AH 2000 Exam 2 Review Sheet

Spring 2014
Test date: March 12
The exam is multiple-choice. Please provide your own pencil and
white/brown scantron form.
You are responsible for knowing the following works of art. You will be asked to
identify artists names, titles of works, artists nationalities and the corresponding
artistic movements. You do not need to memorize dates. You will also be asked
questions that test your knowledge of subject matter, artistic influences and
cultural context. This information is given in class lectures.
Fernand Leger, Three Women. French. Purism.
Piet Mondrian, Composition in Oval with Color Planes. Dutch. Neo-Plasticism.
Piet Mondrian, Composition A. Dutch. Neo-Plasticism.
Gerrit Rietveld, Red-Blue Chair. Dutch. De Stijl.
Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel. French. Dada
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain. French. Dada
Jean Arp, Collage Made According to the Laws of Chance. German-French.
Dada
Hannah Hch, Cut with the Kitchen [or Cake] Knife. German. Dada
Kurt Schwitters, Merz 32: The Cherry Picture. German. Dada.
Joost Schmidt, Poster for Bauhaus Exhibition. German. Bauhaus
Peter Keler, Cradle. German. Bauhaus
Marcel Breuer, Club chair. German. Bauhaus.
Vasilly Kandinsky, Orange. Russian. Bauhaus.
Charles Demuth, Modern Conveniences. U.S. Precisionism.
Edward Hoper, Gas. U.S. American Scene.
Edward Hopper, Approaching a City. U.S. American Scene.
Grant Wood, Stone City, Iowa. U.S. Regionalism/ American Scene.
Norman Rockwell, Freedom from Want. U.S. American Scene.
Ben Shahn, Years of Dust. U.S. Social Realism
Jacob Lawrence, Migration of the Negro. Social Realism. Focus: see MoMA list
[Housing for the Negroes]

Giorgio De Chirico, Place dItalie. Italian. Metaphysical Painting

Max Ernst, Fugative. German. Surrealism.
Salvador Dali, Illumined Pleasures. Spanish. Surrealism.
Salvador Dali, Lobster Telephone. Spanish. Surrealism.
Joan Miro, Summer. Spanish. Surrealism.
Joan Miro, Birth of the World. Spanish. Surrealism.
Alberto Giacometti, Woman with Her Throat Cut. Swiss. Surrealism.
Meret Oppenheim, Object. German-Swiss. Surrealism.
Man Ray, Anatomies. American. Surrealism.
Jean Dubuffet, Cow with the Subtile Nose. French. Art Brut.
Jean Fautrier, Hostage. French. Existential Art.
Alberto Giacometti, Man Pointing. Swiss. Existential Art.
Francis Bacon, Figure in Movement. British. Existential Art.
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure. British. Organic Abstraction.
Wols, Blue Phantom. German. Art Informel.
Arshile Gorky, Liver is the Cocks Comb. US. Abstract Expressionism.
Mark Rothko, No 3 (No 13). US. Abstract Expressionism.
Barnet Newman, Vir Herocius Sublimis. US. Abstract Expressionism
Willem De Kooning, Two Standing Women. US. Abstract Expressionism.
Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31. US. Abstract Expressionism.
Franz Kline, Chief. US. Abstract Expressionism.