Culture
Art Movements
20 major art movements throughout history with time period, country of origin, a notable artist, key work, and brief description.
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Movement↕ | Period↕ | Origin↕ | Notable Artist↕ | Key Work↕ | Description↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | 1400-1600 | Italy | Leonardo da Vinci | Mona Lisa | Revival of classical Greek and Roman art with emphasis on humanism, perspective, and naturalism |
| Baroque | 1600-1750 | Italy | Caravaggio | The Calling of Saint Matthew | Dramatic, ornate style with rich color, grandeur, and emotional intensity |
| Rococo | 1720-1780 | France | Jean-Honoré Fragonard | The Swing | Light, elegant, playful style with pastel colors and curved forms |
| Romanticism | 1780-1850 | Germany | Eugène Delacroix | Liberty Leading the People | Emphasis on emotion, individualism, nature, and the sublime |
| Realism | 1840-1880 | France | Gustave Courbet | The Stone Breakers | Depiction of everyday life and ordinary subjects without idealization |
| Impressionism | 1860-1890 | France | Claude Monet | Water Lilies | Capturing light and color in fleeting moments with visible brushstrokes |
| Post-Impressionism | 1886-1905 | France | Vincent van Gogh | The Starry Night | Extended Impressionism with bold colors, thick paint, and geometric forms |
| Art Nouveau | 1890-1910 | France/Belgium | Alphonse Mucha | The Seasons | Decorative style inspired by natural forms, flowing lines, and organic shapes |
| Expressionism | 1905-1930 | Germany | Edvard Munch | The Scream | Distorted forms and vivid colors to convey emotional experience over reality |
| Fauvism | 1905-1910 | France | Henri Matisse | Woman with a Hat | Wild, vibrant colors and simplified forms rejecting realistic representation |
| Cubism | 1907-1920 | France | Pablo Picasso | Les Demoiselles d'Avignon | Fragmented objects shown from multiple viewpoints simultaneously |
| Dadaism | 1916-1924 | Switzerland | Marcel Duchamp | Fountain | Anti-art movement rejecting logic and embracing absurdity as protest |
| Surrealism | 1924-1966 | France | Salvador Dalí | The Persistence of Memory | Dream-like imagery from the unconscious mind with unexpected juxtapositions |
| Abstract Expressionism | 1943-1965 | United States | Jackson Pollock | No. 5, 1948 | Spontaneous, gestural abstraction emphasizing the act of painting itself |
| Pop Art | 1955-1970 | United Kingdom/United States | Andy Warhol | Campbell's Soup Cans | Art drawn from popular culture, mass media, and consumer products |
| Minimalism | 1960-1975 | United States | Donald Judd | Untitled (Stack) | Stripped-down geometric forms emphasizing simplicity and objectivity |
| Conceptual Art | 1960s-present | United States/Europe | Joseph Kosuth | One and Three Chairs | Ideas and concepts take priority over traditional aesthetic and material concerns |
| Street Art | 1970s-present | United States | Banksy | Girl with Balloon | Visual art created in public locations, often with social or political messages |
| Art Deco | 1920-1940 | France | Tamara de Lempicka | Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti) | Bold geometric patterns combining modernist styles with fine craftsmanship |
| Bauhaus | 1919-1933 | Germany | Wassily Kandinsky | Composition VIII | Unity of art, craft, and technology with functional, geometric design principles |
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