Various Art Movements

Running Head : Various Art Movements

Various Art Movements

Realism

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The Realism art period was dominant in France . It was established in 1855 by Coubet . The subjects of their paintings were now about real people doing real jobs

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Realism was a direct result of a rejection of Romanticism . In France Realism reflected

a belief in democracy . Their subjects mocked the bourgeoisie

Impressionism

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Impressionism developed in France in the late 19th and early 20th century . They tried to capture reality with color , light and dark

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Impressionist were concerned with the aspect of movement in their painting . They wanted the human eye to perceive the reality of the art

Cubism

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It was created by Pablo Picaso and Georges Braque . The painting is geometrical and highly abstract

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Cubism broke centuries of traditions and rejected a single viewpoint

Fauvism

Art Periods : Fauvism . HYPERLINK "http /www .discoverfrance .net /France /Art /fauvism .shtml http /www .discoverfrance .net /France /Art /fauvism .shtml

Fauvism was the first artistic movement of the twentieth century . The paintings were characterized for their brilliant colors

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The works seemed crude and untamed by the people of the time . It was a very short lived artistic period

Abstraction

Abstraction . HYPERLINK "http /www .nga .gov /education /american /abstract .shtm http /www .nga .gov /education /american /abstract .shtm

The distorted shapes and figures of the abstraction artist are done that way on purpose . During the first part of the twentieth century , in Europe artist moved toward Dada

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Dada was an artistic movement from 1916 till 1920 . It was based on the principles of deliberate irrationality , anarchy , and cynicism and the rejection of laws of beauty and social organization

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Dada was a movement that did not last long . It could be absurd and playful at the same time

Surrealism

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Surrealism was a movement that took place between the two world wars The objective of the artist was to merge the dream world...