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ca. 1600 - ca. 1750
Characterized by decoration, drama, rich color, chiaroscuro, counterpoint, basso-continuo, ornamentation. |
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ca. 18th C., France
A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, having elaborate ornamentation. |
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ca. 1750 - 1900
Artistic movement that drew upon Western classical art (esp. Ancient Greece or Rome). Grew as a response to Rococo. |
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ca. 1750
Gained strength in reaction to Industrial Revolution. Revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment. Against scientific rationalization of nature. Strongly emotional. |
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ca. 19th C.
The depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life. Reaction to Romanticism. |
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ca. 19th C.
Small, thin, yet visible brush strokes. Open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light, ordinary subject matter. Movement is crucial. |
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| Extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations. Vivid colors, thick paint, distinctive brush strokes, real-life subject matter, but emphasized geometric forms, distorted form for expressive effect, used unnatural or arbitrary color. |
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ca. 1900 - 1910
Emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over representational or realistic values. |
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ca. 1900 - 1920
Style in which objects are broken up and re-assembled in abstract form, depicting objects from multiple viewpoints. Objects and their background intersect, creating shallow ambiguous space. |
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ca. Early 20th C.
A slow-to-develop style that often consisted of modern urban scenes and expressed energy and dynamism. |
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ca. Early 20th C.
Rejected the prevailing standards in art. Ridiculed the "meaninglessness" of the modern world. Anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature. |
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1917-1931
Sought to express a new utopian ideal of spiritual harmony and order. Advocated pure abstraction and universality by reducing to essentials of form and color. |
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ca. 1920s
Features element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions, and non sequitur.. |
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Post-WWII
Combination of emotional intensity and self-denial with anti-figurative aesthetics. Rebellious, anarchic, and idiosyncratic. |
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ca. 1950s
Employs aspects of mass culture (advertising, comic books, mundane cultural objects, etc.). Reaction to and expansion of abstract expressionism. |
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ca. Early 20th C.
Explored the spirit of the age through shapes and colors of daily life. Attacked the academic and warned against "decorative" aspect of imitators of Post-Impressionism. |
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ca. 20th C.
Attempted to reconcile the principles of architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society. |
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