Frida Kahlo:
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Born in Mexico
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Had polio
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exagerated facial hair in self portraits
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Considered on of Mexico's greatest artists
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mostly self portraits
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Became politically active and married another communist artist
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uses bold and b
Contemporary Art: The art of today. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced culturally diverse and technologically advancing world.
Fantasy art: A broad and loosely defined art genre. Depicts magical or other supernatural themes. ideas, creatures or settings.
Photo realism: highly illusionistic images that referred not to nature but to the reproduced image.
Conceptional Art: Art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take presedence over traditional aesthetic, technical and material concerns.
Installation art: Three dimensional work of art usually from various materials that create an experience for the viewer.
Art Deco
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Theatrical
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classical
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symettrical
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rectilinear
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1925-1937
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Art deco objects showcase simple and clean shapes. They are very geometric and stylized.
Surrealism
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To free the mind
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imaginative
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reveal the unconscious
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reject to logic and reasoning
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Surrealism was an art movement in the early 1900's. Surrealist artists wanted to reveal their hidden desires and fears of society.
Pop art
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subject matter
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ordinary objects
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clean
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straightforward
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two dimensional
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Pop art took common objects and used them as subject matter. campbells soup cans were very popular of pop art.
Abstract Art
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visual
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shape
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form
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line
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texture
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Abstract art is a visual language and is not straight forward. It uses art values and mediums to create art.
Dada
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expression
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violence
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war
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nationalism
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prove a point
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Dada was an art movement formed during ww1. It was a negative reaction to war. It is often satirical and nonsensicle.
Precisionism
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style of representation
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realistic
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emphasis on geometry
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inspired by cubism
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visual
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similar to art deco
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Inspired by early art movements, art deco was notably the technological aesthetic of futurism and geometry.