ART 1107 – Flashcards
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art and ethnicity
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art can forge racial identity and preserve the history and values of an ethnic group
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clan
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group of people joined by blood or marriage ties
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social rank
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status, shown with possessions, style, poses, clothing
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chuck close
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portraits of people, emphasized texture and realism. HUGE portraits
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frida kahlo
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artist who always portrayed her culture. emphasized mexican
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yakshi
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in indian sensuality, a nature spirit who represents fertility
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doryphorous
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"spear-bearer" classical statue. ideal male form, restrained emotion.
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contrapposto
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the stance or pose, more natural. one foot one planted. way of standing.
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african sculpture
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often proportions. head emhasized. tose.legs. split 1/3. head most important because it has personality.
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body modifications
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foot binding, anything to alter body
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ritual tattooing
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one way of strengthening the individual. initiation rights
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foot binding
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upper had feet broken and tied in smaller feet was better. Chinese believed it to be immodest to show feet and had to have servants when could not walk properly.
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lip plates
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african. adorn women with this, around age 6, take out teeth and keep enlarging.
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corseting
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trying to achieve smallest waist possible. european and americans. sometimes would even move around organs.
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ideal form of representing the body in Renaissance
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Roman nude. kept reviving the roman nude male. women were considered property.
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anatomical studies
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leonardo davinci. studied anatomy, crosses art and science.
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marc chagall
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jewish artist. made works that displayed jewish heritage. personal and reordering his life.
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george catlin
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an american artist, depicted native american indians in a respectful way
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world's fairs international villages
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internation pavillions. beignets represents culture. world showcase. walk through buildings and segments.
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Peter paul rubens abduction of the daughters of leucippus
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struggle between masculine and feminine. muscles and tanness. women are naked and pale acting hysterical while flinging body around
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guerilla girls
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collective anonymous women artists fighting for women, minorities, protesting for equality.
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jacque louis david-oath of the horati
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vibrant, men represented and fighting
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rococo architecture
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feminine, light colors, sugary sweet, flirtateous
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neo-classical painting
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flirtatious, romantic
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neo-classical architecture
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strong, straight lines
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roman respect for ancestors
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carving busk and shrines, to remember ancestry lines
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genre paintings
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scenes of everyday life. candid
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watts tower
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sculpture. made by factory worker. reached over 100 feet described as folk art, outsider or naive art
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animals in art
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appear in art in every culture
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relationship between humans and animals
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hunt them, love them. eat them, breed them, identify with them, complex relationship
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fantastic creatures
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made up, imaginary symbolic representations
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unicorns
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symbols jesus in christianity, hunted by men, brutally killed
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lamassu
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creature body of bull, and head of human
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monkeys
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naturalistic. like human full of energy
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royal lion hunt
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kings had to go through lion hunt as a ritual. egypt-hunt hippo
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john constables the haywain
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depicts a meadow, industrial revolution had cities of building and dirty, so this appealed to people because they saw nice pretty nature pictures
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ansel adams
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photography of nature. helped establish national parks
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christian flower symbolism
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rose represents mary. iris represents jesus.
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islamic gardens
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islamic representation of paradise. their version of heaven
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zen gardens
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japanese. meant to sit and meditate. do not walk through
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central park
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landscape architecture. restreat from bustling new york city. redesigned and reconstructed.
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lightning field
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"conceptual" work of art not meant to always be on view
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japanese flower arrangement
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considered as high form of art as calligraphy and pottery
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mayan ball sport
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ball game was metaphor for epic journey through the underworld. close to soccer and quiddich . losers are killed
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bull leaping
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knosos. bull symbolizes fertility and strength. points for leaping over a charging bull
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greek theaters
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seating is called "theatron" could hold 12,000
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shakespears globe theatre
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london. round theatre has been built over and over.
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opera national de paris
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outside structure. ornate and extravagent. high end. "house for the arts"
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kabuki
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japanese dance drama. sing, dance and skill is what it translates
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broadway puppet theater
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modern-lion king. unique combo of human puppet
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animation
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grew out of drawings and flipbooks. labor intensive. avg 14,000 for a 10 minute sequence
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talkies
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1927 jazz singer movie added synchronized dialogue
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henri de toulousse- lautree
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little guy hung out in cabarets, favorite subject was JANE AVRIL (a singer dancer)
