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Ch 1
Paintings with description, artist, and title
20
Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/10/2014

Additional Art/Design Flashcards

 


 

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Definition

Fort Edward

William G. Wall

Duality

"Soil moistened by the blood of thousands"

Uses "Exactitude" of a time/place

Serene

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Journey of the Sun God Ra

Inner coffin of Nespawershefi

Art secures his afterlife

Show's physical challenge with the Underworld

Term
[image]
Definition

White Vertical WAter

Louise Nevelson

Abstract rep. of flowing lines

Cascading waterfall

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Isabella d'Este

Titian 

Patron Work

Royalty 

Term
[image]
Definition

Renaissance Period painting

"window to the world" 

1503-1507

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Gustav Klimt

Adele Bloch-Bauer

Controversial painting

Originally looted by Nazi's then became a subject of lawsuit by the Bloch-Bauer family

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Self

Marc Quinn

Controversial work of art due to material used

Displayed in MOMA

Term
[image]
Definition

Suit Avec 7 Personnages

Jean Dubuffet

Irregular lines

Separation to show distinction

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Vertigo

Mel Bochner

Sense of Motion & Disarray

Usage of Regular Lines

Diagonal Lines

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Pentateuch

Implied Line

Micography

Desccripes how to read the text & pronounce it

hebrew 

Term
[image]
Definition

Third of May

Francisco Goya

Directional lines to direct attention

Distinct middle line to show separation

Lines draw attention to Christ figure

 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Connectors

James Allen

Sketch

Directional Lines

Narrowing Lines

Usage of Background

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Egon Schiele

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Contoured Lines

Hair contour

Various thickness and regularity

organic surace

 

Term
[image]
Definition

The Bedroom

Strong vertical lines

nervous color & value changes

Various width of lines

Inconsistency

Unproportional

 

Term
Nike Swoosh
Definition

Diagonal lines convey action 

Stylized, diagonal line

Term
[image]
Definition

Maya Lin

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Art Student 

Controversial due to difference in memorial type

One arm to Washington memorial, one arm to lincoln memorial. 

Organized by date of death/ declared MIA

Term
[image]
Definition

Daniel French

Lincoln Memorial

largeness represents his superiority & significance

Marble & pillars represent power 

Term
[image]
Definition

Vietnamese Girl Running after Napalm Attack

Nick Ut

Demonstrates how journalism affected the war

Caused protests back home

Represented the pain of the war

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