Chapter Summary

After reading Chapter 27, you should be able to:

• Identify all the works and define the terms in the chapter.

• Discuss what Hitler meant by "degenerate art." Why is it still relevant today in the United States?

• Trace the stylistic development of Jackson Pollock.

• Compare Action Painting with Color Field.

• Discuss the relationship between Pollock and the Navajo sand painters.

• Compare acrylic with oil, tempera, and watercolor.

• Discuss the relationship between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.

• Compare Noguchi's Kouros with the Greek Archaic New York Kouros in chapter 5.

• Compare the sculptors in the chapter with the painters.