9/23/25 - Lesson 3
Nude image seen as mythological (zeus)
Edouard Manet, L on the Grass 1863
- Group of french businessman soliciting prostitute
- Exposing men, “honest truth”
1. Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People 1830
Why do you think nude was used when trying to show resistance?
2. Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808 (1813)
How does Goya use darkness and light to strengthen his message in testimony?
3. Edouard Manet, Olympia 1863
What makes Olympia’s direct gaze make this painting more meaningful?
4. Pablo Picasso, Guernica 1937
What is the real picture Picasso is trying to convey?
5. Ai WeiWei, Study of Perspective series (1995-2003)
Why do you think such a simple middle finger was able to show authority and fight?
6. Shirin Neshat, Women of Allah series (1990s)
Why is this picture in black and white and silenced when trying to show expression?
9/25/25
Classmate’s name: Anna L
Their Questions:
1. Why was nudity used when
2. Soldiers' expressions are hidden, what do you think they are feeling?
3. What’s the point in the servant and cat being in the picture?
4. What do you think the things in the picture mean?
5. How do you think his pictures were shared with no social media back then?
6. Why is this picture in black and white if it’s meant to show expression and freedom of
speech?
Their Answers:
1. Used as the main focus, grabs attention
2. Darkness where soldiers are, and light is the ones opposing fighting, lighting shows
innocence
3. She’s directly staring at you in a more personal way, making you feel a way.
4. Seeing the horse, and being drawn to the animals, a lot is going on.
5. The monumentals have huge meanings, governmental, just what he’s holding a
middle finger up to.
6. To show timelessness, what’s being fought for has been happening, and needs to be
addressed.
9/30/25
Exam Questions
1. Appropriation is to Borrow in art.
2.
Constructivism is the Russian movement of art in the 1920s that “obey” used as visual
reference in his works. The bold contrasting colors and rectilinear forms characterize this
movement.
3. Marcel Duchamp introduced Humor into art.
4.
John M Basquiat experienced the pervasive racism in New York in the 1980s. These
individual experiences would influence the content of their work.
5. The art historical movement called Surrealism influenced the street artist “BLU”.
6. Automatism is the term used to describe an artist's connection to the subconscious.
7. BLU’s figurative works can be described as having a Idealistic quality.
8.
Analytical cubism is the kind of cubism when an artist observes an object from multiple
sides and multiple perspectives.
9. Dissent is a different opinion.
10. Dada (random) was the kind of poetry Basquiat used in his early graffiti
Bonus: Keith Haring did work with A.I.Ds awareness. This was partially due to his personal battle
with the disease.
Marcel Duchamp
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Mona Lisa with mustache drawn on her, LHOOQ
Introduces idea of humor and takes away seriousness associated with art / masterpiece
Seen as transformative at time
John M Basquiat
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Frustration
Surrealism
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Art historical movement influenced street artist, “BLU”
BLU makes street artwork, stop start animation
Surrealism artwork seen at end of 1800s in Paris,
Dog → Cat, Contextualization, Our minds complete a vision
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
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Marilyn Monroe, Took $10,000 hung on wall
All Art is commodity,
New cultural context
R. Mutt Urinal
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It isn’t just a urinal, but idea is where it went and what happened to it
How people felt and viewed it
Joan Miro
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Charcoal placed, smoky background, invent these mouths and figures
Andre Masson
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Splattering of white was first layer, making it figurative
Max Ernst
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More detailed, we can see figures and animals in paintings
More dream-based paintings
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)