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Romanticism
This style emphasized emotion over reason and the individual over society’s rules. Scenes were dramatic and sometimes featured exotic, natural settings. -
Realism
The goal of artists involved in this movement was to create very realistic, realistic scenes. -
Impressionism
Impressionists artists were interested in effects of light and painted unblended colors on canvas to capture scenes as they would appear at a glimpse. -
Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890)
These artist used unblended brushstrokes to create more subjective, emotional scenes. -
Fauvism
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
These artist abandoned traditional colors and forms in their artworks. They were inspired by non-Western artworks and used bright colors to express emotion. -
Expressionism
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Self-expression was important to artists involved in this movement. Since they were trying to paint emotions, which have no form, these works often had no identifiable subject matter. -
Cubism
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Cubists were concerned with trying to show all sides of an object, even on a flat canvas. Subjects were often portrayed as simple geometric shapes. Picasso was one of the first to make Cubist compositions. -
Dada
DadaMarcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Dada artists protested what they saw in society, especially the violence of WWI. They generally preferred sculpture tp painting and put random objects together that often made no sense. -
Surrealism
Salvador Dali - (1904-1989)
Surrealist paintings often were based on dreams. Salvador Dali was the most famous artist of this movement. Many people know his paintings of melting clocks. -
Abstract Expresionism
Jackson Pollock
These artists were concerned with expressing their emotions through the act of painting. Their artworks are often very large and have no recognizable subject matter. -
Pop
Roy Lichtenstein
Pop artists used images from the mass media, such as magazine ads and soup can labels , to create artworks inspired by popular culture.
