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AH Final Exam
Term | Definition |
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Abstract Expressionism | Directness, immediacy; post WWII; developed in NYC; first specifically American movement to garner international attention |
Action Painting | Aka gestural painting; paint is dripped, flung, splashed, etc; pouring |
Color Field Painting | Branch of abstract painting; emerged in NYC in '40s and '50s; inspired by European modernism; large swathes of color and open areas |
Pop Art | Andy Warhol; Mid to late '50s; bright colors, irony/satire, recognizable imagery |
Minimalism | Post WWII; extreme simplicity of form; literal, objective approach |
Performance Art | May be witnessed live or through documentation; uses own body as medium |
Happening | Cooperative events when audience/viewers become active participants; partly planned, partly spontaneous |
Conceptual Art | Marcel Duchamp; the concept or idea of the work is more important than aesthetic, tradition, etc |
"Less is More" | Contrasted the consumerism mentality; keep things simple |
Photorealism | Richard Estes; late '60s, building on minimalism and pop art |
Postmodernism | Contradicts some aspects of modernism; embraced experimentation with new medias and styles |
Globalization | The abstraction through which we come to envision what artistic production all over the world at the same time might look like |