Western Art Movements Crossword

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  1. 3. Art created directly in the natural landscape
  2. 5. Art emphasizing the afterlife, mummification, and pharaohs
  3. 7. Earliest period of Art History, includes the Chauvet Cave Paintings
  4. 8. Period of Ancient Greece during which contrapposto was developed
  5. 9. Art the grew out of Romanesque art and is famous for towering cathedrals, pointed arches, and flying buttresses
  6. 11. Elegant French style with pastel colors, playful subjects, and ornate decoration
  7. 12. Medieval style with thick walls, rounded arches, and barrel vaults
  8. 14. Art style famous for bold, unnatural colors, rough brushstrokes, and simple shapes
  9. 17. Movement reducing art to simple forms and essential elements (Hint: NOT cubism)
  10. 19. Style which features dramatic movement, emotion, and strong light-dark contrast
  11. 20. Art from the civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  12. 22. Art in which the artist's actions are the primary medium (Hint: has 'art' in the name)
  13. 23. Movement inspired by dreams and the unconscious mind
  14. 25. Art style that embraced en plein air painting
  15. 26. Art style which deconstructs objects into geometric shapes
  16. 27. Style featuring elongated figures, unusual poses, and distorted proportions
  17. 28. Developed against Neoclassicism and emphasizes the individual and nature
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  1. 1. Art movement where works show inner feelings and emotions instead of trying to look real (Hint: The Scream)
  2. 2. Eastern Roman art period famous for its gold mosaics and intense, symbolic focus on early Christianity
  3. 4. Return to the ideals of ancient Greece and Rome, stressing reason and order (Hint: NOT Renaissance)
  4. 6. Art style that expanded impressionism, but focused on the artist's personal emotions
  5. 10. Art that adapted and expanded upon Greek artistic traditions, famous for concrete architecture
  6. 13. Modern art that remixes and challenges older styles of art
  7. 15. Style producing paintings that closely resemble photographs
  8. 16. Art that was a direct reaction of deep disillusionment with the world during and after World War I
  9. 18. Style using imagery from advertising, comics, and popular culture (Hint: has 'art' in the name)
  10. 21. Movement portraying everyday people and ordinary life without idealization
  11. 24. Revival of classical art and learning in Europe