Exam 15: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

What was the main subject of the postwar New York School artists?

Compare and contrast the work of the gestural abstractionist to the color field painters.Use examples to support your answer.

Like ____,Conceptual Art raised questions about the artist's role in executing the work of art.

Frank Lloyd Wright described many of his buildings,such as the Guggenheim Museum,as ____.

Which of the following artists was a color field painter?

How does this building reflect the ideas of postmodernism?

How does Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills relate to feminist concerns?

What does this work evoke?

Joseph Kosuth said,"Like everyone else I inherited the idea of art ...So I began to re-think my ideas of art ...it begins with the making process ...my idea of doing that was the real creative content." To what creative content is he referring?

Superrealism and Pop art both ____.

Pop Art originated in ____,but achieved its greatest popularity in ____.

Cindy Sherman works in which medium?

Assess the use of modern technologies in the arts of the late twentieth-century.How have artists transformed these "tools" into viable art-making processes? Use examples to support your essay.

What is Performance Art?

Describe Carolee Schneemann's "kinetic theatre".

What is the subject of this work?

The stylistic label that best describes Duane Hanson's Supermarket Shopper is ____.

Which artist is known for his/her environmental art?

Contrast Modern and Postmodern architecture.How do they differ and what are the philosophical underpinnings of each? Use examples to support your essay.

Performance Art challenged art's function as ____.