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Realism
A style of painting and sculpture that developed about the mid-19th century in which figures and scenes are depicted as they are experienced or might be experienced in everyday life. -
Realism
Luncheon on the Grass (De'jeuner sur l'herbe) by Edward Manet Realism Related artists: Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier, Francios Millet Related terms: Naturalism, Salon de Refuses, Alla Prima technique, juxtoposition, color planes, light source, contrast -
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Impressionism
is a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. -
Impressionism
Sunrise by Claude Monet, Oil on canvas Impressionism Related Artists: Pierre-August Renior, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne. Related Terms: ephemeral, ethereal, departure, brush stroke, atmospheric, transient, Industrial Revolution, The Academy -
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Post-Impressionism
This was not a formal movement or style. The Post Impressionists were a few independent artists at the end of the 19th century who rebelled against the limitations of Impressionism. They developed a range of personal styles that focused on the emotional, structural, symbolic and spiritual elements that they felt were missing from Impressionism. -
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Neo-Impressionism and Pointillism
s a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. -
Neo-Impressionism (Pointillism)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, Oil on canvas Pointillism Related Artists: Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro, Henri Endmond Cross Related Terms: Divisionism, optical illusion, luminescent, stylised colour, decorative, mural, scale -
Post-Impressionism
Day of the Gods by Paul Gaugin, Oil on canvas Post-Impressionism Related Artists: Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulous-Lautrec, Henri Rousseau Related Terms: Impasto, brushstrokes, emotive, eclectic, bold colour, synthetist style, primative, fin-de-siecle, expressionistic -
Fauvism
Open Window by Henri Matisse, Oil Fauvism Related Artists: Andre Derain, Wilhelmina Weber Furlong, Marc Chagall, Alice Bailly Related Terms: Painterly, pure colour, colour for the sake of colour, impasto, rythmic, representational, depth of field -
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Fauvism
is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. -
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Expressionism
was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. -
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Abstract Art
A trend in painting and sculpture in the twentieth century. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas more traditional art represents the world in recognizable images. -
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Cubism
Cubism was a truly revolutionary style of modern art developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques. It was the first style of abstract art which evolved at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. The Cubists challenged conventional forms of representation, such as perspective, which had been the rule since the Renaissance. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the modern age. -
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Dada
An anti-art movement which was a reaction to World War I, and the nationalism, and rationalism, which many thought had brought war about. -
Dada
The Fountain (reproduction) by Marcel Duchamp Dadaism Related Artists: Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray, Hannah Hoch Related Terms: Futurists, poetic, humorous, ready-made, offensive, mocking, ironic, avante garde, social commentary -
Abstract Art
Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray, and Blue, by Piet Modrian, Oil on canvas Abstract art (De Stijl) Related Artists: Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Agnes Martin, Kasimir Malevich Related Terms: Abstract Expressionism, assemblage, provocative, distortion, harmonious, design, non-objective, composition, disturbing, radical -
Expressionism
Composition VIII, by Wassily Kandinsky, Oil on canvas Expressionism Related Artists: Ernst Kirchner, Edvard Munch, James Ensor,
Gabriele Munter Related Terms: Die Brucke, The Blue Rider, emotive, modernist, emotional, psychological, subjective, interpretative, essence, avant-garde, radical -
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Surrealism
A movement founded in Paris by a small group of writers and artists who sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. -
Cubism
Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Oil on canvas. Cubism Related Artists: Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger Related Terms: African Mask, primitive, collage, monochromatic, conceptual, analytical, still life, geometric, abstract, Spanish Civil War -
Surealism
The Son of Man by Rene' Magritte, Oil Surealism Related Artists: Giorgio De Chirico, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Frida Khalo Related Terms: Metamorphosis, repetition, scale, negative space, dislocation, dream-like, fantasy, Fruedian -
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Pop Art
appreciates popular culture, or what we also call “material culture.” It does not critique the consequences of materialism and consumerism; it simply recognizes its pervasive presence as a natural fact. -
Pop Art
Pop Art Related Artists: Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Pettibone, Robert
Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist,Tom Wesselmann Related Terms: Icon, consumerism, materialism, Kitsch mass culture, mass media, bold color, illustrative, graphic. -
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