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