CONTEMPO

• PREHISTORIC ART- Relied on the use of natural pigments and stone carvings to create representations of objects, animals, and rituals
• ANCIENT ART- advanced civilizations; those with an established written language Hellenistic (Ancient Greek) culture Roman culture
• MEDIEVAL ART- the “Dark Ages” grotesque imagery and brutal scenery Centered around the Church
• RENAISSANCE ART - focus on nature and individualism, independent and self-reliant A revival of classical learning
• MANNERISM - Focus on style and technique graceful but queerly elongated limbs, small heads, and stylized facial features,
• BAROQUE grandeur and richness interest in broadening human intellect and global discovery
• ROCOCO - lightness, elegance, and an exuberant use of curving natural forms in ornamentation
• NEOCLASSICISM - elements from classical antiquity depict classical themes and subject matter Invokes harmony, clarity, restraint, universality, and idealism
• ROMANTICISM - Emphasized the individual and imagination; deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature general exaltation of emotion over reason and of the senses over intellect examination of human personality and its moods and mental potentialities focus on passions and inner struggles Rejects order, harmony, and rationality
• REALISM - accurately capturing everyday life Rejects imaginative idealization in favor of a close observation of outward appearances
• PRE-RAPHAELITE - Real ideas that sympathized with the genuine, heartfelt aspects of historical artworks Portray nature as accurately and in as much detail
• IMPRESSIONISM - accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color short, quick brushstrokes and an unfinished, sketch-like feel
• NATURALISM - depict all the world’s imperfections true to form integrate the human form into scenes and landscapes
• SYMBOLISM - focus on feelings, sentiments, concepts, and individuality rather than reality personal and express their own ideologies, particularly the belief in the artist's power to reveal truth
• POST IMPRESSIONISM - Concentrated on subjective visions and symbolic, personal meanings rather than observations of the outside world pointillism technique
• ART NOUVEAU - •Focused on the natural world, characterized by long, sinuous asymmetrical lines and curves
• FAUVISM - Expressive use or the aggressive application of intense color, line, and brushwork, a bold sense of surface design, and flat composition Separation of color from its distinct/descriptive, representational purpose
• EXPRESSIONISM - but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person Artists seek to depict not objective reality
• CUBISM - Presented a new reality by creating a series of overlapping fragmented objects through abstraction flat, two-dimensional surfaces, geometric forms or “cubes” of objects, and multiple vantage points
• FUTURISM - Focused on progress and modernity
• DADAISM - Focus of the artists was not on crafting aesthetically pleasing objects but on making works that often upended bourgeois sensibilities and that generated difficult questions about society, the role of the artist, and the purpose of artcreating
• BAUHAUS - Aimed to reunite fine art and functional design, creating practical objects with the soul of artworks
• SURREALISM - Defied reason; denounced the rationalist mindset Combined the unconscious and the conscious
• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM - Used degrees of abstraction to depict forms unrealistically Emphasis on free, spontaneous, and personal emotional expression
• OP ART - Deals with optical illusion which is achieved through the systematic and precise manipulation of shapes and colors Purposeful manipulation of formal relationships
• POP ART - Used everyday mundane objects to create innovative works of art that challenged consumerism and mass media support popular institutions, and to create identity in a social group narrative reinforce uncontroversial beliefs and sentiments
• ARTE POVERA - “Poor art” Used soil, rocks, paper, rope, and other earthen elements to evoke a pre-industrial sentiment
• MINIMALISM - Focused on anonymity, materiality of works purified forms, order, simplicity, and harmony
• EARTH ART - utilized materials that were available at the site extracted directly from nature
• CONCEPTUAL ART - Art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art object. whatever materials and whatever form is most appropriate to putting their idea across
• PHOTOREALISM - Artist often based their work upon photographs rather than direct observation
• CONTEMPORARY ART - Describes current works of art, More focused on drawing awareness of attention to the day’s issues, Thought-provoking , Discussion, Rapid rise in technology,Experimental