ARTH420: Study questions for Test 2 on March 15
Which of the following terms indicate styles? Which are movements? Which are techniques or strategies? In the case of styles, which were named by critics but not by the artists the style refers to? Which groups named themselves? Identify at least two individuals associated with each style and movement. In the case of movements, which had manifestos? What were the main ideas or points in those manifestos? How did the manifestos relate to any art works that may have been produced? In the case of terms which are neither styles nor manifestos, what role do they serve (are they explanatory, and if so, what do they explain? Are they ideological, and if so, what is the meaning? Are they technical, and if so, what does the technique consist of and who uses it?)
Fauvism Orphism Expressionism (German) Constructivism (Russian) Die Brucke (the Bridge) Dada (any) Futurism (Italian) Surrealism Analytic cubism De Stijl Gallery cubism Suprematism Salon cubism absolute abstraction Synthetic cubism photomontage Collage cubism primitivism questions on constructivism: Explain the meaning of konstruktsia, faktura, and tektonika. What does the concept of “tensegrity” mean? How does it apply to constructivist work? In addition to the 3 primary constructivist concepts, other principles characterize constructivism. They are not clearly aesthetic principles since they don’t have to do with establishing standards of beauty. What are some of these principles and how do they apply to works produced by the constructivists?
On Dada: what beliefs about the role of art are shared by constructivism and dada? What beliefs are unique to Dada? Do Dadaists create art? Explain your answer.
On Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky: Each of these artists makes an important contribution to the development of artistic styles in the 20th century. Although all three can be called “absolute abstractionists” or non- objective artists, their work is quite different. What precepts do they share? How do they use them in either same or different ways? What precepts are not shared?