Final Exam VL Flashcards
Romanticism
An art movement whose works were marked by intense colors, turbulent emotions, complex composition, soft outlines, and sometimes heroic or exotic subject matter
Realism
Art in which the goal is to portray forms in the natural world in a highly faithful manner.
Impressionism
Art movement that emphasized an accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement
Post-Impresionism
Art movement that moved artists to create individualistic style
Expressionism
Art movement that claimed the right to distort visual appearances to express psychological or emotional states, especially the artist’s own feelings.
Cubism
Art movement development by Picasso and Georges Braque that abstracts the forms of the visible world into fragments or facets drawn from multiple points of view.
Abstract Expressionalism
An American art movement of the mid-20th century, characterized by large scale and representational imagery
Assemblage (combine)
the technique of creating a sculpture by grouping or piercing together distinct elements, as opposed to casting, molding, or carving
Happenings
An event staged or directed by artists and offered as art
Pop Art
An art style of the 1960s, deriing its imagery from popular, mass - produced culture
Minimalism
A broad tendency during the 60s and 70s toward simple, primary forms
Appropriation
A postmodern practice in which one artist reproduces an image created by another artist and claims it as his of her own
