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Realism
(1848–1900) Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting
Key Artists: Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, Courbet, Andre Derain -
Realism (1848–1900)
Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting -
Bonjour Monsieur Courbet 1854
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Impressionism (1865–1885)
Capturing fleeting effects of natural light -
The Potato Easters 1885
Van Gogh -
Post-Impressionism (1885–1910)
A soft revolt against Impressionism -
Expressionism (1900–1935)
emotion and distortion of form -
Fauvism (1904–1908),
painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. -
Cubism (1907-1919)
objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form -
Futurism (1909 – 1916)
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Supremativism (1915-1916)
focused on fundamental geometric forms (in particular the square and circle) -
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Surrealism
Surrealism (1917–1950) Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious
Key Artist: Salvador Dali, Renee Margritte -
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De Stijl
De Stijl (1917 – 1931) sought to express a new utopian ideal of spiritual harmony and order. They advocated pure abstraction.
Key Artist: Mondrian, Theo Van Doesberg -
De Stijl (1917 – 1931)
sought to express a new utopian ideal of spiritual harmony and order. They advocated pure abstraction -
Surrealism (1917–1950)
Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious -
Constructivism (1919-1934)
a rejection of the idea of autonomous art in favour of art as a practice for social purposes -
Arithmetische Compositie 1924
Theo Van Doesburg -
This is not a Pipe 1928
Renee Margritte -
Composition with Red and Yellow and Blue 1930
Mondrian -
Abstract Expressionism (1940s–1950s
The focus of art also shifted from the art product to the art process. To express feelings and emotions, applied paint rapidly, huge canvases, painting gesturally, non-geometrically, -
The Elephants 1948
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Pop Art
Pop Art (1960s) brought back the materials of daily life into art – comics, television, magazines and in short popular culture. The mass-produced awarded the same significance as the unique. The gap between “high art” and “low art” was bridged.
Key Artist: Andy Wharol, Roy Lichenstein -
Pop Art (1960s)
brought back the materials of daily life into art – comics, television, magazines and in short popular culture. The mass-produced awarded the same significance as the unique. The gap between “high art” and “low art” was bridged. -
Campbells soup cans 1962
Andy Wharhol -
Drowing Girl 1963
Roy Lichtenstein -
Deconstructivism (1970– )
Art without a center, reworking and mixing past styles -
Postmodernism (1970-)
it is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the problem of objective truth and inherent suspicion towards global cultural narrative. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. -
Dada (1916-1922)
Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.
