Art Movements Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
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What is Baroque?
A
- 16th century
- volutptuous figures
- huge landscapes
- dramatic subjects
2
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What is classical style?
A
- logical, rational principles
- deliberate composition
- Roman and Greek
3
Q
What is Dada?
A
- 1950s and 1960s
- accidental and incongruous effects
- challenges established canons
4
Q
What is expressionism?
A
- A modern style of art
- reveals emotions
5
Q
What is fauvism?
A
- 20th Cenutry France
- bold, clashingm arbitrary colours
- e.g. Matisse
6
Q
What does four-dimensional mean?
A
- additional dimension beyond height, width, and breadth
- usually considered to be time
7
Q
What is futurism?
A
- 1909 Italy
- Passionate loathing of ideas from the past, especially political and artistic traditions
- love of speed, technology and violence
8
Q
What is impressionism?
A
- late 19th century France
- capture in paint the fleeting effects of light, shade, and colour on natural forms
9
Q
What is modernism?
A
- early 20th century
- revolutionary ideas and styles
- reaction to traditional forms
- rejects tradition
- individuality and subjectivity
- experimentation
- abstract
10
Q
What is postmodernism?
A
- references to other artworks, appropriation, and parody
- questions notions of originality
- reacts against modernist traditions
- signs & symbols
- reflects pop/contemporary culture
- blurs boundary of high & low art
- rejects traditional norms & values
- wide ranging ideas and theories
11
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What is romanticism?
A
- late 18th and early 19th century
- emphasised dramatic expression of emotion
