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This 1960s art movement emerged in Southern California and focused on perceptual experiences using light as the primary medium.
Difficulty: Easy- Light and Space
- Abstract Expressionism
- Pop Art
- Minimalism
This 1971 exhibition at UCLA curated by Maurice Tuchman brought together Light and Space artists alongside technology companies in an unprecedented collaboration.
Difficulty: Medium- Art and Technology
- Light Works
- Perception Now
- California Light
This measure, in lumens per watt, describes a light source's efficiency at converting electrical power to visible light, crucial for Light and Space installations.
Difficulty: Hard- Color rendering index
- Luminous efficacy
- Lux level
- Candlepower
This artist is famous for creating the Roden Crater project, transforming an extinct volcano in Arizona into a massive naked-eye observatory.
Difficulty: Easy- Robert Irwin
- James Turrell
- Larry Bell
- Dan Flavin
This process used by Light and Space artists involves slowly curing liquid plastic in molds, sometimes taking weeks to prevent cracks and bubbles.
Difficulty: Medium- Injection molding
- Blow molding
- Thermoforming
- Resin casting
This specific resin brand, used extensively by DeWain Valentine, was favored for its exceptional clarity and ability to be polished to optical quality.
Difficulty: Hard- Epoxy 330
- Crystalite
- Reichhold polyester
- Silicone RTV
The primary geographic region where the Light and Space movement originated and flourished.
Difficulty: Easy- New York City
- London
- Southern California
- Paris
This visual phenomenon, where colors appear different depending on surrounding colors, is a key principle in Light and Space works featuring colored light.
Difficulty: Medium- Color constancy
- Simultaneous contrast
- Color blindness
- Chromatic adaptation
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