17th/18th Century Art
19th Century Art
Early Modern Art
Late Modern Art
Contemporary Art
100
The treatment of light and dark in a work of art.
what is chiaroscuro?
100
the development of this process made portraiture easier and allowed for experimentation within the art world. An artist could use a machine to capture a portrait instead of spending painstaking hours painting a portrait.
what is photography?
100
this art movement was marked by the use of non-naturalistic, wild colors. Critics called them "les fauves" meaning wild beasts
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what is fauvism?
100
artworks from this movement are made with natural materials, like twigs or stones, and are often formed directly into the landscape
what is land art?
100
this type of art began in the 1960's, involves movement and is usually in front of a live audience or documented through video.
what is performance art?
200
history paintings were prominent during this art movement
what is neoclassicism?
200
the artists of this movement wanted to portray life just as it was, how they saw it, which lead to the creation of genre paintings. They wanted to break away from the traditions of art and paint everyday life and people, not idealized versions.
what is realism?
200
in addition to art, this movement flourished in literature, music, and performing arts out of Harlem, NY. Originally called "The New Negro Movement" these artists expressed African-American social thought through the use of visual arts
what is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
artists from this movement used imagery from popular culture to create works of art
what is pop art?
200
this type of art became popular in the 1980s with graffiti but today there are seven different styles: traditional, sticker, stencil, video projection, street installation, wood blocking, and yarn bombing
what is street art?
300
also known as late baroque, this movement is characterized by lightheartedness, leisure, and the French aristocracy
what is rococo?
300
the artworks from this movement were seen as "unfinished, mere sketches" by critics and rejected by the academy which lead artists to create their own group or collective to exhibit works of art.
what is impressionism?
300
this movement was about expressing the inner feelings of an artist. There were two artist groups: die brucke and der blaue reiter
what is expressionism?
300
the artworks from this movement have no recognizable subject matter. Instead, the artist focuses on the formal elements like line, color and shape.
what is abstract expressionism?
300
this type of art is concerned with the idea behind the artwork, not the final product
what is conceptual art?
400
Caravaggio popularized the chiaroscuro technique which is a hallmark characteristic of this art movement
what is baroque?
400
this movement, meaning new art, is characterized by patterns and flowing lines inspired from natural forms like flowers and leaves
what is art nouveau?
400
the artists from this movement broke down objects into geometric forms as a way to depict or show an object from multiple viewpoints at the same time
what is cubism?
400
this movement explores the phenomena of visual illusion through the use of repeated lines and shapes. High contrast colors, black and white as well as complementary colors, are used to enhance the illusion
what is op art?
400
this type of art uses technology as part of the creative or presentation process
what is digital art?
500
during the age of enlightenment, this art movement was seen as severe and unemotional as it appealed to the intellect, not emotion.
what is neoclassicism?
500
this movement was influenced by impressionism but the artwork was more emotional and expressive. Artists used an impasto technique and created intentionally visible brushstrokes
what is post-impressionism?
500
this movement was sometimes called "anti-art". artworks were seen as absurdities and nonsense
what is dada?
500
this movement was influenced by the neurologist Sigmund Freud. These artists were interested in the subconscious and their artwork showed imagery of the dream world mixed with reality
what is surrealism?
500
this technique is commonly used amongst contemporary artists and involves the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them.
what is appropriation?