Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century 2D Art - AP Art History
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What was the difference between the Los Angeles and New York Pop Art Movements?
What was the difference between the Los Angeles and New York Pop Art Movements?
Compared to the scene in New York, the Pop Art Movement in Los Angeles was much more relaxed due to the absence of galleries and critics of the East coast. This relaxed idea was reflected in the styles of the LA artists. The NY Movement was much more rigid and controlled and relied heavily on feedback from art critics to succeed.
Compared to the scene in New York, the Pop Art Movement in Los Angeles was much more relaxed due to the absence of galleries and critics of the East coast. This relaxed idea was reflected in the styles of the LA artists. The NY Movement was much more rigid and controlled and relied heavily on feedback from art critics to succeed.
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What artist was NOT a member of the Los Angeles Pop Art Movement?
What artist was NOT a member of the Los Angeles Pop Art Movement?
Every artist but Jasper Johns was an artist in the LA Pop art scene. These artists incorporated items that were "very LA" such as motorcycles and surfing into their pop art.
Every artist but Jasper Johns was an artist in the LA Pop art scene. These artists incorporated items that were "very LA" such as motorcycles and surfing into their pop art.
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was the name for the Pop Art Movement in Germany.
was the name for the Pop Art Movement in Germany.
The Pop Art Movement did gain momentum in other parts of Europe besides London. Capital Realism was the name of the movement in Germany. Capital Realism focused on subjects from pop culture and merged it with an aesthetic found in the mass media.
The Pop Art Movement did gain momentum in other parts of Europe besides London. Capital Realism was the name of the movement in Germany. Capital Realism focused on subjects from pop culture and merged it with an aesthetic found in the mass media.
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was the name for the Pop Art Movement in France.
was the name for the Pop Art Movement in France.
The French referred to their Pop Art Movement as Nouveau Réalisme. This term means "a new way of perceiving the real." Although the movement had similarities to the American Pop Art Movement, the French focused more on objects than paintings.
The French referred to their Pop Art Movement as Nouveau Réalisme. This term means "a new way of perceiving the real." Although the movement had similarities to the American Pop Art Movement, the French focused more on objects than paintings.
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What artist was NOT a member of the global pop art movement?
What artist was NOT a member of the global pop art movement?
All artists but Klimt were members of the global Pop Art Movement. Yves Klein was a member of the French movement, Gerhard Richter of the German movement, and Robert Down of the Los Angeles movement.
All artists but Klimt were members of the global Pop Art Movement. Yves Klein was a member of the French movement, Gerhard Richter of the German movement, and Robert Down of the Los Angeles movement.
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This painting was created in which century?
This painting was created in which century?
This painting is in the cubist style, which can be detected in the use of disjoint geometric shapes that depict the subject from multiple angles at the same time. Since Cubism is an exclusively 20th century movement, that's what the answer must be.
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This painting is in the cubist style, which can be detected in the use of disjoint geometric shapes that depict the subject from multiple angles at the same time. Since Cubism is an exclusively 20th century movement, that's what the answer must be.
Image is in the public domain, accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1913\_Popova\_Das\_Modell\_anagoria.JPG
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The artist of this work is .
The artist of this work is .
This is a self-portrait of Van Gogh. You can recognize his characteristic large brush strokes and post-impressionist aesthetic.
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This is a self-portrait of Van Gogh. You can recognize his characteristic large brush strokes and post-impressionist aesthetic.
Image is in the public domain, accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent\_van\_Gogh#/media/File:Vincent\_van\_Gogh\_-\_Self-Portrait\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project\_(719161).jpg
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The image above is part of a series of paintings called Water Lilies.
The series includes over 200 oil paintings and was created by which artist?
The image above is part of a series of paintings called Water Lilies.
The series includes over 200 oil paintings and was created by which artist?
This was the work of Monet, and is one of his most well-known collections.
All the painters listed, other than Renoir, died before most of the paintings in the series were created.
Van Gogh was listed due to the similar themes of nature, and the similar brushstrokes often employed by both.
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This was the work of Monet, and is one of his most well-known collections.
All the painters listed, other than Renoir, died before most of the paintings in the series were created.
Van Gogh was listed due to the similar themes of nature, and the similar brushstrokes often employed by both.
