1945

FRIDA KAHLO, The Two Fridas, 1939
 


GRANT WOOD, American Gothic, 1930
 








PIET MONDRIAN, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930


FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Kaufmann House (Fallingwater), 1936–1939
 


MARCEL DUCHAMP, Fountain (second version),  1950 (original version produced 1917)
 

Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, God, 1917

 

RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928–1929
 

SALVADOR DALÍ, The Persistence of Memory, 1931
 

HENRI MATISSE, Red Room (Harmony in Red), 1908–1909
 

EDWARD HOPPER, Nighthawks, 1942
 

VASSILY KANDINSKY, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912
 

PABLO PICASSO, Guernica, 1937