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Title: Autumn Rhythm (No. 30) Artist: Pollock Date: 1950 Style: abstract exxpressionistic (New York School) POI: dripped oils and enamal house paints on large canvases in fluid motions -art with out a purpose |
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Title: The Seasons Artist: Lee Krasner Date: 1957 Style: POI:bold sweeping curves that express grief and forces of nature -bursting rounding forms -limited color choices (red, green black, white) -married to pollock |
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Title: Woman I Artist: de Kooning Date: 1950 Style: Abstract expressionist POI: figure inspired by pretty commercial models, however kept veering away -liquified cubism |
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Title: Mountains and Sea Artist: Frankenthaler Date: 1952 Style: POI: used thinned oils that she allowed to soak into canvas giving a water color effect -worked on the floor like pollock with "dance like movements of the arms and legs" - uses color field methods |
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Title: Canyon Artist: Rauschenberg Date: 1959 Style: assemblage POI: chose material that each person would interpret differently -tried to create chaotic works to show the unpredictability of an urban setting |
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Title: Sky Cathedral Artist: Nevelson Date: 1957 Style: assemblage POI: cubist inspired version -put together a bunch of junk and painted it all one color -collected from manhattan |
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Title: Fragment from Homage to New York Artist: Tinguely Date: 1960 Style: Assemblage POI: Made out of lots of different objects -its purpose was to self destruct when activated -activated in front of a large crowd -total painted white (styled like nevelsons creation) |
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Title: Marilyn Diptych Artist: andy worhal Date: 1962 Style: silk screening POI: borrowed the diptych format from byzantine icons of christian saints -showed fascination with fame by treating star as an icon -half color, half black and white |
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Title: Seagram Building [location: New York] Artist: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Date: 1956-1958 POI: used custom bronze instead of standard steel for the exterior -bronze is only ornamental -tall narrow windows with discreet dark glass -still uses sullivans three section look |
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Title: Guggenheim Museum [Location: Bilbao, Spain] Artist:Frank O. Gehry Date: 1993-1997 Style: POI: constructed from computer model -curving metal exterior -very expensive because of the specialization needed to construct |
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