The Wild & The Cubed
Dreamscapes, Dada, and Design
Impressions & Origins
Mid-Century Modernists
The Age of Steel and Speed
100
This movement’s name, meaning "The Wild Beasts," was coined by a critic after seeing a room full of bright, non-naturalistic paintings.
What is Fauvism?
100
These are the only three "true" colors permitted in a classic De Stijl composition.
What are red, blue, and yellow?
100
This artist’s move to Tahiti in search of a "state of nature" made him a pioneer of Primitivism in modern art.
Who was Paul Gauguin?
100
Warhol’s 1962 work featuring 32 canvases of this pantry staple is a cornerstone of Pop Art.
What is Campbell's Soup Cans?
100
This influential German design school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919.
What is Bauhaus?
200
Co-founded by Picasso and Georges Braque, this movement fractured objects into geometric planes.
What is Cubism?
200
Salvador Dalí is the most iconic face of this movement that explored the "logic" of dreams.
What is Surrealism?
200
This movement’s name came from a hostile critic’s review of Claude Monet’s painting titled Impression, Sunrise.
What is Impressionism?
200
This artist, the "Mother of American Modernism," is famous for her large-scale abstractions of flowers and New Mexico landscapes.
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
200
This Italian movement glorified speed, technology, and the industrial city, often in violent terms.
What is Futurism?
300
Fauvism was primarily interested in this element of art as a way to express emotion rather than reality.
What is color?
300
This most famous work of Surrealism features melting clocks in a landscape inspired by the artist's home in Catalonia.
What is The Persistence of Memory?
300
Painted in 1889 during his stay at an asylum in Saint-Rémy, this masterpiece features swirling cosmic patterns that some interpret as a reflection of his turbulent mental state.
What is the Starry Night?
300
This Harlem Renaissance painter used a style called "Dynamic Cubism" to tell the story of the Great Migration.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
300
This artist’s sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space depicts a figure marching into the future.
Who was Umberto Boccioni?
400
This Post-Impressionist’s use of bold, "non-natural" colors and flat shapes in works like The Yellow Christ directly paved the way for the Fauves of the early 1900s.
Who is Paul Gauguin?
400
This Belgian Surrealist is known for this self-portrait where a green apple obscures the man's face.
Who is Rene Magritte?
400
Unlike the soft edges of Impressionism, this movement often used bold outlines and flat areas of "unnatural" color to express emotion.
What is Post Impressionism?
400
This 1960s movement, featuring artists like Donald Judd, reacted against the messiness of Abstract Expressionism with sleek, industrial boxes.
What is Minimalism?
400
This 1909 manifesto by Filippo Marinetti declared that a "racing car... is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace".
What is the Futurist Manifesto?
500
This massive 1937 monochromatic mural by Picasso uses Cubist distortion to depict the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
What is Guernica?
500
This Dutch artist is the most famous member of the De Stijl movement, known for his grid-like primary color paintings.
Who is Piet Mondrian?
500
This Czech artist became the face of the movement with his stylized, flowing posters for actress Sarah Bernhardt.
Who is Alphonse Mucha?
500
This British artist is the "Queen of Op Art," famous for her black-and-white wavy lines that appear to vibrate or shimmer.
Who is Bridget Riley?
500
Founded by Wyndham Lewis in 1914, this short-lived British movement used "vortex" imagery to combine the mechanical energy of Futurism with the fragmented style of Cubism.
What is Vorticism?
600
This movement influenced by Cubism and Fauvism was founded by Robert Delaunay and focused on "simultaneous" color circles.
What is Orphism?
600
This Russian movement, often linked to Suprematism, focused on art for social purposes and "constructing" with industrial materials.
What is Constructivism?
600
Primitivism in 20th-century art was heavily influenced by the "discovery" of tribal masks and sculptures from this continent.
What is Africa?
600
This Pop Artist’s "Factory" studio in NYC became a hub for 1960s counter-culture.
Who is Andy Warhol?
600
This sleek, glamorous style of the 1920s and 30s is exemplified by the top of the Chrysler Building.
What is Art Deco?