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IMPRESSIONISM - depicted the appearance of images by using strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of the reflected light. CHARACTERISTICS:Freely brushed, pure unmixed colors side by side, broken strokesEveryday subjectsPainting outdoorsOpen compositionInfluence of photographyARTISTS:Edouard ManetClaude MonetAuguste Renoir

POST -IMPRESSIONISM - using a geometric approach, fragmenting objects and distorting peoples facesand body parts, and applying colors that were not necessarily realistic or natural.ARTISTS:Paul CezanneVincent Van Gogh

EXPRESSIONISM A theory or practice in art of seeking to depict the subjective emotions and responsesthat objects and events arouse in the artista. NEOPRIMITIVISM An early 20th century art movement inspired by the native arts of Africa and theSouth Sea Islands

b. FAUVISM A movement in painting characterized by vivid colors, free treatment of form, and a resultingvibrant and decorative effect

c. DADAISM A movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditionalartistic values

d. SURREALISM A style of painting depicting strange subjects like those seen in dreams and fantasies

e. SOCIAL REALISM Art used to comment on or protest against social ills such as injustice, inequality, war,poverty, industrial hazards, environmental destruction, etc.

ABSTRACTIONISM An artistic style in which the natural appearance of objects becomes unimportant, andimages are reduced to geometrical shapes, patterns, lines, angles, textures, and colorsa. CUBISM A style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements,especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects

b. FUTURISM A movement in art, music, and literature begun in Italy about 1909 and marked especiallyby an effort to give formal expression to the dynamic energy and movement of mechanicalprocesses

c. MECHANICAL STYLE An artistic movement in which figures and images were reduced to basic elements,such as planes, cones, spheres, cylinders, and other mechanical components; even human figureswere mere outlines without expression

d. NONOBJECTIVISM An artistic style that had no reference to recognizable objects; lines, shapes, andcolors were used in a cool, impersonal approach that aimed for balance, unity, and stability

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM -a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous acta. ACTION PAINTING A style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed, or smeared onthe canvas, rather than being carefully applied

b. NEODADAISM A minor movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada butplacing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the conceptgenerating the work

C. POP ART A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques ofcommercial art and popular illustration

D. CONCEPTUAL ART Art that is intended to convey an idea or concept to the perceiver, and need not involvethe creation or appreciation of a traditional art object such as a painting or sculpture53

e. OP ART Optical art, a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s which made use of precisely planned and positioned lines, spaces, and colors to create the illusion of movement.

F. NEO-REALISM Any movement seeking to incorporate a modified form of realism, as in art, cinema,literature, or philosophyg. COLOR FIELD PAINTINGis a style of abstract paintingthat emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. It was inspired by European modernism and closely related to Abstract Expressionism, while many of its notable early proponents were among the pioneering Abstract Expressionists.CONTEMPORARY ART Art subjects, styles, and forms that are prevalent at the current timea. INSTALLATION ART Art that is created, constructed, or installed on the site where it is exhibited, oftenincorporating materials or physical features on the siteB. PERFORMANCE ART A form of theatrical art featuring the activity of the artist and works presented in avariety of media