DUCHAMP-1887-1968

SELECT DUCHAMP'S CORRECT BIRTH & DEATH

• 1900-1945

• 1887-1968

• 1990-1998

• 1987-1988

IN WHAT CENTURY WAS DUCHAMP BORN?

• 20TH CENTURY

• 19TH CENTURY

• 21ST CENTURY

THE 19TH CENTURY SAW ADVANCEMENT IN WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY?

• from steam to nuclear power

• from walking to riding

• from horse and cart to steam and then electric power

THE ITALIAN FUTURIST MOVEMENT WAS ACTIVE IN THE YEARS 1900-1930. WHAT BEST DESCRIBES THEM?

• A group of artists that disliked eating

• A group of artists that were inspired by the speed and exactness of new technology and sought to make a break from the past

• A group of artists that only liked yellow

Choose four answers that best describes what Dada was:

• Like the Futurists Dada sought a complete break with the past

• The beginnings of Dada correspond to the start of WW1 and they felt that the intellectual and ruling class's belief in new technologies were responsible for supporting a war that used these technologies for mass destruction.

• Like the futurists Dada belived in the power and destructiveness of these new technologies

• Dada belived that reason & logic resulting from faith in technological advancements also led people into WW1. Therefore, their response was to create work that was illogical and echoed the chaos of war.

• Dada was born out of negative reactions to the horrors of WW1

Duchamp at first denied connection to Dada, however, he was responsible for bringing Dada to New York. Select the work, of Duchamp, that would be shown in the 1913 Armory Show, New York. Select another art work that was submitted for an exhibition in the 1917 Society of Independent Artists New York, but was asked by the organisers to be removed from the show:

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Which three quotes best define Duchamps ideaology?

• I was interested in ideas, not in visual products. I wanted to put painting in the service of the mind

• I believe in the aesthetic value of art

• It is the spectators who make the picture

• I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.

Choose two statements that best describes the differences between Dada & Duchamp?

• Dada focused upon the disruption of bourgeois society, in contrast, Duchamp's ideology was focused on the ideas of the artists

• Dada wanted to shock society and so did Duchamp

• Both Dada and Duchamp irritated the public

• Dada wanted to shock society but Duchamp wanted to shock artists complacency regarding'retinal art'

As an artist Duchamp evolved within the environment of Dada. Duchamp introduced Dada's ideas to New York, however, he denied being part of Dada yet the influence is clear. Which NewYork artists did Duchamp influence?

• Rembrandt, Ai WeiWei & Jasper Johns

• Ai Wei Wei, Jasper Johns & Duchamp

• Jasper Johns, Rauschenberg & Ai Wewei

When did Duchamp arrive in New York?

• 1920

• 1945

• 1915