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Symbolist |
1860 |
1890 |
Interested in dreamscape and emotional, often exotic, scenes, this late-nineteenth-century movement war inspired by literature. The works often use color and line to suggest and evoke. |
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Surrealist |
1920 |
1940 |
Dadaists were disillusioned and reacted against the destruction of the First World War, creating absurd anti-art Surrealism developed from this in 1924, representing dreams and pure thought inspired by the writing of Freud. |
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Spanish Baroque |
1630 |
1670 |
The seventeenth-century Inquisition influenced Spanish art, encouraging devotional works. Mythology and still life were also popular but painted in a dark palette. |
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Romantic |
1790 |
1880 |
An American and European movement of the late eighteenth century. The works were idealized and emotional rather than intellectual, laying importance on individual experience and expression. |
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Rococo |
1720 |
1780 |
This eighteenth-century style is highly decorative and ornamental. The palette was often pastel and the subjects were playful and erotic. |
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Realist |
1840 |
1880 |
Art that attempts to represent the world in an accurate or familiar way Everyday scenes are favored over idealized, historical, or mythological subjects. |
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Pre-Raphaelite |
1848 |
1854 |
A British artistic group formed in 1848 that emulated Renaissance painters. The subject matter was often historical or literary, and concerned itself with morality. |
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Post-Modernist |
1980 |
1990 |
Late-twentieth-century artists challenged traditional notions of what art actually is with a variety of different works; they are always experimental and innovative. |
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Post-impressionist |
1880 |
1900 |
A late nineteenth-century reaction to Impressionism, this group explored a symbolic use of strong colors and form rather than concerning itself with naturalism. |
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Pop Art |
1955 |
1970 |
A movement of the 1950s inspired by advertising and consumer society. Artists such as Andy Warhol and Richard Hamilton produced works reminiscent of comics and advertising. |
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Op Art |
1964 |
1970 |
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Northern Renaissance |
1500 |
1600 |
From the sixteenth century, the Netherlands and Germany were influenced by Italy, but the “rebirth’’ of their art was concerned wish religious reform and old Christian values. |
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Northern Landscape |
1650 |
1690 |
Paintings of northern European countryside on a large scale, in particular the Netherlands and Germany. This genre was most popular in the sixteenth century. |
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Neoclassical |
1750 |
1830 |
Influenced by the Classical concern with symmetry and order and the eighteenth century’s fascination with science, this European movement was fashionable during the Enlightenment. |
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Nabis |
1890 |
1900 |
Inspired by Gauguin’s use of color, this group of Parisian artists was active in the 1890s.They were unconcerned with depicting reality, preferring the emotional use of color and distortion. |
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Modern Realist |
1960 |
1965 |
This late-twentieth century American and British movement was influenced by consumerism, often reproducing photograph-like techniques of everyday scenes in a glamorous way. |
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Mannerist |
1520 |
1600 |
A reaction against the harmony and order of sixteenth-century art, typified by elongated forms and dramatic movement. |
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International Gothic |
1300 |
1400 |
This amalgamation of northern European and Italian styles was fashionable in the late fourteenth century and is characterized by elegance and an interest in detail. |
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Impressionist |
1870 |
1890 |
Named after Monet’s depiction of the effect of light on the French countryside in the 1860s, this group of artists was concerned with representing contemporary experience rather than historical events or the imagination. |
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High Renaissance |
1400 |
1600 |
Developing from the early Renaissance in the fifteenth century, Italian artists such as Michelangelo and Titian were interested in perspective and the illusion of space. They created more realistic pictures than ever before. |
