Exam 30: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contrast the Sony Building (formerly AT&T building) in New York with the Portland Building in Portland, Oregon. How does each work reflect the Postmodern architectural vocabulary?

How did these artists assert the feminist doctrine?

Because of the spontaneous and informal nature of Performance Art, which of the following was the primary medium?

Beuys wanted "to shape our thoughts into words." Which of the following did he want to create?

The terms gestural abstraction and Action Painting are most appropriately applied to the work of ____.

Which of the following was the purpose of Performance Art?

Pop Art, and art that utilized the techniques of advertising, industrial design, and Hollywood movies were at their heights during which of the following decades?

A good example of Postmodernist architecture is ____.

How did WW II impact the second half of the twentieth century?

How do this buildings reflect post-modernism?

What is the artistic issue of Environmental art-- sometimes called Earth art or earthworks?

How did Barnett Newman increase the capacity of color to communicate emotion?

What artist used the technique of benday dots and why?

What is meant by Minimal Art?

Which of the following earlier art styles formed the characterizing spirit of Performance Art?

Cindy Sherman works in which medium representing the "male gaze"?

What is the focus of this work?

What was the purpose of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party?

How is this work "modern"?

The New York artist whose paintings became compositionally simple and focused on color was ____.