Modern Art Movements
Essential Concepts
Contemporary Art
The 20th Century (Prewar)
The 20th Century (Postwar)
100
This modern art movement arose in opposition to the Rococo. Hint: This art movement wanted to inspire heightened morality standards.
What is Neoclassicism?
100
A type of value assigned to an object based on external factors such as availability, market fluctuations, historic impact, and quality.
What is extrinsic value?
100
This phenomenon has created a world where cultures are no longer distant from each other, and people and places are no longer separate.
What is globalization?
100
This 20th century art movement prioritized geometrization of nature, abandonment of accurate perspective, and often depicted multiple viewpoints in a single artwork.
What is Cubism?
100
This postwar 20th century art movement emphasized spontaneity, gestural brushstrokes, nonobjective imagery, and fields of intense color. 
What is Abstract Expressionism?
200
This modern art style was very popular in its heyday, but had a minimal impact on the development of modern art. Many artists rebelled against this rigid style.
What is Academic Art?
200
The what of a work of art (what we see)
What is subject?
200
This word refers to the mixing of traditions of different cultures to create new blends and new connections.
What is hybridity?
200
During WWI, this art movement asserted that art was stupid and needed to be destroyed!
What is Dada?
200
This 20th century art movement relies on mundane, pop culture objects are subject matter. This art movement asks viewer to think about what kinds of subject matter are worthy of being art.
What is Pop Art?
300
This art movement was born as a reaction against the rigid constraints of the Academic style and subject matter.
What is Impressionism?
300
This term comes close to being the why of a work of art (what it means).
What is content?
300
This term means to borrow elements or imagery from another artist or individual.
What is appropriation?
300
This art movement began as a literary movement that focused on channeling the power of the unconscious mind to unlock the power of imagination.
What is Surrealism?
300
This art movement began in the 60s and emphasized distilling visible imagery down to its most basic elements. Artwork from this movement uses the least amount of elements possible and focuses on pure and simple shapes.
What is Minimalism?
400
Post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat used this technique to create his paintings that explored color. 
What is pointillism?
400
This principle of design may be used strategically to create a focal point or point of primary visual interest in a work of art.
What is emphasis?
400
This artist is rather often in trouble for copyright infringement in his artwork, where he uses another artist's imagery without permission and without significantly transforming that imagery.
Who is Jeff Koons?
400
The art of this movement emphasized harsh color, simplification of forms, bold linear patterning, and a distorted form of perspective.
What is Fauvism?
400
This event prompted many artists to leave Europe and flee to New York City, thus shifting the center of the art world to New York City.
What is World War II?
500
This Post-Impressionist artist began experimenting with the idea of compressing space and asserting the flatness of his canvases. These experiments influenced later artists, such as Picasso.
Who is Paul Cezanne?
500
With this depth cue, objects that are lower in an artwork appear closer, while objects that are higher appear farther away.
What is location?
500
This type of contemporary art offers a non-Western perspective regarding people and places which existed prior to colonization.
What is postcolonial art?
500
A term coined by Dadaist artists to describe ordinary, prefabricated objects that are selected by an artist and then altered and presented as art.
What is a readymade?
500
This type of contemporary art is impermanent and often focuses on action and audience interaction.
What is performance art?