How did the so-called Memphis Group come to its name?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Throughout the first meeting held in Milan by the group of designers forming a collaborative furniture manufacturing company, Bob Dylan's song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" played repeatedly. The word "mobile" in Italian means "furniture."

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

Watteau's Gersaint's Signboard (22.4), while created to advertise the wares of the shop, _________________

a. does not, in fact, depict Gersaint's gallery b. shows only a small area of the gallery c. shows the gallery after it was closed d. shows the gallery on the day it opened

Art & Culture

Genre scenes were popular in the Netherlands for their _______________

A. idealized portrayal of the peasant lifestyle B. symbolic references to moral virtues C. biting political satire D. detailed depictions of flowers and fruit

Art & Culture

What meaning can be inferred by the use of marble in Rodin's The Kiss?

A. A romantic kiss is ephemeral. B. Love is an illusion. C. Love is eternal. D. Romance is a commercialized product.

Art & Culture

The Mesopotamian ziggurat, with its crowning temple, might have symbolized

a. an entrance to the earth’s womb. b. the triumph of good over evil. c. a bridge between heaven and earth. d. the sanctity of water.

Art & Culture