Characteristics of Modern Art in America

Question 1

Who painted the above image?

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Robert Henri

Question 2

How was the Ashcan school so dramatically different from prior movements?

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The Ashcan School rejected idealized, academic, or Impressionist subjects and instead painted gritty, realistic scenes of urban poverty, immigrant life, and everyday city streets.

Question 3

How did Arthur Dove take a risk with his art?

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all of the above

Question 4

How did Arthur Dove take a risk with his art?

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all of the above

Question 5

Why was Marsden Hartley considered one of the forerunners of the Modern Art movement?

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Hartley was an early practitioner of abstraction in America, exhibited at 291, absorbed European modernism (Cubism, Expressionism), and fused those influences with bold American subjects.

Question 6

What is the name of the image above?

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Portrait of a German Officer

Question 7

_____________________ later formed the Ashcan School.

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The “Eight”

Question 8

How did Stieglitz help to change how photography was viewed by society?

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Stieglitz founded galleries (291) and the journal Camera Work that presented photography as a legitimate fine art equal to painting, thereby elevating its critical status.

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding Georgia O’Keeffe?

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She wanted women to be referred to as “artists” rather than “women artists.”

Question 10

_____________________ later formed the Ashcan School.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The “Eight”

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