Impressionism -
Impressionism is an art movement from the 19th century originating in Paris. Impressionists used the new scientific research about the physics of colour to create a more lifelike painting. The new movement brought a new method of painting, using short brush strokes and applying little paint at one time.
Post Impressionism -
Post Impressionism is a late 19th century movement which is said to be an extension of the French born Impressionist movement and the rejection of the style’s existing limitations.
Symbolism -
Symbolism began as a reaction to the literal representation of subjects, preferring to create more suggestive and evocative works with mystical and visionary themes. Some of the most recognised artists of the movement include Edvard Munch and Gustav Klimt.
Art Nouveau -
Art Nouveau is a brilliantly decorative and ornamental movement based on asymmetrical lines and often depicting flowers and females. Advertising posters would picture a beautiful woman surrounded by decorative illustration and advertising a product.
Fauvism -
Fauvism is a very vivid painting movement using exuberant colours and creating non realistic images. The paintings generally picture a landscape in which parts have been warped and distorted.
Expressionism -
Expressionism is an early 20th century movement often explained as distorted and exaggerated for emotional effect. The style aims to depict the emotional response to objects or events around the artist.
Abstract art -
Abstract art is a movement that seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. Rather than creating a literal depiction of the world around us, it looks more at the exploration of colour and form.
Cubism -
Led by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Cubism is a movement that used an analytical system in which an image is taken apart and reformed back together from lots of different points of view.
Futurism -
Futurism is an Italian Avant-Garde movement that got its inspiration from speed, technology and modernity. It glorified war and the machine age also favouring the growth of Fascism.
Suprematism -
Suprematism is a Russian art movement consisting of flat geometric shapes. The movement deeply influenced the development of modern European art, architecture, and industrial design.
Constructivism -
Constructivism is the invention of the Russian Avant-Garde, often quite geometric and experimental, not so emotional. New forms of media were used quite a lot.
Dadaism -
Dadaism is a very absurd and unpredictable international movement for artists and writers in Europe. The rebellious artistic style was actually fuelled by the reaction to WWI. The movement also had a strong influence on Pop Art, which is sometimes also referred to as Neo-Dada.
De Stijl -
De Stijl is a simplistic and pure art form reduced to rectangles and other geometric shapes and the use of primary colour along with black and white. The artists of the movement had a strong influence on the later Bauhaus style.
Bauhaus -
The Bauhaus is a school of art, design and architecture founded in 1919 in Germany. It had a great influence in design of architecture, furniture, typography and weaving that is still present in todays design. The style is characterised by is very economic, geometric design and its resect for material.
Surrealism -
Surrealism is a movement that expresses the imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious control of reason and convention. It was shaped by emerging theories on our perception of reality. The most recognised artists of the movement are Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.
