EUROPE AND AMERICA AFTER 1945
*THE AFTERMATH OF WWII SAW POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UPHEAVALS. *ARTISTS WERE 'DOCUMENTING" THESE TIMES. *POLITICS OF POWER WAS ADDRESSED!
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1) How does the idea of "conflict" continually affect society and cultural work? 2) What are the traits of postmodernism? 3) How is postmodernism an extension or continuation of modernism? 4) How does technology continue to influence art? 5) How is concentrating on the artist's point-of-view different than earlier artistic considerations? 6) How do the ideas and issues around psychology, gender, consumerism and feminism continue to affect art? 7) What are the important art works of this period and how did they personify the era? |
VOCABULARY
1) POST MODERNISM 2) ACTION PAINTING 3) ASSEMBLAGE 4) BENDAY DOTS 5) COLOR FIELD PAINTING 6) INSTALLATION LAST SCULPTURE BY EVA HESSE
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