Exam # 3 Study Guide Lectures: 19 - 27 Lecture 19 (March 31) I. Post Impressionism A. emphasis on structure and technique: form, shape, and application of medium B. emphasis on the subject: signs, signifiers, and color C. Europe: pointillism and symbolism 1. George Seurat: technique=pointillism 2. Van Gogh: subjective color a) he wanted to become a priest first b) inspired by Millet 3. Paul Gauguin: symbolism and subjective use of color a) The Yellow Christ (1) he used yellow in this painting to make the whole painting appear holy and divine 4. MatisseL: structure and subjective use of color 5. Paul Cezanne: structure and technique (precursor to Cubism) D. America: new realism 1. The Ashcan School (New York) reacting to industrialism GradeBuddy ARHS 1003 1st EditionEdited with the trial version of Foxit Advanced PDF EditorTo remove this notice, visit:www.foxitsoftware.com/shoppinga) consumption was thriving and it stimulated American culture b) Jessica Penn in Black with White Plumes (1) the new woman: the modern day woman is now liberated is some ways c) sports were coming into paintings Lecture 20 (April 2) I. Early 20th Century Modernism and Cubism A. Modernism was a behavior unlike the classics where everyone did things the same way B. Paul Cezanne 1. Post Impressionist 2. Mount Saint Victoire a) he is trying to portray the structure that is around us (everything is made out of geometry) C. Matisse 1. first to make artworks ugly 2. he was part of the Fauves (crazy) 3. The Green Line a) focused on light and shadows b) it was a portrait of his wife 4. Blue Nude a) he was craving a sculpture and his wife knocks it over and it gives him inspirationD. Picasso 1. Blue Period a) during this period he used many shades of blue 2. Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon a) 1st cubist painting b) the Blue Nude is incorporated in this painting E. Guernica 1. it symbolizes a) the brutality of tyranny b) the tragedy of war c) the bombing of the Spanish city Guernica Lecture 21 (April 7) I. Cubism A. analytical: you collapse something and put it on a canvas 1. take a picture from all angles and try to incorporate all of them B. synthetic: return to the basic ideas of space and saturated color 1. collages II. Modernism A. expression B. futurism: it represented speed and movementC. dadaism: repudiating and mocking artistic and social conventions and emphasizing the illogical and absurd D. these movements have experimentation, self awareness, the past is obsolete, and life in industrial societies in common E. Marcel Duchamp is an important cubist 1. Fountain a) dadaism F. Alfred Stieglitz 1. The Hand of Man a) he allows the shutter to stay open longer to capture the negatives in the sky G. Georgia O’Keeffe 1. Abstraction a) people think it has sexual meaning but it was meant to be a flower H. Edward Hopper 1. Gas a) regionalism: painting something specific to a certain area b) articulating the tensions of time I. The Great Depression 1. there was no artwork being down at this time so artist were hired to make posters/murals 2. WPA: World Progress Administration 3. FSA: Farm Security Administrationa) artist were sent out to document the farms and use it to get funding for the programs 4. Dorothea Lange was important during this time Lecture 22 (April 9) I. Mid Century Art: Abstract Expressionism A. war was over B. centered in New York C. traditional roles of women were being emphasized D. characteristics 1. reduction to essentials 2. emphasis on the subjective experience 3. assertive mark making 4. increased scale 5. experimentation E. New York School 1. Jackson Pollock: gestural art a) Thomas Benton was his mentor b) 1st to paint on floor c) action painting 2. Mark Rothko: colorfield a) very emotional paintingsb) committed suicide c) Untitled (1) commenting on man’s spiritual emptiness 3. Hellen Frankenthaler: colorfield a) used medium specificity 4. Frank Stella: hard edge F. critics 1. Clement Greenberg: medium specificity (rejects subject matter) a) no narrative 2. Harold Rosenberg: action painting Lecture 23 (April 14) I. Pop Art A. turn to outside structures for inspiration B. started in London C. they were concerned with the future D. Richard Hamilton 1. Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? a) 1st Pop Art piece b) increased sexual freedom E. Jasper Johns1. Target with Plaster Casts a) Neo-Dadaism: between expressionism and pop art b) transition into pop art F. Andy Warhol 1. Campbell’s Soup a) he was interested in products you buy b) one of his strengths was unusual pallets of color G. Roy Lichtenstein 1. a lot of people said he was plagiarizing because he took ideas from newspapers and comic books 2. defining shapes H. To m Wesselmann 1. Great American Nude a) flowers were thought to be erotic Lecture 24 (April 16) I. Minimalism A. going back to basics B. no narrative C. Richard Serra 1. Titled Arc a) site specificD. Carl Andre 1. introduced sculpture as a place 2. no concept he removed the artist’s hand (death of author) II. Conceptual Art A. ideas as the medium B. reductive C. nagation of aesthetic content D. placement E. critique of materiality and the art object F. Joseph Kosuth 1. Art as and Idea a) the definition of art i actually what the painting is b) some people don’t like it because they don’t want to read art and also some people are blind G. Sol LeWitt 1. A Wall Drawing retrospective a) the painting will be removed after some time Lecture 25 (April 21) I. Post Modern Feminism A. the problem that has no name: ladies don’t like that they can’t have a job and they have to be house wives1. the feminine mystique: it is recognizing th problems of equality, women’s rights, etc. B. issues in feminine art 1. challenging traditions in art 2. reclaiming the female body 3. political engagement embodies performance C. Judy Chicago 1. The Dinner Party a) you wanted to invite women to the party that htwy for the most part have been excluded from b) related to the Last Supper c) deals with the shape of the vagina D. Hannah Wilke 1. SOS Starification Object Series a) repositioning the nude b) the dots are chewed gum E. Carrier May Weems 1. Kitchen Table Series a) altering domestic space b) looking at racial groups F. Guerilla Girls1. Do women have to be naked to be naked to get into the Met Museum a) take statistics on how many sides there were and how many female