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Which art movement is characterized by the use of industrial products as art and challenging bourgeois, colonial, and national values?
Which artist is associated with the movement that reproduces portraits, landscapes, and iconography with precision using photographs?
What type of art is characterized by its use of public spaces, such as murals and installations, to convey a message or idea?
Which art form involves creating and manipulating puppets for theatrical shows, using human-assisted movements?
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What is the primary focus of Conceptual art?
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Which type of art form transforms the natural environment or specific site into a landscape or terrain?
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What type of art combines vocal or instrumental sounds to form and express emotions, often adhering to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and harmony?
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Which art form involves a staged drama with music, consisting of vocal pieces, instrumental accompaniment, and orchestral overtures and interludes?
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Which artist is associated with large-scale, site-specific art that transforms surroundings and alters viewers' perceptions of space?
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What type of art involves presenting characters or stories solely through body movement, often incorporating realistic and symbolic gestures?
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Study Notes
Contemporary Art Movements
- Emerged after Pop Art, pioneered by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein in post-war Britain and America
- Pop Art portrayed mass culture and reimagined industrial products as art
- Neo-Pop Art emerged in the 1980s, reborn by artists like Jeff Koons
- Pop Art adapted Dada's ideas, using readymade materials for artwork, and was anarchic, challenging bourgeois, colonial, and national values
Photorealism
- A movement similar to Pop Art, aiming to create hyperrealistic drawings and paintings using photographs
- Artists like Chuck Close and Gerhard Richter worked in this style, reproducing portraits, landscapes, and iconography with precision
Conceptual Art
- Emerged in the 1960s and remains a principal present-day art form
- Prioritizes the idea or concept, with all planning and decisions made beforehand
- Influenced by Pop Art, rejecting art as a commodity
- Major conceptual artists include Damien Hirst, Ai Wei Wei, and Jenny Holzer
Installation Art
- A large-scale, site-specific art form that transforms surroundings and alters viewers' perceptions of space
- Features artists like Yayoi Kusama, Dale Chihuly, and Bruce Munro
Earth Art
- A form of art where the artist transforms the natural environment or specific site into a landscape or terrain
- Uses materials directly from the ground or vegetation
- Differs from environmental art in that it doesn't focus on the subject
Street Art
- A popular form of social activism that emerged in the 1980s with the rise of graffiti
- Includes murals, installations, stenciled images, and stickers in public spaces
- Key artists include 1980s figures like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring
Performance Art
- A Conceptualist movement that began in the 1960s
- A drama-inspired approach, performed by artists, with the goal of delivering a message or idea
- Prominent artists include Marina Abramović, Yoko Ono, and Joseph Beuys
Dance and Music
- Dance involves rhythmic body movement, usually to music, to express emotions, release energy, and enjoy the motion
- Plays significant social roles in celebrations, courtship, recreation, and entertainment across cultures
- Music is an art that combines vocal or instrumental sounds for form and emotional expression
- Both folk tracks and complex electronic compositions are humanly engineered and have been present throughout history
Theatre and Opera
- Theatre is a form of dramatic arts, primarily involving live performances planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama
- Opera is a staged drama with music, consisting of vocal pieces, instrumental accompaniment, and orchestral overtures and interludes
- Mime and pantomime are Greek and Roman dramatic entertainments that depict life scenes in a ridiculous manner
Spoken Word and Puppetry
- Spoken word is a word-based poetic performance art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play
- Includes various forms of poetry read aloud, such as readings, slams, jazz, hip hop, comedy routines, and prose monologues
- Puppetry involves creating and manipulating puppets for theatrical shows, using human-assisted movements to control devices like rods or strings
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Explore the evolution of Pop Art, from its pioneers to its rebirth in the 1980s, and its connections to other art movements like Dada and Photorealism.
