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1850's - 1870's
Contemporary subject matter. |
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Le Boulevard du Temple
by Daguerre
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A View of the Boulevards of Paris
by Talbot
Realism |
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Luncheon on the Grass
by Manet
Realism
Considered the first modern painting. |
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Impression: Sunrise
by Monet
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1870's - 1880's
Mostly outdoor scenes. Effects of light on color. Visual brushstrokes. |
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Regatta at Argenteuil
by Monet
Impressionism |
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The Tub
by Degas
Impressionism |
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Dancers Practicing at the Bar
by Degas
Impressionism |
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Mother and Child
by Cassatt
Impressionism |
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The Bath
by Cassatt
Impressionism |
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Breakfast in Bed
by Cassatt
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
by Seurat
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| Painting in little dots of color. |
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1880's-1890's
Analytical and scientific, looking for a system or art (Seurat) OR expressive, emotional and spiritual, departing from what is seen in order to capture what is felt (Van Gogh). |
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Bedroom
by Van Gogh
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Self-Portrait
by Van Gogh
Post-Impressionism |
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Still Life with Twelve Sunflowers
by Van Gogh
Post-Impressionism |
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Starry Night
by Van Gogh
Post-Impressionism |
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Crows over the Wheat Field
by Van Gogh
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The Wainwright Building, St. Louis
by Sullivan
The first building to be built with a load-bearing steel frame. "Form follows function." |
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
by Picasso
Post-Impressionism
Considered to be the precursor to Cubism. |
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Banjo Lesson
by Tanner
Impressionism |
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The Thankful Poor
by Tanner
Impressionism |
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The Migration Series, panel 3
by Lawrence |
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The Migration Series, panel 52
by Lawrence
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Black Hollyhock, Blue Larkspur
by O'Keeffe |
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Black Iris III
by O'Keeffe |
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit, No. IV
by O'Keeffe |
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| O'Keeffe's style of abstraction by painting close-ups of natural objects, such as flowers. |
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The Two Fridas
by Kahlo
Surrealism |
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The Broken Column
by Kahlo
Surrealism |
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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
by Lange |
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Fragmentation of foreground and background, multiple viewpoints, and dull, muddy colors.
Considered the most monumental movement in art since linear perspective.
Art as the transformation of materials; the joy and appreciation of the process. |
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Girl with Mandolin (Fanny Teller)
by Picasso
Cubism |
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The Accordionist
by Picasso
Cubism |
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Man with a Hat
by Picasso
Cubism |
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The Street Enters the House
by Boccioni
Futurism |
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| Italian art movement that embraced modernity, machinery, speed and dynamism. |
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States of Mind: The Farewells
by Boccioni
Futurism |
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
by Boccioni
Futurism |
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Focyses on the subconcious and the dreamworld, which supposedly reveal the true self.
Influenced by Freud. |
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Soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon
by Dali
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The Persistence of Memory
by Dali
Surrealism |
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Premonition of Civil War
by Dali
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Crucifixion (Hypercubic Body)
by Dali
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Composition in a Square
by Mondrian
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"The Style"
Completely abstract Dutch art movement that was just about the elements of art.
Composed of primary colors, black and white, and right angles. |
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Bird in Space
by Brancusi |
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| Low, horizontal homes designed by Wright. |
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1940's - 1960's
New York takes over Paris as the center of the art world.
Uses abstract art to express the artist's feelings.
Contains two sub-periods: Action Painting and Color Field Painting. |
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| Shows the active element of painting. A sub-category of Abstract Expressionism. |
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| Uses large blocks of color. A sub-category of Abstract Expressionism. |
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Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)
by Pollock
Abstract Expressionism (Action Painting) |
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Woman and Bicycle
by De Kooning
Abstract Expressionism (Action Painter) |
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Woman II
by De Kooning
Abstract Expressionism (Action Painter)
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Untitled
by Rothko
Abstract Expressionism (Color Field Painting) |
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Post-WWII French art movement.
Against religion, art, government... everything.
Embraces irrationality and uses appropriation (borrowing something and making it your own.) |
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Things found and designated as art.
Assisted ready-made - combines two or more ready-mades. |
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Bicycle Wheel
by Duchamp
Dada |
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1950's - 1960's
A return to realism by featuring styles and imagery from popular culture. Reaction against Abstract Expressionism. |
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| Borrowing from other sources and making it your own. |
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A Set of Six Self-Portraits
by Andy Warhol
Pop Art |
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Elvis I
by Andy Warhol
Pop Art |
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200 Campbell's Soup Cans
by Andy Warhol
Pop Art |
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| Uses a stencil that blocks off the areas that you don't want colored. Allows mass production. |
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1960's - 1970's
Photagraphy as subject matter, leading to super realism. Uses a grid system. |
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Self-Portrait
by Close
Photorealism |
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Wrapped Coast, Little Bay, Australia
by Christo |
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The Running Fence
by Christo |
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1960's - 1970's
Art as an idea rather than an object, to prevent it from becoming a commodity. |
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One and Three Chairs
by Kosuth
Conceptualism |
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1960's - present
German movement where art is an action/gesture.
Pioneered by Beuys. |
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Coyote: I Like America and America Likes Me
by Beuys
Wrapped in felt and lived with a coyote for like a week.
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Touch Cinema
by Export
Look me in the eye, in public where everyone can see you. See me as a human, not a sexual object.
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Shoot
by Burden
Let himself be shot.
Performance Art |
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Through the Night Softly
by Burden
Crawled on his belly through glass.
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Trans-Fixed
by Burden
Crucified to a car.
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1970's - present
Today's period. Uses appropriation. |
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Ushering in Banality
by Koons
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Michael Jackson and Bubbles
by Koons
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Untitled #122
by Sherman
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Untitled ("We Won't Play Nature to Your Culture")
by Kruger
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