Topics: History : Periods and Movements
20th Century
Cubism is a 20th century (1907-1914) art movement led by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and the French artist Georges Braque.
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Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism emphasizes form and color within a nonrepresentational framework and concentrates on the spontaneous act of painting.
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Baroque
The term Baroque is applied to the late Renaissance period (1600-1750). Considered both a style and a period, the paintings reflect dramatic light and shade, turbulent composition and an exaggerated emotional expression.
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Impressionism
Impressionist paintings often include short, broken brush strokes of pure, untinted and unmixed colors to give an appearance of spontaneity and vibrancy.
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism was a revival of ancient Greek and Roman styles in art and architecture in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was characterized by order, symmetry and simplicity.
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Pop Art
Pop Art is an artistic movement developed in New York in the late 1960’s that is a rejection of abstract expressionism.
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Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism is a late 19th century art movement that developed from about 1885 to 1900 and immediately followed Impressionism.
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Realism
Realism in the visual arts began as a 19th-century style and depicts people, objects and events in a manner considered accurate or true to life.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance (1350-1550) was an arts and cultural movement that transitioned the Medieval era and the modern world.
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Surrealism
Surrealism began as a 20th century movement and expresses the activities of the subconscious mind through fantastic imagery.
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