Art History Movement Flashcards
It is a distinct artistic style, technique, or trend that maps a particular period of cultural
development in the history of art.
Art Movements
An art movement (especially in Renaissance art) which was inspired by the lifelike accuracy of Classical sculpture, a quality that had disappeared from artistic representation during the Dark and Middle Ages.
Naturalism
An art movement that essentially sees life and human nature as it actually was, where it stresses the study of nature and human beings and focused on human thought, reason, culture, and the human experience.
Humanism
An art movement that is technically associated with large scale murals and a skill that dates back to Classical Antiquity but reached its peak as an art form during the Italian Renaissance.
Fresco Painting
An art movement that is used as main medium for small scale paintings on wooden panels in Medieval and Early Renaissance
art.
Tempera Painting
An art movement that is used as a replacement for both Fresco and Tempera Paintings as the principal painting medium of the Italian Renaissance. It produced the most intense color, the greatest tonal range and a workable drying time that allowed the artist to render the finest naturalistic detail possible.
Oil Painting
It is an art movement that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was
characterized by a shift away from traditional styles to a more abstract, experimental
approach to creating works of art.
Modern Art Movements
An art movement which came in France at the end of the 19th Century where the artists are known for their lively painting techniques and use of color. Their paintings became the most popular art form of the 20th century with the public and collectors alike.
Impressionism
A art movement which name is given to several styles of painting at the end of the
19th Century and influenced the direction of art in the early decades of the 20th Century.
Post-Impressionism
An art movement which is truly a revolutionnary 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.
Cubism
An art movement that refers to a colorful style of painting developed by Henri Matisse and André Derain who used vibrant colors, simplified drawing and expressive
brushwork.
Fauvism
An art movement came in the early 20th Century style of art that is charged with an emotional or spiritual vision. It is an artistic movement centered in Germany.
Expressionism
An art movement that refers to a form of artistic anarchy born out of disgust for the social, political and cultural values of the time where it embraced elements of art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and politics.
Dadaism
An art movement that came in the 20th Century that explored the hidden depths of the ‘unconscious mind’ where its artists rejected the rational world as ‘it only allows for the consideration of those facts relevant to our experience’.
Surrealism
An art movement that refers to a style of modern art in the 1960’s where it uses the imagery of mass-media, mass-production and mass-culture.
Pop Art
An art history movement that refers to painted drawings on a cave walls or ceilings, mainly of pre-historic origin dated to some 40,000 years ago (or around 38,000 Before Common Era) in Eurasia. This is also known as “Cave Painting” or “Prehistoric Art”.
Parietal Art
An art history movement came from Ancient Egypt that reached a high level in painting
and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic. This includes paintings,
sculptures in wood (now rarely surviving), stone and ceramics, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories and other art media which are quite conservative and remarkable.
Ancient Egyptian Art
An art history movement came from Ancient Greece that began in the Cycladic and Minoan civilization and gave birth to Western classical art in the subsequent Geometric, Archaic and Classical periods (with further development during the Hellenistic Period).
Greek Art
An art history movement that includes two periods: Etruscan Period (2000-1000 Before Christ) where the subject matter of paintings was ancestor worship, catacombs and sarcophages and the Roman Period (2000 Before Christ-400 After Death/Anno Domini) where art was characterized by commemorative statue, sarcophage, frescoes and design with vine motifs.
Roman Art
An art history movement that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by
Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is
based on or draws on Chinese culture, heritage, and history.
Chinese Art
An art history movement that are unique cultural treasures which have been bequeathed from master artisan to master
artisan since antiquity. Inspired by the natural world, these beautiful traditional handicrafts
are marked by their use of natural, organic forms and simple adornment.
Korean Art
An art history movement that includes a wide range of styles and means of expression,
including ceramics, sculpture, painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, the ukiyo-e woodblock prints, origami and, more recently, manga along with a myriad of other types of
artwork.
Japanese Art
An art history movement that emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about year 1400. The
word itself literally means “Rebirth”.
Renaissance Art
An art history movement which started in year 1520 and continued up to the 17th Century. This art history is also known as “The late renaissance Period”.
Mannerism Art
An art history movement that flourished on Europe in the early 17th Century up to the late 18th Century where its paintings are ornate, extravagant, fantastic and has emotional, sensual and highly-decorative appeals.
Baroque Art
An art history movement that started in the 18th Century during the reign of King Louis XV in France then it quickly spread to other parts of Europe particularly Bavaria, Austria,
Germany and Russia.
