Explore 29 English words about art movements: 1901-1945 with pronunciation, definitions and example sentences.
an early 20th-century art movement that portrays an object or person in a fragmented form and from different angles simultaneously
"Cubism uses geometric shapes and angles."
"Cubism challenged traditional perspectives in the art world."
a style of art, popular in 1920s and 1930s, characterized by the frequent use of geometric shapes with distinct borders and strong colors
"Art Deco used geometric luxury."
"Art Deco used geometric shapes and luxurious materials for modern elegant designs in architecture and decorative arts."
a group of American realist painters active in the early 20th century who sought to capture the everyday life of the city
"Ashcan school painted gritty city life."
"The Ashcan school painted gritty urban scenes of poor neighborhoods documenting real life in American cities."
a group of English writers, intellectuals, and artists active in the early 20th century, who sought to challenge the conventions of the time
"Bloomsbury group was intellectual collective."
"The Bloomsbury group was an English collective of artists and writers who rejected Victorian social conventions."
an artistic style popular in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of dynamic forms and bright colors
"Cubo-futurism combined cubism and futurism."
"Cubo Futurism combined cubist fragmentation with futurist dynamism in early twentieth century Russian art."
an early 20th-century movement in art, literature, music, and cinema, renouncing and satirizing artistic and social traditions and highlighting the illogical and absurd as a way of protest
"Dada movement reacted."
"The Dada movement was an artistic reaction against the horrors of World War One."
a group of German Expressionist painters active in the early 20th century, who sought to capture the spiritual essence of nature
"Der blaue reiter valued spirituality."
"Der Blaue Reiter was a German expressionist group valuing spirituality and the symbolic power of color and form."
a Dutch artistic movement active in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of abstract forms, geometric shapes, and primary colors
"De stijl used primary colors."
"De Stijl used only primary colors and straight lines to express universal harmony in abstract art."
a German Expressionist art movement active in the early 20th century, which sought to express emotions and feelings through bold colors and forms
"Die brucke expressed strong emotions."
"Die Brücke was a German expressionist group using bold distorted shapes and bright colors for emotional impact."
a style of painting that employs vivid colors and depicts objects and figures in a non-naturalistic way, originated in Paris in 1905
"Fauvism used wild colors."
"Fauvism used wild bright colors for emotional effect ignoring realistic colors found in nature."
a literary and artistic movement that regarded machinery and technology positively, common in the 1920s and 30s in Italy
"Futurism celebrated speed technology."
"Futurism celebrated speed technology and modern machinery with dynamic fragmented forms and bold colors."
a group of Canadian landscape painters active in the early 20th century who sought to capture the unique beauty of the Canadian landscape
"Group of seven painted Canadian wilderness."
"The Group of Seven painted Canadian wilderness landscapes capturing the rugged beauty of the northern forests."
a style or movement in art, literature, and architecture developed in the beginning of 20th century that greatly differs from ones that are traditional
"Modernism influenced architecture and literature greatly"
"Modernism in art rejected traditional realism in favor of abstraction and experimentation with form."
a style of art, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the style practiced in ancient Greece and Rome
"Neoclassicism revived ancient Greek and Roman styles."
"Neoclassicism was an 18th-century Western cultural movement that drew inspiration from classical antiquity"
a genre of art or literature that promotes the idealization of primitive and simplistic values
"Primitivism admired non-Western art."
"Primitivism borrowed forms from non Western and prehistoric art seeking more direct expressive power."
an artistic style popular in France in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of abstract forms, bright colors, and curved lines
"Orphism emphasized color rhythm."
"Orphism emphasized color and rhythm over representation creating abstract compositions with circular forms."
a group of American photographers active in the early 20th century who sought to challenge the conventions of photography and create a more artistic style
"Photo-secession elevated photography as art."
"The Photo Secession elevated photography to a fine art separate from painting through soft focus prints."
an artistic style popular in France in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of simplified forms and abstract shapes
"Purism simplified forms to essentials."
"Purism simplified forms to their essential geometry after the chaos of World War One in France."
an early 20th-century art movement in Russia that created abstract works using basic geometric shapes in a limited range of colors
"Suprematism used basic geometric shapes."
"Suprematism used basic geometric shapes like squares and circles to express pure feeling without objects."
an artistic style popular in England in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of dynamic forms and bold colors
"Vorticism celebrated machine energy."
"Vorticism combined cubism and futurism with a British energy focusing on abstract geometric patterns."
an American art movement active in the early 20th century, which focused on depicting the everyday life of rural America
"Regionalism depicted local American scenes."
"Regionalism depicted everyday rural life in specific American regions celebrating local identity during the Great Depression."
an artistic style popular in the mid-20th century, characterized by its use of geometric shapes and mathematical principles
"Concrete art avoided external references."
"Concrete art uses purely abstract geometric forms with no external reference to nature or objects."
a group of modernist painters active in the mid-20th century who sought to capture the vibrancy and energy of the city
"School of Paris included many expatriates."
"The School of Paris included many foreign artists living in Paris who developed modern art movements."
an artistic style popular in the mid-20th century, characterized by its use of geometric shapes and mathematical principles
"Geometric abstraction uses precise shapes."
"Geometric abstraction uses precise geometric shapes without representation of natural forms in painting."
an artistic style popular in the mid-20th century, characterized by its use of bold colors and romantic themes
"Neo-romanticism revived romantic themes."
"Neo Romanticism revived romantic themes in the mid twentieth century with dreamlike landscapes and figures."
an artistic style popular in Germany in the early 20th century, characterized by its use of realism and a detached, unsentimental approach to subject matter
"New objectivity satirized society."
"New objectivity satirized German society with cold realistic detail after World War One without emotion."
an American art movement active in the early 20th century, which sought to capture the modern, industrialized world through precise, geometric forms
"Precisionism painted sharp industrial forms."
"Precisionism painted American industrial scenes with sharp geometric forms and smooth flat surfaces."
an artistic style popular in the mid-20th century, characterized by its use of realism to depict the struggles of the working class and other marginalized people
"Social realism highlighted working class."
"Social realism depicted working class life and struggles often with political messages and heroic workers."
an aesthetic theory that was officially put into practice in communist states, believing that artistic works had a didactic function and should show the public the principles of a socialist state
"Socialist realism idealized communist life."
"Socialist realism glorified communist values in idealistic art showing perfect happy workers and leaders."
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