Humanities

Cubism

Cubism was one of the most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth century. It was created by. Pablo Picasso. (Spanish, 1881-1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914. Movement: Watershed movement. Cézanne's use of generic forms. In the previous year, Picasso was also introduced to non-Western art: seeing Iberian art in Spain. What drew Picasso to these artistic traditions was their use of an abstract or simplified representation of the human body rather than the naturalistic forms of the European Renaissance tradition.

Post Impressionism

the work or style of a varied group of late 19th-century and early 20th-century artists including Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne. They reacted against the naturalism of the impressionists to explore color, line, and form, and the emotional response of the artist, a concern that led to the development of expressionism. Movement: Post-Impressionism in Western painting, movement in France that represented both an extension of Impressionism and a rejection of that style's inherent limitations.

Abstract Impressionism

Abstract Impressionism (closely related to Lyrical abstraction) is a type of abstract painting (not to be confused with Abstract Expressionism) where small brushstrokes or application with a palette knife build and structure larger surface areas. Movement: Abstract expressionism is a post-World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris

Op Art

Op art, also known as optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op art works are abstract, with many better known pieces created in black and white. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibrating patterns, or of swelling or warping. Movement: The antecedents of Op art, in terms of graphic and color effects, can be traced back to Neo-impressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism and Dada.

Pop Art

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the United States. Among the early artists that shaped the pop art movement were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton in Britain, and Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the United States. Movement: Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the United States. Among the early artists that shaped the pop art movement were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton in Britain, and Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising and news.

Neoplasticism

a style of abstract painting developed by Piet Mondrian, using only vertical and horizontal lines and rectangular shapes in black, white, gray, and primary colors. Movement: A man whose art was closely tied to his personal beliefs - namely, Theosophy, a religious philosophical movement, to establish a universal art form, stripped of all naturalism and other inessentials, in order to attain the universal truths propounded by the Theosophical movement. Influenced by his attraction to Cubism.

Minimalism

a trend in sculpture and painting that arose in the 1950s and used simple, typically massive, forms. Movement: In the visual arts and music, minimalism is a style that uses pared-down design elements. Minimalism in the arts began in post-World War II Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Donald Judd, John McCracken, It derives from the reductive aspects of Modernism and is often interpreted as a reaction against abstract expressionism and a bridge to postminimal art practices