What did the American Regionalists aspire to do and why?

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Learning Goal: I’m working on a art multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Kelly’s lecture: Aaron Douglas—At Deco/Cubism The AmericansWhat was the Harlem Renaissance? Where did it take place and why? What were the two primary goals of the Harlem Renaissance artists (this includes poets, writers, artists, scholars, historians, among others….like Langston Hughes W.E.B. DeBois, and Alaine Locke)? What does Aaron Douglas’ work tend to reference—and how does this connect to Howard Carter and the opening of the tomb of King Tut in 1922?How is Douglas’ work cubist or futurist? (it actually falls under an Art Deco style category too)Kelly’s lecture: Charles DeMuth: Figure 5 What inspired the “Figure 5” painting? Where was DeMuth when this happened (city)?How is the work both cubist & futurist? Where is the focal point- how is it established?How does the work show a visual doppler effect? How did he unify this work?Kelly’s lecture: My Egypt—probably one my personal favorites from this eraWhere is DeMuth from originally?What is this work about—what are the structures and how does this connect to the United States?Now for the personal part of this for Demuth—how does this work connect to his life? My lecture. American Regionalists 1930-40sWhat did the American Regionalists aspire to do and why?Grant Wood’s American Gothic 1930s (he is from Iowa).What is the work about—who are the characters and why did Wood pick them?Who might the male figure represent and what kinds of symbols connect to that person?Tell me a bit about Wood’s sister—Who might this work reference a difficult relationship between Wood and his father?Now to move to the 1970s for a look at assemblage and the idea behind Earthworks.https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/v/smithson-jettyRobert Smithson’s Spiral Jettywhy did Robert Smithson choose the Great Salt Lake in Utah?What kinds of equipment did he have to bring in to create this 50 x 1500 foot work?What does Entropy mean—this will be mentioned at the beginning and at the end of this Khan blip.How does this work demonstrate the shortness of our lives?Why did he pick the spiral shape?This lecture explains why Smithson when outside the museum and gallery walls—why did he do this?Kehinde Wiley: Probably the Premier Artist of the United States at this point.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44TTnTO443k (Links to an external site.)what did Wiley feel when painting this portrait of former President Obama?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwkZh8Ljug (Links to an external site.)How did Wiley find his models (at first)? Did he receive flack for this?Do you think he has exploited young men from New York and L.A.—why or why not?Do you think his work is cartoonish? Why or why not? We saw “Napoleon Crossing the Alps” in our class- what did Wiley add to this that is the quintessential male essence?Wiley has a second studio on Beijing—what does he want his assistants to paint like?Kara Walker http://creativetime.org/projects/karawalker/ (Links to an external site.)Sugar Subtlety —also listen to my lectureWhere did she build this sculpture and why?Why did she pick sugar as her sculpture medium? This is very complicated—and not a one sentence answer so please listen.What is the Triangle trade route and how is sugar involved in this? What is a sugar subtlety? When would you eat it (this is actually at the beginning of the discussion)What happened to the little boy of sugar—at the end and how does it signify history?At end it lists—How many people worked on this sculpture? How many pounds of sugar went into making this work?Kerry James Marshall –May be the greatest living painter todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2bmHE7MRQU (Links to an external site.)What is Marshall’s view about Old Masters? What is their knowledge based on and does it apply to him?Why does he say that he cannot work within the system of art schools—what are the problems with the art school concept?He does use the color black—but only in one area—what is that area?Why is mastery important? How can he do this and how does he implement this master level of art?https://americanart.si.edu/artist/kerry-james-marshall-29624 (Links to an external site.) Another set of Marshall questionsWhat is this work about? What is the girl reading? Where did he get the idea for this book? How was she made timeless? What does the sob SOB stand for in this work and why?What does it mean to have his work in the Smithsonian?

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