Art Timeline Flashcards
In this period, cave paintings and stone sculptures are evident
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period)
In this period, architecture, carvings in stone pottery and furniture are exhibited
New Stone Age (Neolithic Period)
In this period, War art, propaganda art, or religious and tomb art are shown. This art is often macho, also refined, and sometimes comic and imaginative
Mesopotamian Period
Used visual narrative although it is less dramatic and realistic along with its symmetrical, rigid but elegant and highly colorful art
Ancient Egyptian Period
Playful and focuses on life, sport, religious rituals, and daily pleasures which truly celebrates day-to-day life.
Minoan Period
Has both Archaic Period and Classical Period
Ancient Greek Period
Has the Kouros Statue which represents old order and aristocracy
Archaic Period
Has the Kritios Boy Statue representing democracy
Classical Period
Physically perfect instead of imperturbably serene, can express anger, bitter, sorrow, or fear. This was the first time emotions were dramatically and realistically portrayed
Hellenistic Period
This period saw death as a continuation of life, has temples as nearly square, tombs are bleak and some artwork depicts demons.
Etruscan Period
Practical and looked life squarely in their eye. Their art has this unflinching realism
Roman Period
Symbolic and less naturalistic than Greek and Roman art that inspired it
Byzantine Period
Hass no art traditions as it was gravely banned, although Muslims borrowed from the people they conquered and soon developed their own style which can be seen mostly in architecture.
Islamic Period
Mostly Christian art, with steeped in mysticism and symbolism and was not concerned with realism
Medieval Period
Came from italian word Rinascimento and underwent period of enlightenment as artist learned to appreciate cultural subjects
High Renaissance
Rinascimento
Rebirth
Came from the Italian “Maniera” where artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari used in the 16th century
Mannerism
Artistic side of Catholicism’s comeback during the counter reformation
Baroque Period
From the french word Rocaille, method of decorating furniture with pebbles and seashells and has fluid asymmetrical forms, elaborate ornamentation, lighter pastel colors, and whimsical narratives
Rococo Period
Another return to Greco-Roman Classicism. Dignified art that depicts men and women as if they were greek gods and heroes.
Neoclassicism
Mostly about intense personal expression, so artists could focus on whatever turned them on
Romanticism
Reasserted the integrity of the physical world by stripping it of what they viewed as Romantic dreaminess or fuzziness
Realism
Designed to counter the adverse effects of the industrial revolution and brought back mysticism in the middle ages
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Favored handmade furniture and decorative arts. founded by William Morris
Arts and Crafts Movement
Started by several french artists who broke the tradition by painting outside
Impressionism
Means the act of painting outside
En Plein Air
Extension of impressionism but rejects some limitations, continues to use bold colors and painting scenes as they left behind spontaneous and naturalistic rendering of light and movement
Post Impressionism
Short-lived movement headed by Henri Matisse and Andre Derain, a flattened perspective which made the paintings look less like a window into the world and more like a wallpaper. Inspiring and decorative and fun to look at
Fauvism
Found in poetry and paintings, presents the world solely from a subjective point of view. Offered viewers a new meaning to what is considered beautiful
Expressionism
One of the most important art movement of the 20th Century. Two dimensional with geometric forms and flat as it show viewpoints of the subject on the same plane which opened a door for abstract and movement
Cubism
Characterized by the power of machines and restless energy of modern life
Futurism
Spawned from the madness of WW1, rejected all logic, reason, and order of western civilization that caused the horrors of war. “Anti-war” movement
Dadaism
Explored the inner workings of mind and to revolutionize the human experience by using automatism to draw inspiration. Challenges perceptions and reality by juxtaposing unrealistic subject matter with realistic painting style
Surrealism
Lead by Kazimir Malevich which strove to free feeling from form.
Suprematism
Art movement using geometric shapes and industrial materials for social purposes. Ordinary workers could use and represented modern utopia
Constructivism
Art movement is artistic geometry and its head is Piet Mondrian, achieved with few shapes and primary colors an has two type of beauty: Objective and Subjective
De Stijl
Movement incorporated the dark trauma of war and has both movement of action painters and color filled painters
Abstract Expressionism
Art movement with a new style used in advertising, packaging, comics, and movies. Imaginative as they use repetition, bold imagery, and bright color palettes to introduce art to new demographics
Pop Art
Often type of performance that can be spontaneous and audience driven
Conceptual Art
Linked with conceptual art as it focuses on the inequalities faced by women trying to provoke change
Feminist Art
Artist view contemporary society as fragment of world. Style on this movement encompassed styles from the past and reflects contemporary society
Postmodernism
Style where the artist applies paint to express emotions and feelings in a spontaneous way
Abstract Expessionism
Massive-sized canvas with large areas composed of more or less flat or single-painted color
Color Field
Style showing subjects that appeal to humans’ vision and intuition. Includes mysticism, religion, mythology, philosophy, and desire to penetrate the human soul
Fantastic Realism
Using algorithms, transformations, and morphing to generate art from a computer
Computer Art
Focuses more on idea, concept behind the work of art than the actual technical skill or aesthetic
Conceptual Art
Defined by action, activity, occasion, or experience to confront people’s conventional views of the category “art.”
Happenings
Sculpture that moves with the mind or powered by machines or electricity
Kinetic Art
Installations of radiant, neon light, or projecting from the wall to create mysterious glowing columns placed within a darkened room
Light and Space
Art that focuses on basic elements, uses the fewest and simplest possible lines and geometrics needed
Minimalism
Art with an anti-aesthetic agenda that uses collage, assemblage, and found materials
Neo-Dada
Uses lines or images repeatedly to create optical illusion
Op Art
Combines variety of media and human body to execute an artistic theatrical expression before a live audience
Performance Art
Uses body as medium or main material in a public act
Body Art
Involves artistic creation or manipulation of space, landscape, that may enclose its audience
Environmental Art
Tackles issues of identity, sexuality, gender roles, equality, and ways in which females are treated in society
Feminist Art
Located in three-dimensional interior space often site-specific to create relationship between the art and its viewers
Installation Art
Style that evolved as a reaction to minimalism, emphasizes artistic process and conception of finished art. Uses nontraditional, poor materials
Post Minimalism
Consists of images that are recorded through a video and viewed through television, computer, or projection screen
Video Art
Reaction to minimalism and conceptualism in a form of large paintings, fabric pieces, and sculptures emphasizing patterns and decorations
Pattern and Decoration
Makes use of electronic media to produce computer-generated art. Associated with digital and computer art
Electronic Art
Mostly seen on public wall surfaces that uses words or figure drawings to create images
Graffiti Art
