ART 10: TIMELINE AND CHARACTERISTICS

• RENAISSANCE

  • 1400 - 1600
  • "rebirth"
  • characterized by introducing depth in the painting
  • they emphasize the main object of the painting
• BAROQUE

  • 1600 - 1725
  • used exaggerated motion and clear interpreted details
  • dramatic, it draw the view to participate in the scene
• NEOCLASSICISM

  • 1760 - 1830
  • greek and roman mythology history for subjects
  • clothing in ancient times
• ROMANTICISM

  • 1770 - 1850
  • emotion, individualism and glorification of all the past and nature
  • dark style for mysterious
  • cult, satanic feature, spirits of nationality
• REALISM

  • 1840 - 1880
  • beginning of modern art
  • conviction of everyday life
  • represent subject matter truthfully without artificiality
  • sarcastically depict social issues
• IMPRESSIONISM

  • 1872 - 1892
  • distinctive brush strokes
  • lighting in the sense of movement
  • usually separate colors allowing the viewers perception to mix them
• POST-IMPRESSIONISM

  • use vivid colors
  • often take application of paint but were more inclined to emphasize symbolic content
  • use of unnatural colors
• FAUVISM

  • 1905 - 1908
  • valued individual expression
  • artist direct experience of the subject, emotional response to nature and intuition
  • separating colors from its representational purpose
• EXPRESSIONISM

  • 1905 - 1933
  • paintings are distorted radically for emotional effects
  • from within the artist rather than a depiction of the external visual world
• CUBISM

  • 1907 - 1922
  • abandon perspective which have been use to depict space
  • turned away from the modeling of realistic figures
• DADAISM

  • 1916 - 1924
  • expressing nonsense irrationally and anti-capitalist protest in their works
  • known for their ready-made objects
• SURREALISM

  • 1924 - 1966
  • imagination
  • interpretation of dreams
  • exposure of the complex and repressed inner world of sexuality, desire, and violence
• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

  • 1943 - 1965
  • redefine the nature of painting born out of profound emotion
• POP ART

  • 1943 - 1965
  • including imagery from pop and mass culture like advertising comic books and mundane culture objects
  • usually removed from non context, isolated and combined with unrelated material
• PHOTOREALISM

  • early 1960's
  • artist studies a photograph and then attempt to reproduce the art as realistic as possible in another medium