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What is meant by “Abstract Expressionism” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: Abstract Expressionism groups varied postwar practices associated with abstraction, gesture, and large-scale work.
What is meant by “Pop art” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: Pop art draws on mass culture, commercial imagery, and everyday objects through varied methods.
What is meant by “Minimalism” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: Minimalist practices often use reduced forms and attention to material, space, and encounter.
What is meant by “Conceptual art” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: Conceptual art emphasizes ideas or systems within varied practices rather than a single medium.
What is meant by “Installation” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: An installation organizes a spatial environment or arrangement encountered by viewers.
What is meant by “Viewer participation” in this lesson?Postwar Art and New Definitions: Participation gives viewers actions or roles in a work's unfolding experience.
What is meant by “Performance art” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Performance art uses actions and duration within an artistic practice.
What is meant by “Time-based media” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Time-based media develops through duration, including video and sound practices.
What is meant by “Public art” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Public art operates in publicly encountered settings with varied access and purposes.
What is meant by “Digital practice” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Digital practice uses computational or digital processes as part of making or experience.
What is meant by “Community collaboration” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Collaboration involves participants in making or defining a project's processes.
What is meant by “Contemporary interpretation” in this lesson?Contemporary Media and Public Art: Interpretation checks a work's stated context and experience rather than assuming novelty supplies meaning.
What is meant by “Provenance” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: Provenance documents a work's origin, ownership, and movement where evidence survives.
What is meant by “Restitution” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: Restitution concerns return of cultural material in relation to provenance, rights, and historical conditions.
What is meant by “Image rights” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: Image rights govern reproduction under relevant copyright, license, and other conditions.
What is meant by “Visual comparison” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: Comparison examines works through consistent criteria while preserving context.
What is meant by “Evidence-based interpretation” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: Interpretation connects visible details and contextual evidence with a qualified argument.
What is meant by “Curatorial choice” in this lesson?Museums, Provenance, and Curatorial Arguments: A curatorial choice selects and presents works in ways that shape understanding.