modern art movements history and distinct characteristics

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is a fusion of imagination and innovation brought about by impressionism and expressionism. the artists mix their thoughts, feelings, and emotions into their paintings of real-life objects

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abstract realism

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the visualization of patterns, colors, textures, and lines without the need for external motivation

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abstract art

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consists of art forms that aim to copy the original picture or view, such as photography

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realistic art

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a french avant garde painter, poet, and typo graphist, and associated with cubism. his highly abstract planar compositions were colorful and rich in contrasts.

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francis picabia

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he was later briefly associated with surrealism, but would soon turn his back on the art establishment and became a follower of abstract realism

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francis picabia

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what did francis picabia paint?

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caoutchouc

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a french artist who with his wife sonia delaunay and others, co-founded the orphism art movement which is noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes

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robert delaunay

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his later works were more abstract, his key influence is related to bold use of color and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone

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robert delaunay

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who painted “windows open simultaneously, huile sur toile”?

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robert delaunay

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an artistic movement in the early 20th century, practiced by a group of european writers, artists, and intellectuals in protest against world war i

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dadaism

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the artworks showed rejection of logic, reason, and aestheticism and expressed nonsense, irrationality, and anti-elite protest in their works.

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dadaism

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it is a style characterized by dream fantasies, memory images, and visual tricks and surprises, as seen in the paintings of __ and __

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marc chagall and giorgio de chirico

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who painted the “melancholy and mystery of a street”?

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giorgio de chirico

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who founded the scuola metafisica art movement which profoundly influenced the surrealists?

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giorgio de chirico

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hist most well-known works often featured roman arcades, long shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical perspective

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giorgio de chirico

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an art style that depicts an illogical and subconscious dream world beyond the logical, conscious, and physical one. it was derived from the term super-realism, with its artworks clearly showing hallucinations, dreams, seeing illusions, and a departure from what is real and natural

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surrealism

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who painted “persistence of memory”?

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salvador dali

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a leading proponent of surrealism, the 20th-century avant grande movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious through strange, dream-like imagery

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salvador dali

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“surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision,” who said this?

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salvador dali

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credited with the innovation of “paranoia-criticism”, a philosophy of art making he defined as “irrational understanding based on the to meticulously painting fantastic compositions, such as “the accommodations of desire (1929)” and the melting clocks in the famed the “persistence of memory (1931)”

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salvador dali

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was a prolific writer and early filmmaker, and cultivated an eccentric public persona with his flamboyant mustache, pet ocelot, and outlandish behavior and quips

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salvador dali

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an early 20th century art movement that made innovations in paintings and sculptures in europe. the art style derived its name from the cube, a three dimensional geometric figure which is composed of measured lines, planes, and angles

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cubism

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this was considered the most influential art movement in the 20th century

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cubism

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who was the notable proponent of cubism?

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pablo picasso

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he painted “three musicians” and “girl before a mirror”

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pablo picasso

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an art movement that emerged in the 1960s. this is an experiment in visual experience as a form of “action painting” with the action taking place in the viewer’s eyes. lines, paces, and colors are carefully and precisely planned, visualized, and position in _____ to illustrate the illusion of movement, which lets viewers experience varied sensations from discomfort to confusion to diziness

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optical art (op art)

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an example of optical art is?

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current by bridget riley

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an english painter known for singular op art paintings

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bridget louise riley

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this movement presents a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass cultures, such as advertising, comic books, and mundane mass-produced cultural objects. one of its objectives is to use imagery of popular culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony. artworks range from paintings to posters, to collages, to three-dimensional “assemblages” and installations

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popular art (pop art)

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an american pop artist. his wok defined the premise of pop art through parody. inspired by the comic strip, he produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. his work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style

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ray fox lichtenstein

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who are other pop art artists?

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andy warhol, jasper johns, and james rosenquist

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what did ray fox lichtenstein paint?

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“whaam” and “missed memories”