FA 164A- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 62 pages long!)
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The social construction, which is the political, economic, cultural entity that discusses art. When we chose to talk about art in the 1950s, what they read about, and what was speaking to them, and what was cutting edge and important, was this art. Mark rothko, white center 1957 transcendent place. Title is a description of what it is. Red is so overwhelming in the work, but he chose to focus on the white center. Tapped into some kind of experience, or vibration which takes to you to a. He described this as being about tragedy, ecstasy and doom. An invitation to come to a place where language fails us and art can bring us there. Title tries to engage with the meaning of the work. The audience is going to have a set of identifications with burgers. Post-war shift to economic growth and capitalism. They want to go back and explore representation. Blurry the art between art and life.
