modern art vocabulary

2. A leading Impressionist painter, famous for series like haystacks and water lilies, exploring light and atmosphere.
6. Everyday items removed from their normal use and turned into art, often associated with Dada and conceptual art.
9. A 19th-century art movement using loose brushwork and light effects to capture a fleeting impression of a scene.
12. The practice of borrowing existing images or objects and designating them as art, often recontextualized.
15. An art movement using dreamlike, illogical scenes to tap into the unconscious mind.
16. An unreal or deceptive image that tricks the viewer’s perception.
17. A founder of Cubism and one of the most influential modern artists of the 20th century.
18. Irregular or free-form shapes that evoke living forms like plants and the human body.
19. The part of a composition in a work of art that is closest to the viewer.
20. A famous expressionist painting by Edvard Munch that shows a figure in anguish, symbolizing human anxiety.
21. Repeated here for its definition match in your clue #6.
22. A French artist associated with Impressionism, known for portraying modern urban life, especially ballet dancers and horse racing.
23. The study of the visual elements of art: shape, form, color, and line, rather than content or context.

1. Derived from the Greek words bios (life) and morphe (form), it refers to abstract forms that resemble shapes from nature or living organisms.
3. Words that mimic sounds (like "boom," "zap," "pow") often found in pop art for a playful and energetic effect.
4. Also known as screen printing; a technique where ink is pressed through a mesh to transfer an image onto a surface.
5. An art movement that followed Impressionism, exploring bold colors, new forms, and emotional depth.
7. Refers to Campbell’s Soup Can, a famous work by Andy Warhol in the pop art movement.
8. A term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe prefabricated, often mass-produced objects selected by the artist and presented as art.
10. An artistic style that emphasizes the expression of emotional experience rather than physical reality.
11. An artistic technique that involves assembling different unrelated materials (like paper, fabric, or photographs) to create a new, unified artwork.
13. Art that breaks away from realistic representation, focusing instead on shapes, colors, and forms.
14. An artist who creates work inspired by popular culture, using mass media imagery. Includes Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Richard Hamilton.
19. An art movement where colors and forms are exaggerated to convey mood or strong emotions.