Exam 14: Modernism in Europe and America,1900 to 1945

Which of the following is an example of Synthetic Cubism?

Which Der Blaue Reiter artist found animals superior in beauty,strength,innocence,and naturalness?

Which of the following artists developed the theory of neoplasticism,or the new pure plastic art?

The Fauve use of color is particularly apparent in the works of:

Which of the following artists was a Berlin Dadaist?

What subject matter did Jacob Lawrence use in his work?

Compare and contrast the Fauves and the German Expressionists.What influences can be seen in each movement? How did each influence the other? Use examples to support your essay.

Picasso said,"Painting is not made to decorate apartments.It is an instrument for offensive and defensive war against the enemy." Explain the relationship of art and politics between 1900 and 1945.Use examples to support your essay.

____ photographed the rural poor who were displaced by the Great Depression in the 1930s.

A nonobjective work refers to work that ____.

What was the purpose of the Bauhaus?

What was Giorgio De Chirico's relationship to Surrealism?

Discuss the impact the Armory show (1913)had on the American art scene.Use examples to support your essay.

What is a "a machine for living"?

Who wrote,"What is real is not the external form but the essence of things."?

How did each artist articulate a different purpose for art?

What is a mobile and who made them?

How does this work capture the spirit of Surrealism?

What was the Armory Show?

Who created this model,and what was its purpose? Why is an important precursor of things to come in the later twentieth century?