Non-objectivism Art

art made without reference to reality

Abstract Art

art abstracted from reality. simplified and purified nature 

Suprematism

created by Malevich who said it was the last word of art. 

Zeitgeist

spirit of the times 

 Gesamtkunstwerk

total work of art becomes an environment. 

Bauhuas

German art school who established foundations for modern design as well as modern art school curricula. 

Performance

time-based art, typically made with the artist's own body- but neither theatre or dance 

Exquisite Corpse

Chance drawing technique pioneered by the surrealists in which different artists contribute to different parts of a drawing without the knowledge of the other participants. 

Defamiliaration

surrealist technique of making strange familiar things. 

Appropriation Art

borrowed imagery from other sources to create art 

Conceptual Art

first group of artists to consciously embrace the conceptual dimensions in art.

(One in Three Chairs, 1965)