Answer all three of the following questions per work of art shown below. You should reference your book to aid you in answering these questions. Answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three terms from the glossary for each work. “Painting” Who is the artist? Which event does this respond to and what statement does it make? What may have inspired the image of the male figure? “Flowers on Body” What issues did this artist address in her work? What series does this particular image belong to? What themes does this image address? “Backs” What materials did the artist use in her works? How is this representative of her work? What do the forms suggest in this work? you need to utilize at least three of these terms per assignment response. Please note that some terms are carried over from previous weeks as they apply. Still, you should review all terms each week. Abstract Expressionism Also known as the New York School. The first major American avant-garde movement, Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York City in the 1940s. The artists produced abstract paintings that expressed their state of mind and that they hoped would strike emotional chords in viewers. The movement developed along two lines: gestural abstraction and chromatic abstraction. Action painting Also called gestural abstraction. The kind of Abstract Expressionism practiced by Jackson Pollock, in which the emphasis was on the creation process, the artist's gesture in making art. Pollock poured liquid paint in linear webs on his canvases, which he laid out on the floor, thereby physically surrounding himself in the painting during its creation. Assemblage An artwork constructed from already existing objects. Chromatic abstraction A kind of Abstract Expressionism that focused on the emotional resonance of color, as exemplified by the work of Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko. Color field painting A variant of Post-Painterly Abstraction in which artists sought to reduce painting to its physical essence by pouring diluted paint onto unprimed canvas, allowing these pigments to soak into the fabric, as exemplified by the work of Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis. Conceptual art An American avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that asserted that the "artfulness" of art lay in the artist's idea rather than its final expression. Deconstruction An analytical strategy developed in the late 20th century according to which all cultural "constructs" (art, architecture, and literature) are "texts." People can read these texts in a variety of ways, but they cannot arrive at fixed or uniform meanings. Any interpretation can be valid, and readings differ from time to time, place to place, and person to person. For those employing this approach, deconstruction means destabilizing established meanings and interpretations while encouraging subjectivity and individual differences. Earthworks An American art form that emerged in the 1960s. .

1. Answer
all three
of the following questions
per work
of art shown below. You should reference your book to aid you
in answering these questions. Answers should be in essay
format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include
at least three terms from the glossary for each work.
“Painting”
Who is the artist?
Which event does this respond to and what statement does it
make?
What may have inspired the image of the male figure?
“Flowers on Body”
What issues did this artist address in her work?
What series does this particular image belong to?
What themes does this image address?
“Backs”
What materials did the artist use in her works?
How is this representative of her work?
What do the forms suggest in this work?
you need to utilize at least three of these terms per assignment
response. Please note that some terms are carried over from
previous weeks as they apply. Still, you should review all terms
each week.
Abstract Expressionism
Also known as the New York School. The first major American
avant-garde movement, Abstract Expressionism emerged in New
York City in the 1940s. The artists produced abstract paintings
that expressed their state of mind and that they hoped would
strike emotional chords in viewers. The movement developed
along two lines: gestural abstraction and chromatic abstraction.
Action painting
Also called gestural abstraction. The kind of Abstract

2. Expressionism practiced by Jackson Pollock, in which the
emphasis was on the creation process, the artist's gesture in
making art. Pollock poured liquid paint in linear webs on his
canvases, which he laid out on the floor, thereby physically
surrounding himself in the painting during its creation.
Assemblage
An artwork constructed from already existing objects.
Chromatic abstraction
A kind of Abstract Expressionism that focused on the emotional
resonance of color, as exemplified by the work of Barnett
Newman and Mark Rothko.
Color field painting
A variant of Post-Painterly Abstraction in which artists sought
to reduce painting to its physical essence by pouring diluted
paint onto unprimed canvas, allowing these pigments to soak
into the fabric, as exemplified by the work of Helen
Frankenthaler and Morris Louis.
Conceptual art
An American avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that
asserted that the "artfulness" of art lay in the artist's idea rather
than its final expression.
Deconstruction
An analytical strategy developed in the late 20th century
according to which all cultural "constructs" (art, architecture,
and literature) are "texts." People can read these texts in a
variety of ways, but they cannot arrive at fixed or uniform
meanings. Any interpretation can be valid, and readings differ
from time to time, place to place, and person to person. For
those employing this approach, deconstruction means
destabilizing established meanings and interpretations while
encouraging subjectivity and individual differences.
Earthworks
An American art form that emerged in the 1960s. Often using
the land itself as their material, Environmental artists construct
monuments of great scale and minimal form. Permanent or
impermanent, these works transform some section of the

3. environment, calling attention both to the land itself and to the
hand of the artist. Sometimes referred to as earthworks.
Environmental art
An American art form that emerged in the 1960s. Often using
the land itself as their material, Environmental artists construct
monuments of great scale and minimal form. Permanent or
impermanent, these works transform some section of the
environment, calling attention both to the land itself and to the
hand of the artist. Sometimes referred to as earthworks.
Gestural abstraction
Also known as action painting. A kind of abstract painting in
which the gesture, or act of painting, is seen as the subject of
art. Its most renowned proponent was Jackson Pollock. See also
Abstract Expressionism.
Hard-edge painting
A variant of Post-Painterly Abstraction that rigidly excluded all
reference to gesture, and incorporated smooth knife-edge
geometric forms to express the notion that painting should be
reduced to its visual components.
Impasto
A layer of thickly applied pigment.
Installation
An artwork that creates an artistic environment in a room or
gallery.
Minimalism
A predominantly sculptural American trend of the 1960s
characterized by works featuring a severe reduction of form,
often to single, homogeneous units.
Neo-Expressionism
An art movement that emerged in the 1970s and that reflects the
artists' interest in the expressive capability of art, seen earlier
in German Expressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
Performance art
An American avant-garde art trend of the 1960s that made time
an integral element of art. It produced works in which
movements, gestures, and sounds of persons communicating

4. with an audience replace physical objects. Documentary
photographs are generally the only evidence remaining after
these events. See also Happenings.
Photorealism
A school of painting and sculpture of the 1960s and 1970s that
emphasized producing artworks based on scrupulous fidelity to
optical fact. The Superrealist painters were also called
Photorealists because many used photographs as sources for
their imagery.
Photorealism
See Superrealism.
Pixels
Shortened form of "picture elements." The tiny boxes that make
up digital images displayed on a computer monitor.
Pop art
A term coined by British art critic Lawrence Alloway to refer to
art, first appearing in the 1950s, that incorporated elements
from consumer culture, the mass media, and popular culture,
such as images from motion pictures and advertising.
Post-Painterly Abstraction
An American art movement that emerged in the 1960s and was
characterized by a cool, detached rationality emphasizing
tighter pictorial control. See also color field painting and hard-
edge painting.
Postmodernism
A reaction against modernist formalism, seen as elitist. Far
more encompassing and accepting than the more rigid confines
of modernist practice, postmodernism offers something for
everyone by accommodating a wide range of styles, subjects,
and formats, from traditional easel painting to installation and
from abstraction to illusionistic scenes. Postmodern art often
includes irony or reveals a self-conscious awareness on the part
of the artist of the processes of art making or the workings of
the art world.
Site-specific art
Art created for a specific location. See also Environmental art.

5. Superrealism
A school of painting and sculpture of the 1960s and 1970s that
emphasized producing artworks based on scrupulous fidelity to
optical fact. The Superrealist painters were also called
Photorealists because many used photographs as sources for
their imagery.