FAH289H5- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
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Introduction: yves klein, blue monochrome 1961, dry pigment on synthetic polymer medium on cotton over plywood, flat dark blue colour; no figures or shapes. Journals (2: requirements, 1-2 pages (300-500 words; 12 pt font; times new roman; double-spaced, include at least one, but preferably more citations (i. e. , footnotes) Abstract expressionism and art informel: laurent de brunhoff, illustration from babar and celeste; elephant pollock. Interest in unconscious mind and repository of imagery: dream imagery, myth, and primitivism, revolution of the mind, techniques of psychic automatism, point is to bypass reason, no preconception, ex. Jackson pollock: combines influences of cubism, the moon woman cuts the circe 1943, one of his works prior to drip-painting, themes in violence, psychoanalytical thought. Woman i 1950 and woman and bicycle 1952 look similar: aggressive, almost misogynist depiction of women, retreating from automatism to gain distinctively recognizable style (logo, personality); pressures of artistic market; impossible to experiment all the time (possible reasons)
