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Later 20th Century: Post-Modernisn
1. What major artistic style developed in the United States after the influx of refugee artists from Europe? What city did
it begin in?
2) Describe the way Jackson Pollock created his “gestural” Abstract Expressionist pieces.
3) What is one way in which de Kooning’s work relates to that of Pollock? What is one way in which it differs?
4) What feelings did Mark Rothko hope to evoke with his large, luminous canvases?
5) What is Color-Field painting?
6) Describe the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. Who designed it? Why do you think visitors respond to it so
strongly?
7) What is meant by conceptual art?
8) What subject matter was characteristic of Pop Art of the 1960s?
9) What did Lichtenstein utilize as the basis of his works?
10) How do his “benday dots” reflect the source?
11) How did Andy Warhol utilize his background as a commercial artist in creating “fine art” works?
12) What form did F.L. Wright use as the basis for his design for the Guggenheim Museum?
13) Give one way that Postmodern artists challenge the Modernist emphasis on originality and creativity
14) What does Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party celebrate? What techniques were used to create it?
15) To what issues does Barbara Kruger want her art to draw attention?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
17) Maya Lin’s quote about her Vietnam Veterans Memorial was “I wanted to work with the land and not dominate it.”
choose a work of Site Art, or a work that is heavily reliant on its site and discuss its relationship to the environment
around it. Refer to the quotation in your essay.