HUM 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Roy Lichtenstein, Walter Gropius, Spiral Jetty
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If art was not concrete, any ideas could be read from it: hitler and stalin often did this because they were paranoid, la(cid:271)eled pi(cid:272)asso(cid:859)s pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)gs (cid:271)(cid:272) they were (cid:374)ot represe(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g the ideal race. 1967: dilute acrylic paint so thinly it would pour onto the canvas, sense of the spontaneous, allow pai(cid:374)t to go (cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d artist(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. 1963: takes small comic book images and blows them up to large scales, creates an in your face feeling. Installations: gates in central park, earth works, spiral jetty, protest against art as a commodity. Feminist art: began in 1970s w many intentions, 4 main goals, achievements of women, challenges male gaze, challenges beauty stereotype, gender w cultural heritage, fighting back against the idea of white being ideal beauty. Judy chicago: the dinner party 1979 installation, equilateral triangle representing equality of all women, goddesses and those unknown in history books, men and women contribute to this project.
