| Term | Definition |
| it was a scam | what did the public think of mondrian's Red Yellow and Blue? |
| he was creating a universal language | what did mondrian think of Red Yellow and Blue? |
| WWI | when did non-objective art first appear? |
| abstract expressionism | what is considered the ultimate and last great form of modernist style |
| painterly painting, chaotic appearance, high energy, agressive, innovative, cathartic, Art for Art's Sake | characteristics of non-representational art |
| painterly painting instead of smooth style, chaos instead of refinement | ways that non-representational art tends to refute the teachings of the academy |
| innovation | how is non-representational art like modernism? |
| unconventional painting tools, canvas still attached to the roll, stepping on painting, allowing objects to fall out of pockets | what was pollack's process? |
| rebel from nuclear family way of life | how is pollack like james dean and presley? |
| exploration of the subconscious | what makes pollack's works like surrealist works? |
| the amount of control | what makes pollack's works different from surrealist works? |
| socialist realism | variation of european academic style; subject mater tends to paint soviets in a great light; organized, heavy, patriotic to soviet union |