Art and Climate Change Study Notes

Art that communicates through elements such as color, shape, and composition that don't represent objects in the natural world.

A proposed geological epoch characterized by significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems.

The use of existing images, objects, or materials in art to create new works often with altered or recontextualized meanings.

<p>An event where multiple galleries exhibit and sell artworks to collectors and the public at a designated site.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individuals in Brazil involved in the collection and recycling of waste materials, often found in informal recycling systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The deliberate and nonviolent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands as a form of protest, often based on moral or political principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art movement where the concept or idea behind the artwork is more important than the physical object.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art created in the present era, often characterized by a diverse range of styles, mediums, and concepts, and distinct from the &quot;modern&quot; art of the 20th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre, producing unique, highly detailed images on silver-coated metal plates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art created using digital technology, often involving computer-generated imagery, video interactive installations, and other digital formats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art exhibition that takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, showcasing contemporary and international art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Artworks created within the postwar Land art movement involving large-scale outdoor installations, using earth, rocks, and other natural materials.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living organisms and their physical environment that are interconnected and functioning as a unit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A social and political movement focused on addressing environmental inequalities and advocating for equitable access to clean environments and resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A collective effort by individuals and organizations to address environmental issues and promote sustainability and conservation; the American environmental movement mobilized during the 1960's.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The disproportionate impact of environmental hazards and pollution on marginalized and minority communities, often resulting from systemic discrimination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who is actively concerned with and advocated for the protection and preservation of the environment and natural resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A term used to describe countries in the southern hemisphere, often characterized by lower income levels and different social and economic challenges than the Global North.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of art in which the artist creates an entire environment or immersive experience within a space, often using various media, including sculpture, video, and sound.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Artwork created from discarded or found objects, often with a focus on recycling and repurposing materials.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Artworks that incorporate movement, often using mechanical or interactive elements to engage the viewer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 19th-century belief in the United States that it was destined to expand westward across the continent, often at the expense of Indigenous peoples and ecosystems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art movement characterized by extreme simplicity, using basic geometric shapes, minimal color, and a focus on form and space.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art form in which artists use their body, actions, and presence as the medium, often in live or spontaneous situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aesthetic concept in art and landscape design, emphasizing the beauty of irregular, natural scenery, and harmonious compositions in the landscape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art created by indigenous cultures in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art concept pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, where everyday objects are chosen by the artist, sometimes presented with minimal or no alteration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art movement and cultural period characterized by a focus on emotion, nature, individualism, and the sublime, often expressing deep emotional and spiritual experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of related artworks typically created by an artist, which share common themes, styles, or subjects, and are often exhibited or published together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The quality of an artwork being designed to exist in a particular location and being influenced by the specific features of that site.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ecosystem that maintains a relatively constant population size and resources over time, in a state of equilibrium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Refers to awe-inspiring, and sometimes terrifying qualities of experience evoked by grandeur, vastness, or power; the term first arose in the 18th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A term used in art and environmental studies to describe the awe-inspiring, yet potentially harmful aspects of nature, often associated with pollution and environmental degradation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early photographic process from the nineteenth century that involves creating a photographic image on a glass plate coated with collodion and light-sensitive chemicals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An artistic movement founded in Germany in the 1950's that spread to countries in several continents around the world, with a commitment to creating innovative and often interactive artworks in different media, many of which employed kinetic devices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hans Haacke is a leading proponent of several contemporary art movements, such as land art, kinetic art, conceptual art, and institutional critique.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A response to a 78-day political standoff called the Kanesatake resistance. A crisis where 55 people from the indigenous Mohawk tribe protested in the Kahnawake reserve.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mesopotamia was the civilization that developed writing and arts in parallel with Egypt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Artist known for his Land art and created specific works about the climate conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greek civilization was influenced by the Egyptian structures and shaped the traditions of the Etruscan and Roman civilizations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process in which the image is drawn with a waxy pencil or crayon on a plate, and then inked, allowing for a transfer to paper.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African-American activist that centers her work on photography and engages issues of social American Experience. She has employed the DAGUERREOTYPE, the format of the family photo album as a genre in which to produce her work, a photographic process that produced unique highly detailed images on silver-coated metal plates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indigenous North American artist that addresses histories of colonization and indigenous culture, and &quot;appropriates&quot; the artwork of other artists, blurring the time and periods to give it a new meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An Indigenous artist, curator and writer that's interested on the site-specifity installations that sustain the techniques of her culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>During the Mesolithic Period, the climate warmed, and culture developed that produced art similar in some ways to the cave paintings of the Paleolithic Period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>China, India, and Japan all have ancient traditions and have produced art that relates to political power and religious practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A style that was produced until the mid-eighteenth century and tended to be less static than the Renaissance. Often described as bizarre, or uneven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of photographic art that has an effect of making the extreme appearance of pollution beautiful and almost pleasurable to look at.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Junk art</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Art created in the present era, often characterized by a diverse range of styles, mediums, and concepts, and distinct from the &quot;modern&quot; art of the 20th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Catadores</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Roman and Gothic Style</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Egyptian civilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An artistic style that consists of the distortion of certain elements such as perspective or scale and uses acidic colors and the twisted positioning of the objects?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of art in which the artist creates an environment of immersive experience within a space, often using various media, including sculpture, video, and sound.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Images that depict mounds of garbage laden with green netting photographed in a manner that initially appears like the landscapes of traditional Chinese scroll paintings, until small details reveal their real content.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agnes Denes is one of the founding artists of contemporary ecological art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art movement that began in the 1960's among artists who incorporated organic materials and/or outdoor environments directly into their artwork.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Persian civilization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The New Stone Age is characterized by rings or rows of rough-hewn stones located in Western Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Alma Thomas is known for her colorful compositions inspired by Planet Earth Photographs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Reformation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Donatello.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ana Mendieta is known for her performance art, incorporating elements of sculpture and photography to explore gender and identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bonnie Devine’s multimedia installations combine Indigenous art-making practices, collective memory, and environmental impact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Middle Stone Age was a time when the climate warmed and the culture developed cave paintings, which were similar to those from the Paleolithic Period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Will Wilson creates contemporary art that documents contaminated lands within an area on the border of Mexico that remain polluted due to activities carried out by the United States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;Systems Esthetics&quot; is a piece of art criticism published in 1968 by Newton Harrison that talked about how art can work on its own but also interact with larger contexts, like society or culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold were all influential writers who explored their experiences in nature, often focusing on themes of solitude and the relationship between humanity and the natural world.</p> Signup and view all the answers