Rococo Art
An art history movement that started in Rome in the middle-18th Century and which coincided with the Age of Enlightenment where it is considered as “The highest rank” given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music and architecture. This term is based on simplicity and symmetry in art.
Neo-Classicism Art
An art history movement that was coined by a French art critic Felix Feneon in year 1886 when he described the art movement
founded by George Seurat. This term means “science-based interpretation of urban and
rural scenes”.
Neo-Impressionism Art
An art history movement that originated from a group of Paris-based artists where
independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.
This term means “accurate depiction of light in the ordinary subject matter.”
Impressionism Art
An art history movement that roughly began between years 1888 and 1905 where it emphasized abstract qualities or symbolic content of art.
Post-Impressionism Art
An art history movement that was most popular in years 1890 and 1910 but after the year 1910, this was replaced by architectural and decorative style known as Art Deco and
then by Modernism. This art gives emphasis on natural forms and structure.
Art Noveau
An art history movement that was developed in Italy about the same time Cubism appeared in France. This art gives emphasis on modern society.
Futurism
An art history movement that is used when the artist becomes so interested in one phase of a scene or a situation that he does not show the subject at all as an objective reality, but only his idea or his feelings about it. This art give emphasis on texture and shapes which are more important than real-life
objects.
Abstractionism
An art history movement that was started as early as the 20th Century in Russia where art is applied in the construction of social evils existing in the present society.
Constructionism
An art history movement which is translated in Dutch as “De Still” (“The Style”) and founded in year 1917 in Leiden in The
Netherlands. This art gives emphasis on pure abstraction using only black, white and primary colors – red, yellow and blue).
Neo-Plasticism
An art history movement which was originated in New York, USA after the Second World War and gained an international vogue. This art is characterized with large canvasses and strong color).
Abstract Expressionism
An art history movement that uses a style of visual art to emphasize the use of Optical
Illusions created in black and white.
Optical Art
An art history movement that was emerged in the late 1970s which employs a variety of arts
such as body art, process art, conceptual art and performance arts. This is where artists use unprocessed materials.
Post-Minimalism
An art history movement that follows a set of written instructions, concepts or ideas which takes precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical and material concerns.
Conceptual Art
An art history movement that realistically reproduces an image as possible through
painting, drawing and graphic art.
Photorealism
An art history movement that refers to a form of conceptual art wherein, the objects or
materials are configured or arranged in a room or spaces to present a message to the viewer.
Installation Art
An art history movement that gives emphasis on human body through painting for cultural
motives. Its examples are face painting, body painting and tattoo art which dated back form pre-historic times.
Body Art
An art history movement that started in America in the 1960’s by developing man’s awareness of his relationship with his
environment through “thought-provoking construction” of art works that uses stones, rocks and clay to create artistic imagery. This is also known as “Earthworks”, “Earth Art” and “Landscape Art”.
Land Art
An art history movement that emerged on America in the 1970s where it uses bodies
and voices to convey artistic expression through drama, dance, music, video, painting
and film.
Performance Art
An art history movement that refers to art made and produced by artists living today
where they work in and respond to a global environment that is culturally diverse, technologically advancing, and multifaceted.
Contemporary Art
An art history movement where reaction against modernism, artists created works that
reflected skepticism, irony, and philosophical critiques in reaction against modernism.
Postmodernism
An art history movement that arose in an attempt to transform stereotypes and break the model of a male-dominated art history.
Feminist Art
An art history movement where artists sought to revive original aspects of Expressionism and create highly textural, expressive, large works.
Neoexpressionism
An art history movement that refers to a created graffiti-like art on surfaces in public places like sidewalks, buildings, and
overpasses.
Street Art
An art history movement which was influenced by both Conceptual and Pop Art experimented with recognizable imagery to explore images shaped our perceptions of the world.
Picture Generation
An art history movement that was focused on the use of images in art with little transformation from their original form.
Appropriation Art
An art history movement that refers to a group of London artists were notorious for their willingness to shock audiences through their imagery, and a willingness to push beyond limits of decency. They’re also known foe their zestful, entrepreneurial spirit.
Young British Artists
An art history movement that refers to the advent of the camera lent way to this artistic practice that allowed artists to use the infusion of art and technology to create with mediums like computers, audio and visual software, sounds, and pixels.
Digital Art
An art history movement which literary translates as “Poor Art” where artists use soil, rocks, paper, rope, and other earthen elements to evoke a pre-industrial sentiment. As a result, many of the notable works during this movement in the 1960s are sculptural.
Art Povera
An art history movement which word was used particularly since the 1960s for art made with a specific location in mind, whether inside or outside.
Site Specific Art