Image is in the public domain, accessed through Wikipedia Media Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude\_Monet\_-\_The\_Water\_Lilies\_-\_The\_Clouds\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg
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What artist created the works Stenographic Figure and She-Wolf in the years leading up to his discovery of a signature, iconic style?
What artist created the works Stenographic Figure and She-Wolf in the years leading up to his discovery of a signature, iconic style?
She Wolf and Stenographic Figure are popular Pollock pieces that hint at the artist's future abandonment of representational art in favor of his classic drip paintings. The rest are other 19th/20th century artists with signature styles.
She Wolf and Stenographic Figure are popular Pollock pieces that hint at the artist's future abandonment of representational art in favor of his classic drip paintings. The rest are other 19th/20th century artists with signature styles.
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Magritte's The False Mirror is a depiction of what?
Magritte's The False Mirror is a depiction of what?
The False Mirror depicts a large eye with an iris of blue sky. The title was given to Magritte by the Belgian writer Paul Nouge. It suggests an inherent limitation in the human eye's ability to perceive truth.
The False Mirror depicts a large eye with an iris of blue sky. The title was given to Magritte by the Belgian writer Paul Nouge. It suggests an inherent limitation in the human eye's ability to perceive truth.
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The artist of the given piece was the first president of what artistic movement?
The artist of the given piece was the first president of what artistic movement?
While all of the answers are artists groups, it was the Vienna Secession that Klimt helped found in 1897. The group's members broke from the Association of Austrian Artists as a protest of that group's conservatism.
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While all of the answers are artists groups, it was the Vienna Secession that Klimt helped found in 1897. The group's members broke from the Association of Austrian Artists as a protest of that group's conservatism.
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The Fluxus movement in the 1960s and 1970s was notable for which of the following characteristics?
The Fluxus movement in the 1960s and 1970s was notable for which of the following characteristics?
Fluxus artists railed against commercial art. They wanted to shock the viewer with simple, rather than complex, work, and they were eager to work with whatever materials they had on hand rather than outsourcing anything.
Fluxus artists railed against commercial art. They wanted to shock the viewer with simple, rather than complex, work, and they were eager to work with whatever materials they had on hand rather than outsourcing anything.
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A work of art that is a compilation of various images put together in one piece is known as a .
A work of art that is a compilation of various images put together in one piece is known as a .
A collage is constructed not as one image, but by compiling a variety of images into one larger piece. This can be done for a variety of reasons, including ironic juxtaposition, social commentary, or refreshing traditional imagery. Collages became more widely used in the twentieth century as various forms of media were brought into widespread use.
A collage is constructed not as one image, but by compiling a variety of images into one larger piece. This can be done for a variety of reasons, including ironic juxtaposition, social commentary, or refreshing traditional imagery. Collages became more widely used in the twentieth century as various forms of media were brought into widespread use.
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Jackson Pollack is well known for what distinctive artistic style?
Jackson Pollack is well known for what distinctive artistic style?
Jackson Pollack began his career as an expressionist painter, using representative shapes and traditional methods. Beginning in the late 40s, however, Pollack began using the technique of "drip painting," which involved laying the canvas on the floor and splattering liquid paint on it from above. This produced paintings that were extremely abstract, but vivid and emotional, which garnered Pollack worldwide acclaim.
Jackson Pollack began his career as an expressionist painter, using representative shapes and traditional methods. Beginning in the late 40s, however, Pollack began using the technique of "drip painting," which involved laying the canvas on the floor and splattering liquid paint on it from above. This produced paintings that were extremely abstract, but vivid and emotional, which garnered Pollack worldwide acclaim.
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Screen printing is an artistic method that allows for .
Screen printing is an artistic method that allows for .
The technique of screen printing involves taking a stamp, covering it with cotton mesh, and inking the stamp onto a canvas to produce an exact image from the stamp. The technique, first developed in the early twentieth century, allows an artist to reproduce the same image repetitively on different pieces of art. This ability was used by Pop Artists like Andy Warhol to create similar images onto canvases which he then painted in a variety of colors to make similar, yet highly diverse, series of images.
