Abstract Expressionism

Which best describes the name given to the Abstract Expressionism Art Movement

• Abstract Expressionism was the best name for this Art Movement

• The first movement to rob Paris as the leader of the modern art movements.

• Because it was blocks of color

• It celebrates the joy of winning WWII

The two styles of Abstract Expressionism are

• Zips and Blocks

• Strips and Fields

• Sadness and Nothingness

• Gestural and Color Field

This work is an example of a color field.

• True

• False

Mark Rothco did not fulfil his contract with the Seagram building because....

• He did not think the people who paid that much for dining could appreciate his work.

• A museum gave him a better price for his work

• He died before he could finish the commission

• He missed the deadline for completing the work and the contract was canceled.

Barnett Newman is a gestural painter

• True

• False

Mark Rothco's Peace Chapel is in which city

• Paris, France

• London, England

• Houston, Texas

• Madrid, Spain

A common element in many of Barnett Newman's work is

• Stars

• A Stripe

• A zip

• Splatters of dull colors

Abstract Expressionism replaced which movement

• Impressionism

• DaDa

• Cubism

• Surrealism

Which museum houses the artwork that was commissioned by the Seagram Building

• The Met, New York

• No museum, they are owned by several private collectors

• The Louver, Paris

• Tate Museum, London

The Abstract Expressionism Art Movement was prevalent during what period?

• 1888 - 1902

• 1943 - 1965

• 1926 - 1934

• 1934 - 1956