Consider the Following Works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's

question 29

Essay

Consider the following works: Rothko's Orange and Yellow, De Kooning's Woman IV, and Johns' Target with Four Faces. Associate each artist or his/her work with the style it most closely represents. How do these works approach issues of representation, content, media, and abstraction?

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Definitions:

Ivan Pavlov

was a Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, particularly his experiments with dogs, demonstrating the learning process that came to be known as Pavlovian conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

Behaviorists

Psychologists who focus on observable behaviors and the ways in which learning conditions influence those behaviors.