The technique of screen printing involves taking a stamp, covering it with cotton mesh, and inking the stamp onto a canvas to produce an exact image from the stamp. The technique, first developed in the early twentieth century, allows an artist to reproduce the same image repetitively on different pieces of art. This ability was used by Pop Artists like Andy Warhol to create similar images onto canvases which he then painted in a variety of colors to make similar, yet highly diverse, series of images.
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Surrealism is the style most closely associated with which of the following artists?
Surrealism is the style most closely associated with which of the following artists?
Surrealism was inspired by the work of pioneering psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and used odd, dreamlike imagery in realistic lines and shapes. Its most famous figure was Salvador Dalí, who was the archetypical surrealist. Dali's painting often featured familiar images juxtaposed with strange objects in barren and off-putting landscapes.
Surrealism was inspired by the work of pioneering psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and used odd, dreamlike imagery in realistic lines and shapes. Its most famous figure was Salvador Dalí, who was the archetypical surrealist. Dali's painting often featured familiar images juxtaposed with strange objects in barren and off-putting landscapes.
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The American painter Grant Wood is most closely associated with the artistic movement known as .
The American painter Grant Wood is most closely associated with the artistic movement known as .
Grant Wood lived almost his entire life in the state of Iowa, teaching at schools and supporting organizations in the state. His painting reflected this attachment to his native region, and were articulated by Wood, along with Thomas Hart Benton, into an artistic style known as "regionalism." Wood's most famous work "American Gothic," featuring a farming couple in an honest, empathetic, yet slightly off perspective, is emblematic of the style.
Grant Wood lived almost his entire life in the state of Iowa, teaching at schools and supporting organizations in the state. His painting reflected this attachment to his native region, and were articulated by Wood, along with Thomas Hart Benton, into an artistic style known as "regionalism." Wood's most famous work "American Gothic," featuring a farming couple in an honest, empathetic, yet slightly off perspective, is emblematic of the style.
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The American painter most well-known for creating extreme closeups of flowers is .
The American painter most well-known for creating extreme closeups of flowers is .
Georgia O'Keefe developed a unique, instantly recognizable style that focused on flowers presented in vivid colors in an extreme close-up perspective. This style grew out of Modernism and its use of bright color and different perspective. O'Keefe proved influential in her ability to capture nature and natural images in paintings in a striking manner.
Georgia O'Keefe developed a unique, instantly recognizable style that focused on flowers presented in vivid colors in an extreme close-up perspective. This style grew out of Modernism and its use of bright color and different perspective. O'Keefe proved influential in her ability to capture nature and natural images in paintings in a striking manner.
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The pop artist whose most famous works are large canvasses of images taken from comic books is .
The pop artist whose most famous works are large canvasses of images taken from comic books is .
Pop Art as a general movement sought to bring post-World War II American popular culture into high art. One of the more famous approaches to this was Roy Lichtenstein's appropriation of comic book imagery. Lichtenstein painted all of his canvases by hand, but would copy one frame from a comic, including shaded dots, dialogue bubbles, and weak colors, onto a large canvas.
Pop Art as a general movement sought to bring post-World War II American popular culture into high art. One of the more famous approaches to this was Roy Lichtenstein's appropriation of comic book imagery. Lichtenstein painted all of his canvases by hand, but would copy one frame from a comic, including shaded dots, dialogue bubbles, and weak colors, onto a large canvas.
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Who is the painter whose most famous work features clocks dripping over branches and other figures?
Who is the painter whose most famous work features clocks dripping over branches and other figures?
The Persistence of Memory, completed in 1931 and hanging in the Museum of Modern Art, is widely considered Salvador Dali's masterpiece. The canvas features many of Dali's surrealist hallmarks, with a strange landscape as the background of an image of clocks that appear to be melting over branches and ledges. Dali's work is considered emblematic of surrealism, which drew on Jungian dream theory to create strange images in artwork.
The Persistence of Memory, completed in 1931 and hanging in the Museum of Modern Art, is widely considered Salvador Dali's masterpiece. The canvas features many of Dali's surrealist hallmarks, with a strange landscape as the background of an image of clocks that appear to be melting over branches and ledges. Dali's work is considered emblematic of surrealism, which drew on Jungian dream theory to create strange images in artwork.
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