Thursday, February 11, 2010

Pollock

Answer the following questions as a comment. Use your own words.

1. Look at the paintings by Jackson Pollock. Describe them using adjectives.

2. What are they paintings of exactly?

3. Why do you think that they are perhaps the most famous of all American paintings?

4. Define Abstract Expressionism

5. In what decade did Ab Ex dominate American art?
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  1. ecinfinityFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    1. chaotic
    2. the paintings are of his emotions
    3. Because they showed emotion
    4. A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational.
    5. late 1950's

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  2. k-lenz11February 11, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    1. Different, unique, daring
    2. they're abstract paintings.
    3. He probably took a risk to paint something other than things you see. It came from his mind not the world.
    4. Movement in U.S. painting that began in the late 1940s.A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational.
    5.40s-50s

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  3. TierFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    His paintings are confused and lost. They are of his emotions and feelings, they may be the most famous because they show feelings in a different way. Abstract expressionism is a view that on art that doesn't represent anything, it dominated in the 1960's.

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  4. crosby11February 11, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    1. emotional and crazy
    2. paintings of his emotions
    3. they are different and no one else has done it like he has
    4. its a art movement in the 40s-50s
    5.40s to 50s

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  5. ChazFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    1.they were colorful and very crazy designs.
    2.they are paintings of his emotions.
    3.because he danced when he painted and he was creative.
    4.its an artmovement in the 40's and 50's
    5.40's to 50's

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  6. courtneyvFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Unique, colorful, different
    Abstract
    They are different compared to other paintings and show things in a different way.
    an artist's way to show attitudes and emotions through nontraditional and nonrepresentational means.
    40's and 50's

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  7. CullsterninjaFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM

    1.) insane. crazy. weird.
    2.) Technically its abstract. so its whatever you think it is.
    3.) its abstract. it makes you reallly look at it for awhile. then weird stuff starts flying at you.
    4.) the whole picture is what you want to see.
    5.)1950-1959

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  8. zach the assassin howardFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    1)quick hasty unorderly 2)they are what he saw 3)because the draw you in deep into the art you cant look away you just keep look to see what you can see 4)the whole picture is what you want to see 5)1950-1959

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  9. SilkFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    1. Very crazy and colorful. 2. Emotions 3. Because he was like the first to do anything like that. 4.Abstract Expressionism: a movement in painting that flourished from the late-1940s through the 1950s, mainly in New York City. 5. 40s & 50s

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