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Lecture 36Diane Arbus, Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park (1923-71)Street photographer, looks for what she can find and shoots (these are not set up).“Biting” quality to the works. UnsettlingEddie Carmel, Jewish Giant, Taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx (1970)GrotesqueEccentric : works well with the culture of the 1960’s.Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962)Re-asked the question “what is art?”Cultural tension between sophisticates and regular people: They wouldn’t consume canned soup, none the less call it art.Called attention to the status of a work of artIt is in the everydayBecomes an icon.“Pokes the eye with a sharp stick”Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, (1963)Formation of interstate highwaysPrimitive structures, there is something still beautiful in the every day.Roy Lichtenstein, oh, Jeff… I love you, tooTakes images from romance comic booksLooked down upon as juvenileBenday dots from magazine advertisementsJudy Chicago, The Dinner Party (1974-79)Names inscribed from the equal rights amendmentNames for feminist figures are written on the name clothsRobert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70)Architectural artPrimal shapesInterconnectedCan be seen from Google earth satellitesLudwig Mies van de Rohe and Philip Johnson, Seagram Building (1954-58)Eero Saarinen, Trans World Airlines Terminal (1962)Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1943-59)Traditionally, art museums were square because it was thought that the building should not compete with the art inside.Frank Gehry, 8 Spruce Street (2011)Thought about “Bernini’s fold” when designing the buildingARTH 112 1st Edition Lecture 36  Diane Arbus, Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park (1923-71)-Street photographer, looks for what she can find and shoots (these are not set up). -“Biting” quality to the works. Unsettling Eddie Carmel, Jewish Giant, Taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx (1970)-Grotesque -Eccentric : works well with the culture of the 1960’s.Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962)-Re-asked the question “what is art?”-Cultural tension between sophisticates and regular people: They wouldn’t consume canned soup, none the less call it art. -Called attention to the status of a work of artoIt is in the everyday oBecomes an icon. -“Pokes the eye with a sharp stick”Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, (1963)-Formation of interstate highways-Primitive structures, there is something still beautiful in the every day. Roy Lichtenstein, oh, Jeff… I love you, too -Takes images from romance comic books-Looked down upon as juvenile -Benday dots from magazine advertisements Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party (1974-79)-Names inscribed from the equal rights amendment-Names for feminist figures are written on the name cloths Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1969-70)-Architectural art-Primal shapes-Interconnected-Can be seen from Google earth satellites Ludwig Mies van de Rohe and Philip Johnson, Seagram Building (1954-58)Eero Saarinen, Trans World Airlines Terminal (1962)Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1943-59)-Traditionally, art museums were square because it was thought that the building should not compete with the art inside. Frank Gehry, 8 Spruce Street (2011)-Thought about “Bernini’s fold” when designing the


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