Art History Movements Flashcards
The longest phase of stone age culture
Paleolithic period followed my Mesolithic and neolithic
The oldest painting known to exist
Wall paintings in a cave at Lascaux, France
Is a little female statuette.
Venus willendorf/ figurines
This form of rock art was used in ceremonial or ritual istick structures, single or multiple tombs, centuries and several other types of monumental architecture
Megaliths, stonehenge
Also known as parietal art or occasionally ice age art
Cave art
Pursued ideals of duty harmony and proportion even ask those ideas shifted and change over the centuries
Classical art
Used as a main method of communicating accounts of a biblical nature society (what period)
Medieval art
Made up of combinations of roman and oriental arts and was characterized by its complete lack of realism.
Byzantine art
Included stained glass pieces and railings on buildings and columns big murals on walls and dorned ceilings illuminated manuscripts and sculptures.
Romanesque art
Religion was dropped as the most important element within art, has this new subject matter is included by walls and mythic scenes.
Gothic period
Started to depict individual characters with genuine demeanors and compose their actual physical appearances
Renaissance art
Viewed as one of the prominent leaders in the ideals of naturalism
Leonardo da vinci
The most important movement in the whole of modern painting
Impressionism
Predominantly french art movement that develop roughly between 1886 and 1905. The movement emerged as a reaction against ate concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color
Post-impressionism
An art movement named after a technique in which a small dots of color are applied to canvas in order to form an image
Pointillism
Describe the rise by intense color and bold brushwork.
Fauvism
They brought different views of subjects together in a same picture resulting in paintings that appear fragmented and abstracted
Cubism
What’s an art movement form during the first world war in zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of war
Dada
Aim to revolutionize human experience project irrational vision of life in favor of one that ascertain the value of the unconscious and dreams
Surrealism
Often characterized by gestural brush strokes or mark making and the impression of spontaneity
Abstract expressionism
What’s a major development of painting in the 1960 s . Use geometric forms to create optical effects
Optical art
An art movement drawing inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture
Pop art
It is a painting style characterized by its paintstalking detail and precision
Photorealism
An extreme form of abstract art and typified artworks composed of simple geometric shapes based on the square and rectangle
Minimalism
