Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 1 of 8 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial gains its meaning from the interaction of the memorial itself and the people visiting it. What are some of the elements that show this encounter? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Why did American artists assume leadership in the arts after 1945? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Were all of the artists who were active in America, in fact, American? ___________________________ Abstract Expressionism grew out of what approaches to art?___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What other name has been applied to this style? ____________________________________________ What is the “collective unconscious?” _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How was Jackson Pollock introduced to the theories of Carl Jung? ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What belief of Jung did Pollock adopt in his paintings?________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What conflicts are suggested in his painting, Autumn Rhythm ?_________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pollock’s paintings are quite large. They were painted on the floor of a barn. How did he apply the paint? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are the feminine elements in Lee Krasner’s painting, The Seasons? _________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 2 of 8 How did De Kooning’s experience as an artist differ from Pollock’s? _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What was De Kooning’s message in Woman I? ______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What state of mind does Rothco intend to evoke in his painting, Rust on Blue? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What aspects of this painting refer to Dionysus and Apollo?____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How does Frankenthaker’s technique differ from the other gestural painters?_____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What earlier vocational experiences were useful to David Smith in making his sculpture? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Formalism ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How are his Cubi sculptures related to the painting style, Cubism? ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ According to the theory of an artistic mainstream, what is the goal of art?________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Why has the theory of an artistic mainstream been discarded? _________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What do you think of the idea of a mainstream in the history of human events? Do you think our culture is evolving toward some predictable goal? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Assemblage__________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 3 of 8 What does Sky Cathedral by Louise Nevelson have in common with Duchamp’s Fountain? ____________________________________________________________________________________ How are Rauschenberg’s combines described?______________________________________________ How did the combines relate to real life?__________________________________________________ How did critics distinguish the work of Rauschenberg from the collages of Picasso and Braque? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How do Jasper Johns’ assemblages differ from those of Raushenberg’s?__________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the issue of contemporary art that is addressed in Johns’ Target with Four Faces? ____________________________________________________________________________________ At an emotional level, what does the work represent?________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How were Happenings like Assemblage?___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What did the musician, John Cage, have to say about art that relates to the appeal of Assemblage and Happenings? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Popular Culture: The elements of culture (arts) that are accepted by and appeal to the general public. Popular culture has the association of something cheap, fleeting and accessible to all. Where did Pop Art fit into the theory of “High” and “Low” culture? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the message of Hamilton’s Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 4 of 8 What is the source of imagery in Lichenstein’s paintings?______________________________________ Why does he use dots?_________________________________________________________________ What is the difference between Lichenstein’s work and that of the cartoonist? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are the commercial features of Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych?________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are the religious connotations?______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What was the message of Claes Oldenburg’s Lipstick? ____________________________________________________________________________________ In Op Art, “op” is an abbreviation of what word? ____________________________________________ What is the illusion in Op Art? ___________________________________________________________ What visual relationship do you see between Op Art and the Minimalist sculpture of Donald Judd? ____________________________________________________________________________________ In Eva Hesse’s Rope Piece, how is the form of the art expressive of her view of life? ____________________________________________________________________________________ How does her art contrast with Judds? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How did the Conceptualists push Minimalism to its extreme? __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Which of Kosuth’s three representations of the chair is the most real? ___________________________ How was Hurling Colors related to Pollock’s painting style? ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 5 of 8 What did Yves Klein think of Pollack’s paintings?_____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Where are earthworks created?__________________________________________________________ Define Site‐Specific Sculpture:___________________________________________________________ What are some of the meanings of Spiral Jetty? _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What were some of the meanings of Running Fence?_________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How did the feminist movement help women artists? ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is femmage? ____________________________________________________________________ How did Miriam Schapiro combine minimalism with pattern and decoration in Personal Appearance? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What was her message? ________________________________________________________________ Judy Chicago’s sculpture, The Dinner Party relates 999 historical figures through what device? ____________________________________________________________________________________ What was Chicago’s goal?_______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What two minority groups are represented in Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt Jemima? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Look at Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold. Name the elements make up this “story quilt.” ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 6 of 8 What was Cindy Sherman’s point in her photograph Untitled?__________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What were the topics of Postmodern art?__________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pluralism ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How is pluralism an expression of modern society? __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What changes caused a decline in Modernism? _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Anselm Kiefer encourages his viewers “to come to grips with troubling historical and social realities.” What issue, in particular, does he address? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What story is told in Man’s Love Story by the aborigine artist, Tjapaltjarri?________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Summarize the social commentary and expressions of ethnic heritage by the following artists: Shimomura__________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Quick‐to‐See Smith ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Baca________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Marshall_____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 7 of 8 Gu__________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the striking contrast in Holzer’s electric signage and the setting she chose? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How is the audience incorporated into the installation, Electronic Superhighway? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What is the multi‐cultural message in Fervor? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Compare the ceramic works of Peter Voulkos with the painting style of abstract expressionists. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How does Martin Puryear define the task of the artist? _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Why are there no titles on the work of Hiroyuki Hamada ?_____________________________________ What famous building was designed by Mies van der Rohe? ___________________________________ What was it about this style that projected a corporate image?_________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How did Robert Venturi view the modern city?______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ In the design of the Vanna Venturi House, what elements refer to traditional architectural style? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Art 102—History and Appreciation of Art, Web‐Based Course Study Guides for Art, A Brief History, fourth edition: by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Unit VII: Modern Art Textbook: Chapter 20 “Art Since 1945” Pages 564‐603 Page 8 of 8 What features complicate the design?_____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are the characteristics of High Tech Architecture?_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How is the light provided for the atrium of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank?______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What are some of the analogies used to describe Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ How do the designs of Libeskind and Calatrava for the World Trade Center site honor the past and look forward to the future of this space? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________