IMPRESSIONISM

- depicted the
appearance of
images by using
strokes of unmixed
colors to give the
impression of the

CHARACTERISTICS:
Freely brushed, pure
unmixed colors side by
side, broken strokes
Everyday subjects
Painting outdoors
Open composition
Influence of

ARTISTS:
Edouard
Manet
Claude
Monet

POST
-IMPRESSIONISM
- using a geometric
approach, fragmenting
objects and distorting
peoples faces
and body parts, and
applying colors that

ARTISTS:
Paul Cezanne
Vincent Van
Gogh

EXPRESSIONISM
A theory or practice in
art of seeking to depict
the subjective
emotions and
responses
that objects and

a.
NEOPRIMITIVISM
An early 20th
century art
movement inspired
by the native arts

b. FAUVISM
A movement in
painting characterized
by vivid colors, free
treatment of form, and
a resulting
vibrant and decorative

c. DADAISM
A movement in art and
literature based on
deliberate irrationality
and negation of
traditional
artistic values

d. SURREALISM
A style of painting
depicting strange
subjects like those
seen in dreams
and fantasies

e. SOCIAL REALISM
Art used to comment on
or protest against social
ills such as injustice,
inequality, war,
poverty, industrial
hazards, environmental
destruction, etc.

ABSTRACTIONISM
An artistic style in which
the natural appearance of
objects becomes
unimportant, and
images are reduced to
geometrical shapes,
patterns, lines, angles,

a. CUBISM
A style of art that stresses
abstract structure at the
expense of other pictorial
elements,
especially by displaying
several aspects of the same
object simultaneously and
by fragmenting the form of

b. FUTURISM
A movement in art, music,
and literature begun in Italy
about 1909 and marked
especially
by an effort to give formal
expression to the dynamic
energy and movement of
mechanical

c. MECHANICAL STYLE
An artistic movement in
which figures and images
were reduced to basic
elements,
such as planes, cones,
spheres, cylinders, and other
mechanical components;
even human figures

d. NONOBJECTIVISM
An artistic style that had
no reference to
recognizable objects;
lines, shapes, and
colors were used in a
cool, impersonal
approach that aimed for

ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM
-a development of abstract
art that originated in New
York in the 1940s and
1950s and aimed at
subjective emotional
expression with particular
emphasis on the creative

a. ACTION PAINTING
A style of painting in
which paint is
spontaneously
dribbled, splashed, or
smeared on
the canvas, rather

b. NEODADAISM
A minor movement chiefly of
the 1960s reviving some of
the objectives of dada but
placing emphasis on the
importance of the work of
art produced rather than on
the concept
generating the work

C. POP ART
A form of art that
depicts objects or
scenes from everyday
life and employs
techniques of
commercial art and

D. CONCEPTUAL ART
Art that is intended to
convey an idea or
concept to the perceiver,
and need not involve
the creation or
appreciation of a
traditional art object such

e. OP ART
Optical art, a style of
abstractionism popular in
the 1960s which made
use of precisely planned
and positioned lines,
spaces, and colors to
create the illusion of

F. NEO-REALISM
Any movement
seeking to
incorporate a
modified form of
realism, as in art,

g. COLOR FIELD PAINTING

is a style of abstract
paintingthat emerged in New
York City during the 1940s and
1950s. It was inspired by
European modernism and
closely related to Abstract
Expressionism, while many of
its notable early proponents
were among the pioneering

CONTEMPORARY
ART
Art subjects, styles,
and forms that are
prevalent at the
current time

a. INSTALLATION
ART
Art that is created,
constructed, or
installed on the site
where it is exhibited,
often

B. PERFORMANCE
ART
A form of theatrical
art featuring the
activity of the artist
and works presented