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- 1. Known for its intense and expressive colour, energetic brushstrokes, and flat compositions.
- 3. rejected the concept that art should copy nature. Instead cubist artists analysed, broke apart and reassembled their subjects into abstract, flat, two-dimensional objects using geometric shapes and multiple vantage points. Sometimes the subject of paintings became so abstract that they were no longer discernible
- 4. Produced by civilisations with an established written language, including civilisations from Greece, Egypt, Italy, China, the Middle East and the Americas.
- 6. Art aimed to challenge ideas of consumerism and mass media by focusing on everyday and popular objects. This was opposed to the elitist subjects which were common in artworks prior.
- 7. Inspired by the invention of photography and the rise of journalism, realism is considered by many to be the first modern art movement.
- 9. was a response to the Realism movement and the invention of
- 12. They believed that photography devalued their ability to represent reality, so instead opted for visible brush strokes, minimal colour mixing and no black.
- 15. blamed events like the First World War for suppressing imaginative thoughts and rejected the rationalist mindset. Inspired by psychoanalysis and theories by Sigmund Frued, they investigated the unconscious mind by painting vivid, unnerving and surreal dreams.
- 16. Expressionism After the Second World War, the art-world's focus went away from Europe and towards New York. This new art movement is characterised by its spontaneity and gestural brush stokes and mark-making. They aimed to create expressive and emotional abstract art.
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- 2. Also known as the "Dark Ages", this art movement occured after the fall of the Roman Empire. The darkness of the paintings and gothic architecture reflected the economic and cultural suffering of the time. Biblical scenes were common as society looking to the Christian Church for hope.
- 5. Viewed by many as an extension of Romanticism, artists in this movement would distort images of reality with the purpose of expressing their inner feelings and ideas. It emerged as a result of the loss of spirituality and increasing conflicted world views in the lead-up and during the First World War.
- 8. This movement Adopted many of the impressionist techniques painters searched for meaning and personal expression in their artworks, rather than the naturalistic observational artworks of the impressionist movement.
- 10. ornate and over-the-top visuals. This art style had intense colour palettes and used lots of contrast between light and dark.
- 11. characterised by its grandeur, drama and richness,
- 12. Historic Appears in the form of rock carvings, pictorial images, sculptures and stone arrangements.
- 13. Nouveau The artists of this movement aimed to create a new movement that was completely free from the styles which came before it. Characterised by its graphic and illustrative features.
- 14. meaning "rebirth" in English, was an art period influenced by a greater awareness of nature, the revival of education, individualism and a more economically and socially prosperous society. Artwork during this period was more realistic, with greater detail, intense lighting and shading, and linear perspective.