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Duchamp, Fountain, Modernism Art is choosing to make so,etching. You can hate it but you have to allow it. All about idea. |
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Wood, American Gothic, American Modernism Gender roles, religion. Middle class. Propaganda for America and rejection of modernism as a social ill. |
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Motley, Black Belt, Harlem Renaissance Depict their area as "happening". Show that this is the place you want to be, not slums. |
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Armstrong, Heebie-Jeebies, Harlem Renaissance Defined New Orleans sound. Scar vocals. 3 players busy and full. |
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Pollock, Autumn Rhythm, Abstract-Expressionism Canvas on ground. Dribbled paint on. Jazz influence with chaotic "improv". Cold War major subtext. Bought by CIA. Represents freedom - shown in Europe. |
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Morris, Installation at the Green Gallery, Minimalism Takes up actual space - viewer interaction. No color, no artist hand. Saying no to big ideas, new experience. Lacks expressionistic aspect. |
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Elvis Presley, Hound Dog, Rock-and-Roll Energy and white (to sell). Scandalous hips. Combo of Richard and Boone. |
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The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows, Rock-and-Roll
Rock still popular in Europe. Guitars and drums. Ed Sullivan show. Long hair scandalous. Americas first taste since the 50's, in depression over JFK. Indian influence. |
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Jefferson Airplane, Volunteers, Rock-and-Roll
Woodstock. Raw sounding. Against war with Vietnam. |
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Warhol, White Burning Car III, Pop Art
Silk screen. Desensitized by mass production of news images. Man walking behind. Only 5 not six. |
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Ono, Cut Piece, Conceptualism
No object left behind - art as an experience. Showed more about those present than the artist herself. |
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Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Conceptualism
Interactive, reflective to see yourself. Cut out of a mountain like a grave. Showed that it was more of a body count war. Soldier statue made near it. |
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Kosolapov, Coca-Cola Lenin, Postmodernism Propaganda and advertising mixed as well as communism and capitalism. Neither America nor Russia want it bc it shows the other. |
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Rosler, Balloons, Postmodernism
Collage. Brought the war home. What does killing people protect? Is a way of living worth another life? |
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Laibach, Tanz mit Laibach, Postmodernism
Germany influenced by American culture. 1234 marching of army boots. American saturating international cultural consciousness. |
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Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds, Postmodernism
Common street snack associated with Cultural Revolution. Nods to loss of personal freedom and propaganda as followers. Individualism and mass production. |
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Robinson, Fading Away, Early Photography
Multiple photos taken and stacked, can see lines. Get proper exposure of sky. |
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Stieglitz, The Terminal, Pictorialism Long exposure gets bldg in focus, see steam from horses. |
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Weston, Pepper, f/64
Large f stop puts lots in focus. Photography more than documenting - art. Group of "straight photography" where they manifested possessing no qualities of technique, composition or idea, derivative of any other form" |
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Thompson, Untitled Self-Portrait, Contemporary Photography
Never reveals how he did it. Not altered in post. |
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Brant, American Lake WA, Contemporary Photography Getting rid of idea of replication ability of photographs and manipulating the medium by integrating with the subject (water from the lake on photograph). |
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Photography influence our life. Susan Sontag |
Selfie at Aushwitz. Tourism - respond to new things with placing lens between us and it. Worth photographing = worth doing. |
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Documentary photos - Hine |
Can be manipulated. He has names, addresses, names. If you fake it no one believes you again. Trust. If you believe in Bigfoot you'll believe the images. |
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Berger - Time instead of form. |
Best photograph: what it invokes but doesn't show. Migrant mother - invokes time period, struggle, depression, etc. travel photography: everyone together in a scenic spot to commemorate whole trip (time). Important what you don't take a photo of as well. |
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Barthes studium and punctum. |
Studium: what makes it interesting. Punctum: the part that pierces you. Unique to each person. "Looking into the eyes that looked into the eyes of Napoleon". Postmortem photography. |
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Weston artistic |
Set up the photo in your mind before taking the shot. Composition. Light and angles. Not trying to make a photograph. |
