Visual Arts History 1040 Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Summary Kleiner Text
8 Jan 2012
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Chapter twenty five (europe and america after 1945): The art of the second half of the 20th century reflects cultural upheaval and the rejection of traditional values, the civil rights and feminist movements, and the new consumer society. Pop artists such as johns, lichtenstein, and warhol turned away from abstraction to the representation of subjects grounded in popular culture like flags, comic strips, and movie stars. Superrealists such as flack, close, and hanson who were kindred spirits to pop artists in many ways created paintings and sculptures featuring scrupulous fidelity to optical fact. The leading sculptural movement was minimalism, tony smith and judd created art works consisting of simple unadorned geometric shapes to underscore the objecthood of their sculptures. Much of the art since the 1970 s addresses pressing social issues, leading feminists artists include chicago whose.
