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An art movement is a period of time when popular art shares similar styles.

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An art movement is a period of time when popular art shares similar styles. Some time periods have overlapped as the art world became used to new styles.

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THE EARLIER MOVEMENTS

  • Prehistoric to Medieval Arts are commonly illustrated by cave paintings and small carvings in stone or bone.
  • Archeological sites containing rock art like cupules, petroglyphs, pictographs and other prehistoric works were the earliest art by our ancestors like Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens.
  • Currently, the recognized oldest art are the Cupules carved on Hard Quartzite called the Bhimbetka and Daraki-Chattan Petroglyphs (290,000-700,000 BCE) found in India.
  • Israel boasts its oldest known prehistoric sculpture – Basaltic figurine – the Venus of Berekhat Ram (230,000-700,000 BCE).
  • The Venus of Tan-Tan (200,000-500,000 BCE) is a Quartzite figurine discovered in Tan-Tan, Morocco.
  • The Renaissance period (1150-1600 A.D.) also produced some realistic art that was religious and created for the area churches, mainly in Italy. Known artists include Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries.
  • The Baroque Style and Artists (1600-1880 A.D.) showcased more realistic arts depicting scenes of everyday life. The most famous artists are Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.
  • Mannerism (1527–1580) emerged from the works of art of Michelangelo, Raphael, and other Late Renaissance artists. Their art focused on style and technique more than the meaning of the subject.
  • Rococo Art (1699–1780) was represented by lightness and elegance, focusing on the use of natural forms, asymmetrical design, and subtle colors.
  • Neoclassicism (1750–1850) focused on idealism. It also includes modern, historically relevant depictions with clear and sharp outlines featuring people looking polished and posing in a statuesque manner, as if they’re marble sculptures.
  • Romanticism (1780–1850) emphasized dramatic scenes of man or nature or horrific and gothic images.

THE ART MOVEMENT – 19th Century & Beyond

  • Realism (1848–1900) is the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life.
  • Art Nouveau (1890–1910), meaning “New Art,” was meant to create an entirely authentic freestyle movement.
  • Impressionism (1865–1885) has no clear outlines or many details and unfinished, sketch-like feel. However, the blurry images will soon take form as your eyes adjust to it.
  • Post-Impressionism (1885–1910) style is bent with heavy outlines. Artists show strong emphasis on form and are concentrated on visions and symbolic, personal meanings.
  • Symbolism (1880-1910) advocated the expression of an idea over the realistic description of the natural world.
  • Fauvism (1900–1935) is characterized by the use of intense color, line, and brushwork, a bold sense of surface design, and flat composition.
  • Expressionism (1905–1920) distorts or exaggerates people, places, and objects to display anxieties and raw emotions.
  • Cubism (1907–1914) is art made up of fragmented objects such as little cubes and other geometric shapes through abstraction.
  • Futurism (1908-1918 and 1921-1944) is the artistic representation of the artists’ view on futuristic technological progress and modern innovation.
  • Surrealism (1916–1950) is an avant-garde movement representing the creative potential of the unconscious mind by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
  • Precisionism (1915-1945) is a smooth, sharply defined painting style used by American artists.
  • Abstract Expressionism (1940s–1950s) used spontaneity and improvisation to create abstract works of art.
  • Pop Art (1950s–1960s) artists used commonplace objects such as comic strips, soup cans, newspapers, and more.
  • Arte Povera (1960s), meaning “poor art,” is an style used to infuse commonplace materials into creations. Artists use soil, rocks, paper, rope, and other earthen elements.
  • Minimalism (1960s–1970s) is composed of simple geometric shapes based on the square and the rectangle and originated in United States.
  • Conceptual Art (1960s–1970s) hinges on the idea behind the work more important than the finished art object.
  • Contemporary Art (1970–present) refers to modern art such as painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, and video art.

Art Movement Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the art movement across 23 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Art Movement worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the art movement which is a period of time when popular art shares similar styles. Some time periods have overlapped as the art world became used to new styles.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

  • Universal Art
  • The Artists
  • The Art of Painting
  • Painting Materials
  • Renaissance Trinity
  • The Contemporary – Graffiti
  • The Contemporary – Digital
  • The Contemporary – Photography
  • The Movement
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