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American Gothic by Grant Wood Primary example of American Regionalism. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3136/2770132690_0b9558b429.jpg Night Hawks by Edward Hopper Night Hawks is an example of American Regionalism. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3137/2551809640_93c0918460.jpg And the Migrants Kept Coming by Jacob Lawrence Picture of many black migrants (without faces) all huddled together waiting to leave by train. Painting displayed at the Museum of Modern Art along with the entire Migration Series. http://o.quizlet.com/i/XWINNuFFUS6ABX6qZejxxw.jpg Departure of the Joads by Thomas Hart Benton Painting of the Joad family packing up for their trip ahead at either night, or very early morning. Painting is in black and white and is another example of American Regionalism. http://o.quizlet.com/i/5rAapSl1H-HpGFVeMExRQQ.jpg Cow's Skull with Calico Roses (1931) by Georgia O'Keeffe Painting of a cow's skull with white roses. Typifies O'Keeffe's linear style. The white roses add contrast to the piece as well as enhances the mood. This painting is an example of American Regionalism. http://o.quizlet.com/i/iDzdhPDUK9eqztxpVzPu7Q.jpg Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright Referred as "organic architecture". The natural structure contains low, cave-like ceilings. The open floor plan amplifies the ties to nature. Primarly built with nature as well. Primary example of the architecture of the 1930s. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3108/3145407730_4d594cac9b.jpg The Hoover Dam Design includes four 40-foot tall Art Deco water intake towers atop the dam to augment verticality. The clean lines create a modern facade. The architect Gordon Kaufmann changes improved the stucture's balance and modernity. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3456/3395345090_a3eb54418c.jpg Empire State Building Materials include Indiana limestone and granite to cover the exterior. Very modern and streamlined typed architecture. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2284/2006670505_6bac454e15.jpg Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico by Ansel Adams Example of the photography of the 1930's. This photograph features a moon-nights sky. It also features some houses in the background, church, and cemetery. The gibbous moon contrasts the sky while making the piece emotionally moving. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2651/3692403213_e924de072d.jpg Contrasting No. 331 East 29th Street with the Chrysler Building and Daily News Building by Berenice Abbott Chrysler Building: distant and light, stand in bright sunlight in the far background, represents new architecture. No. 331 East 39th Street: looming and heavy, stands in shade in the near foreground, represents the fading face of historical New York. Both feature Art Deco. http://o.quizlet.com/i/DvZpVlerg8ZDE2gbKw-h9g.jpg Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange The lines of the mother's face in this photography signify work in the sun. Dorothea Lange used her photography to serve political purposes. This photograph reveals the hardships that many migrant mothers faced and captures their feelings. http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1294/1054179764_855bd6aa44.jpg Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta by Walker Evans Contains many contrasts of texture contrasts. This photo symbolizes male socialization. Further implies legalized segregation. The black hat causes viewers to wonder about the barber and the used chairs imply beckon customers inside. http://o.quizlet.com/i/A5fPtUnNGgb20GpWOZSxJQ.jpg The Riveter by Ben Shahn Features a man riveting a piece of metal. A muscular arm, sturdy hands, white gloves, and riveter tools emphasize labor, strength, and hands. Shahn exemplified modernism and naturalism while giving off a sense of social realism. http://o.quizlet.com/i/MX0_TmL3dBdhAddJyZLj0A.jpg Tenement by George Biddle. Features a society of the working class working hard in different traditional environments. The isolation seems to envelope the glum-face tenants. Biddle also focused on social justice using his paintings. Biddle studed Fresco painting with Rivera. Art of the New Deal. http://o.quizlet.com/i/LPdPRMrd9xt-DRINeP7How.jpg Songs of the Towers by Aaron Douglas This painting features success, struggle and failure. The New York skyline symbolizes hope but also oppression. Also art of the New Deal. http://o.quizlet.com/i/x_UfxtyilX768oEUqXEtkg.jpg The Detroit Industry by Diego Rivera EAST WALL: Baby in plant symbolizes origin of human life. Digging plows symbolize agricultural technology. Piles of Fruit symbolize Michigan agriculture. Female nudes symbolize the harvest. WEST WALL: Represents the cross roads of technology, natural resources and humankind. http://o.quizlet.com/i/x-6L2YgdOYRy3N_Zu6HBuA.jpg Salvador Dali Salvador Dali used surrealism to portray the human imagination. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/64/155974778_3aa562688f.jpg The Armory Show Featured Picasso, Duchamp, Brancusi and Vassily Kandinsky. Henri Matisse Introduced impressionism's bright colors. Matisse was named a fauves from art critics for this new use of coloring. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2653/4072573665_7f8ba5e337.jpg Pablo Picaso and Georges Beaque "The Cubists" known for combining multiple prospectives together. Cubist paintings imitate the human experience. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2769/4414788746_9d2af4e373.jpg Line: the most basic element of Art Implied: Creates the illusion of a line Curved/Jagged: Active Horizontal: Peaceful Vertical: Move eyes upward and instill awe http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4074/4922470934_c82a567030.jpg Primary Colors Red, Yellow, and Blue http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4088/4994539099_d9ed83dd18.jpg Secondary Colors Primary Color + Primary Color = Green, Orange, and Violet http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1178/538105513_4e735b1b96.jpg Geometric Shape Conveys order and stability Organic Shape Conveys rhythm and movement Hue Name of a color from the color wheel. Neutral Color Black, white or gray *Value Lightness or darkness of a hue or gray. Intensity Purity of a hue. Positive Space The figures in an artwork. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2211/2246597859_f5bbb49669.jpg Negative space Empty Areas, usually found as a neutral background. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3140/2510129389_3853a4cced.jpg Actual Texture Palpable Surface Ex. Thick Layers of paint or acrylic http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4040/4439955162_404ab77514.jpg Visual Texture Illusion of texture Ex. Picture of sandpaper http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4037/4247065914_36706e3b06.jpg Warm Colors Red, orange, and yellow Cool Colors Green, blue and violet Arbitrary Colors Emotional or symbolic colors Linear Prospective Lines meet a vanishing point http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3195/2749673811_0570578cb4.jpg Motif An element of pattern. Ex. Individual square of a checkerboard is a motif to the object as a whole. Buon (true) Fresco Apply pigments + water permanently to wet plaster on a wall/ceiling. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3231/2938059401_9cea39b7b5.jpg Fresco Secco(dry fresco) Apply pigments + water to dry plaster. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2587/4175417580_777f2410d3.jpg Elements of Art The basic visual components of any artwork. As so known as sensory properties. Include line, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Implied Line Lines that are not solid but consist of a series of interrupted dots or lines that the eye connects. Horizontal and Vertical Lines Create a stable and static feeling. Shape Defines the two-dimensional area of an object. Form Objects that are three-dimensional. Intensity The brightness or purity of a color. Value The lightness or darkness of a color or of gray. Monochromatic Color schemes that use only one hue. Analogous Color schemes that employ hues that appear next to each other on the color wheel. Triadic Color schemes that use a combination of the three primary colors. Local Color The "true" color of an object or area as seen in normal daylight irrespective of the effects of the effects of distance or reflections from other objects. Optical color The effect that special ighting has on the color of objects. Arbitrary Color Colors for their emotional or aesthetic impact.