Movements

Question 1

Impressionism

Answer 1

• Began in Paris in 1874
• Artist wanted independence (ex.Monet)
• Landscapes/modern life scenes (the essence not realism)
• Usually small in scale
• Pastel colour palate

Question 2

Expressionism

Answer 2

• Forms are created to express emotion, not reality
• Symbolism
• Van Gogh

Question 3

Futurism

Answer 3

• Largely an Italian and Russian movement
• Explored every medium
• Intense loathing of things from the past
• speed, technology, violence
• Against history and religion

Question 4

Suprematism

Answer 4

• Cubism and Futurism
• Only concerned with form
• Free from political or social meaning
• Art has autonomy
• Exploration of visual languages

Question 5

Analytical Cubism

Answer 5

• First phase of cubism
• An analytical study of shapes/objects/structure
• Depicts different viewpoints simultaneously

Question 6

Primitivism

Answer 6

• inspiration from primitive cultures
• Primitive people in society like children or those with mental disabilities
• More expressiveness

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

• Against capturing objects as they were
• interested in spirituality, imagination, dreams
• Similar to romanticism
• Against realism

Question 8

Art Nouveau

Answer 8

• New art
• European 1890’s and first world war
• Combination of multiple different art forms and periods

Question 9

Realism

Answer 9

• Depicting something exactly as you see it
• No extra glamour
• Emphasis on horizontality
• Earthy tones
• Immediately proceeding modernity

Question 10

Post-impressionism

Answer 10

• Extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations:
• Artists continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint and real-life subject matter but were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms and use unnatural and random colours.
• Coined by Roger Fry
• Describes a diverse group of painters

Question 11

Fauvism

Answer 11

• Involves strong colour
• Fierce brushwork
• Happened at the same time as expressionism

Question 12

Constructivism

Answer 12

• Avant-Guard tendency
• Appeared in architecture/engineering
• Mass-produced works of art
• Reflects modern industrial world

Question 13

Synthetic Cubism

Answer 13

• Images are layered
• Colours are reintroduced
• Flattened cubism
• Not 3D like analytical