Art Movements and Styles

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Art Movements and Styles

• Modern Art

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Impressionism

• The history of modern art began in Paris (1800s)
  with Impressionism. It began with a rigid and
  formal style of painting.
• The impressionist painters often painted outside
  and studied the effect of light on objects.
  Impressionist artist usually studied landscapes
  and scenes from the daily life style.
• Known impressionism artist are
• Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas
• and Claude Monet

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Fauvism

• The word Fauvism means wild animals in French.
  This modern art style was wild with strong and
  vivid colors. Fauvism used simplified designs in
  combination with pure colors. The first
  exhibition by Fauvist artist was in the early
  1900s.
• Known Fauve artist Henri Matisse,
• Adrian Derain, and Kees van Dongen.
• A piece by Henri
  Matisse

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Art Nouveau

• Meaning new art is known for its decorative
  style and natural forms. Art Nouveau was an
  international movement and was popular from
  about 1880-1910. It covered all forms of art
  including architecture, furniture, jewelry, glass
  and illustration.
• The subway entrances
• in Paris
• Glass image

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Art Deco

• Art Deco was mostly a design style popular in the
  1920-1930s. It could be considered a form of Art
  Nouveau.
• Art Deco was dominant in fashion, furniture,
  jewelry,
• printmaking and
• interior decoration.
• The Chrysler building in New
• York(1930) is an example of Art
• Deco architecture.

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Cubism

• Cubism was more restricted to painting and
  sculpture. Cubism was initiated by Pablo Picasso
  and Georges Braques before WW1.
• Geometrical forms are favored in
• cubism and several aspects of
• one subject are shown
• simultaneously. Cubism
• paved the way for
• abstract art.

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Surrealism

• Surrealism is another modern art movement in the
  20th century. Its philosophical "father" was
  Andre Breton, a French poet and writer.
  Surrealism emphasizes the unconscious, the
  importance of dreams and the psychological aspect
  in arts. Surrealism became an important movement
  in the fine arts, literature and in films.
• Known artist Salvador Dali

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Abstract Art

• Painter, Wassily Kandinsky, is said to be the
  father of abstract art.
• Abstract art includes
• a lot of cubism and is
• mainly used in paintings.

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Pop Art

• Pop art meaning popular art was a movement to
  bring back art in the daily life of people. It
  was a reaction AGAINST abstract painting. The
  attitude of the Pop Art movement was Andy
  Warhol's use of serigraphy, a photo-realistic,
  mass-production
• technique of printmaking. Pop art
• intruded into the media and
• advertising- mainly an American
• and British art movement. (1960s)

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Op Art

• After Pop art came Op art or optical art. It used
  reduced geometrical forms with black and white
  contrast or bold colors. In the 70s Op art made
  its way into fashion. Op art did not become a
  mass-movement of modern art like Pop art.

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