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What is Synthetic Cubism?

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The second phase of Cubism, which used simpler shapes, brighter colors, and collage elements

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What was the artist’s intended purpose for the piece above?

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to persuade the whites to change their beliefs
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to totally and completely end racism
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to wake up African-Americans and give them a sense of their place in history
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What is the English name of the painting above, and why did the artist choose that name?

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Answers may vary. The English name of the painting is “the one who eats”, and the artist chose it as a response to one of the leaders of modern art, who claimed that Brazilians would gobble up European culture.

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Where did the term Dada come from, and what does it mean?

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It was a nonsense word possibly chosen at random from a dictionary (French for 'hobby horse'); it has no meaning.

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What did Hugo Ball seek to do with his poem?

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start a rebellion against governmental control
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renounce language that he felt had been devastated by media
C
make a statement against society
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halt the Dada movement in Europe
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What do the two Frida’s in the image above represent?

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Answers may vary. The Frida on the left, in the white dress, represents her European identity, and the Frida on the right, in a traditional Mexican peasant dress, represents her Mexican identity.

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The painting above is an example of which type of art?

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grattage
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abstraction
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automatism
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absolutism
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Who is pictured above?

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Sigmund Freud

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How did Mexican murals affect influence the social structure?

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Mexican murals influenced social structure by promoting ideas of revolution, indigenous heritage, workers’ rights, and social justice, educating the public and inspiring political awareness and change.

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How did Salvador Dalí capture all the images he had in his mind?

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He used the paranoiac-critical method he developed.

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What is the name of the piece above?

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Girl With A Mandolin

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