Art Movements

1880-1920 Post-Impressionism Art

1920 BCE

Post-Impressionism is a lame name (Could you perhaps find a better one?). But before we blame the British art critic and historian, Roger Fry, who coined it in 1910, we have to understand the challenge he faced. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/modern-art/post-impressionism-art-movement/

1880-1910 Symbolism Art

1910 BCE

Symbolist paintings are dim, nightmarish scenes where artistic imagination is overtaken by the morbid and the macabre. The visions are otherworldly and mystical. You’ll find haunting, mysterious figures, evil women, supernatural monsters and demons, and imagery of sex and death. The atmosphere is always unsettling and gloomy. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/modern-art/symbolism-art-movement/

1905-1908 Fauvism Art

1908 BCE

Les Fauves is French for The Wild Beasts. Their name goes back to a comment made by art critic Louis Vauxcelles (1870–1943) after visiting the Parisian Salon d’Automne in 1905. There he saw outrageously bold and bright paintings surrounding a Renaissance artwork, to which he sarcastically remarked “Donatello au milieu des fauves!” ( Donatello among the wild beasts!). \ https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/modern-art/fauvism-art-movement/

1870-1900 Impressionism Art

1900 BCE

The word “impressionism” owes its origin to a title that Monet gave to one of his paintings. It happened in a whimisical decision that took no more than a moment – a perfect naming ceremony for an art style that focuses on capturing fleeting moments. This is how Claude Monet recounted the story: “they asked me for a title” for a painting of the French harbour of Le Havre. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/modern-art/impressionism-art-movement/

1840-1870 Realism Art

1870 BCE

Realist art is named after its realistic approach to painting of the observable world, free from imaginary or idealized subject matter. You won’t find mystical landscapes, biblical scenes or Greco-Roman mythological themes. To distinguish this art movement from spin-offs and subgenres that emerged later, sometimes it’s referred to as French Realism or 19th-Century Realism. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/realism-art-movement/

1848-1854 Pre-Raphaelite Art

1854 BCE

Raphael (1483-1520), long considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time, was viewed by a group of English painters and poets in 1848 as a negative influence on art. They rejected his Classical style that had been popular for almost four centuries. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/pre-raphaelite-art-movement/

1800-1850 Romanticism

1850 BCE

Whenever you read the words “Romantic art,” don’t think of “love matters,” think “emotional” art. The word “romance” had multiple meanings during its long history, but in the context of art, it’s a reference to strong emotions associated with an art style that was prevalent at the dawn of the 19th century. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/romanticism-art-movement/

1760-1830 Neoclassical Art

1830 BCE

Neoclassicism (meaning New Classicism) was born in the mid-1700s, originally in Rome but its popularity exploded in France, as a generation of French and other European art students finished their training and returned from Rome to their home countries with newly-rediscovered Greco-Roman (Classical) ideals.

1800s Academic Art

1800 BCE

Academic art, or Academism, refers to the art style of those who were trained and influenced by the strict standards of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts). Being a cultural superpower throughout the 19th century, the French rigorous training model, along with its high standards, was imitated in art schools and universities across Europe. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/academic-art-movement/

1720-1760 Rococo Art

1760 BCE

Rococo is a portmanteau word combining both “rocaille” (French for “shell”) and “barocco”, Italian for Baroque, the art style preceding the Rococo period. Rococo art extensively feature shell-shaped curves and wave-like motifs, particularly in its sumptuous furniture design and interior décor. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/rococo-art-movement/

1600-1725 Baroque Art

1725 BCE

Baroque means irregularly-shaped pearl, derived from barocco in Portuguese, first used during the mid-1700s.
Baroque art does not have any relation to pearls but the word was used as an epithet for a style that did not meet the great artistic standards of the preceding Renaissance era. https://www.identifythisart.com/art-movements-styles/pre-modern-art/baroque-art-movement/

1400-1600 Renaissance Art

1600 BCE

Include Early Renaissance with its Late Gothic elements & Northern Renaissance from c. 1450 & Italian Renaissance aka High Renaissance (1492 to 1527). Coincides with Early Netherlandish (1400 to 1600. Also includes Late Renassaince/Mannerism/Traditional Period (1520-1600).

500-1500 Medieval Art

1500 BCE

Early Christian,Celtic,Byzantine,Coptic,Orthodox,Islamic,Romanesque, and Gothic

Before 500 ancient

500 BCE

Egyptian,Greek/Hellenistic and Roman Art