1. performing a task without conscious thought = automatism: this implies creating without deliberation, much like brainstorming.
2. Surrealists held that artists should break free from the oppressive influence of = reason: they produced artwork that defied realism, producing the surreal, as suggested by their label.
3. the first genuinely public museum = the Louvre, established in 1793.
4. Joan Miro employed the poetic technique of = action painting; where images are created spontaneously through smearing or splashing on the canvas.
5. Miro’s works lack conventional structure; they present = a flowing array of images; indicating that he had no particular concept in mind.
6. Gertrude Stein was compelled to leave Paris due to her = Jewish identity, as she was a Jew in Nazi-controlled France.
7. The ideal contemporary artifact, according to the Nazis, was = the steel helmet: this was the first war-themed film.
8. Survived the London Blitz = Saint Paul's Cathedral: it largely remained intact during the bombing.
9. The aim of the art exhibition in Munich was to display = "degenerate" or inferior art: this event is commonly known as the Degenerate art exhibition.
10. Art that was sanctioned by Nazi Germany depicted idealized visions of = labor, motherhood, and family life; themes that the regime sought to champion.
11. Miro’s Birth of the World served as a precursor to = free association; analogous to the action painting technique Miro frequently applied.
12. Willem de Kooning, like Pollock, was recognized for his = abstract expressionism: this movement emphasizes art that is distinctly abstract and embodied something surreal.
I suggest she concentrate on courses related to writing, such as English, language arts, and reading.
