Flashcards on Robert Rauschenberg: Fusion of Art and Life
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Robert Rauschenberg
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Card 1
Question: Who is Robert Rauschenberg, according to the text?
Answer: An American artist considered one of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century; a painter, printmaker, photographer, sculpto
Card 2
Question: What does the term "combine" mean in relation to Rauschenberg's work?
Answer: The term refers both to the fusion of painting and sculpture into a third category, and to his method of literally combining various elements from the
Card 3
Question: Why did Rauschenberg use everyday objects in his works (e.g., clothing, cows, newspapers)?
Answer: Because he was interested in the world and wanted to bring elements of life into art, to explore the collision of things, and to show that art and lif
Card 4
Question: What relationship between art and life did Rauschenberg suggest?
Answer: He stated that he wanted to work "in the gap" between art and life — not as opposites, but as poles of a continuum, with the texture of our lives unfo
Card 5
Question: How did Rauschenberg view traditional notions of painting and sculpture?
Answer: He deliberately frustrated them — questioning whether a painting was solely made of paint or if a sculpture was only meant to be viewed from all sides
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Question: According to the text, what influence did Rauschenberg have on other artists?
Answer: He gave artists a great sense of authorization: if they are determined to bring their idea to a (logical or illogical) conclusion, they can do anythin
Card 7
Question: How does the text describe the way a viewer perceives Rauschenberg's works?
Answer: The viewer realizes that they perceive the works from their own place in the world; the relationship between the artwork and the viewer occurs in a sh
Card 8
Question: What materials and objects does the author cite as examples of Rauschenberg's combining?
Answer: Paint squeezed directly from the tube, shirts, a stuffed chicken, a tire, a stuffed goat, newspaper clippings, a photograph of a lover, entire newspap
Card 9
Question: How does the text characterize the aesthetic effect of collisions in Rauschenberg's works?
Answer: The collision of objects can make sense, not make sense, or create a peculiar kind of sense; they emphasize that the artwork is part of the world and
Card 10
Question: How does John Richardson summarize Rauschenberg's achievements?
Answer: He describes his achievements as a painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor, theatrical designer, performance artist, and technologist as simply ep