- "Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s."
This subfield studies the art and architecture of the modern period, including movements such as Romanticism, Impressionism, and Cubism.
Renaissance Art: The period of cultural, artistic, and intellectual awakening that began in Italy in the 14th century and continued till the 16th century that saw the evolution of various forms of art including painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Baroque Art: A period of artistic style that emerged in Europe in the 17th century characterized by exuberance, grandeur, and exaggerated motion in the art forms.
Rococo Art: A style of art that flourished in Europe in the 18th century and known for its intricate ornamentation, curved lines, and lighthearted themes.
Neoclassicism: An art movement that emerged in the 18th century and was inspired by the classical art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
Romanticism: A movement that emerged in Europe in the late 18th century and was characterized by a focus on emotion, individualism, and nature.
Realism: A movement that emerged in the mid-19th century and sought to depict everyday life and the world in a truthful and objective manner.
Impressionism: An art movement that emerged in France in the late 19th century that focused on capturing the fleeting effects of light and color.
Post-Impressionism: A movement that emerged in the late 19th century and was characterized by an emphasis on the expressive use of color, form, and line.
Fauvism: A style of art that emerged in France in the early 20th century characterized by bold colors, simplified forms, and a focus on emotion and instinct.
Cubism: An art movement that emerged in France in the early 20th century characterized by the representation of three-dimensional objects as abstract forms.
Expressionism: A movement that emerged in Germany and Austria in the early 20th century characterized by the use of intense emotion and the distortion of reality.
Dadaism: An art movement that emerged in Europe in the early 20th century characterized by the rejection of traditional forms of art and social norms.
Surrealism: An art movement that emerged in Europe in the 1920s characterized by the use of dreamlike and irrational imagery.
Abstract Expressionism: An art movement that emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century characterized by the use of large, gestural brushstrokes and a focus on the process of creating art.
Pop Art: An art movement that emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-20th century characterized by the use of popular images and culture.
Conceptual Art: An art movement that emerged in the mid-20th century characterized by the use of ideas and concepts as the primary focus of the work.
Minimalism: An art movement that emerged in the 1960s characterized by the use of simple forms and a focus on materials and space.
Performance Art: An art form that emerged in the 1960s characterized by the use of the body as the medium for artistic expression.
Feminist Art: An art movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s characterized by the exploration of women's experiences and gender roles in society.
Postmodernism: An art movement that emerged in the late 20th century characterized by the questioning of established art forms and traditions.
Impressionism: An art movement characterized by small, visible brush strokes that capture the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere.
Cubism: A style of painting developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, which attempted to represent all sides of an object simultaneously.
Surrealism: An art movement characterized by strange and startling images that often challenged viewers' assumptions about reality.
Expressionism: A style of art that emphasized the artist's inner feelings and emotions, often featuring intense and exaggerated distortion.
Pop Art: An art movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by bold colors, strong graphics, and a critical approach to mass culture and consumerism.
Abstract Expressionism: An art movement originating in the United States in the 1940s, characterized by large-scale, non-representational paintings that emphasize the physical act of painting itself.
Minimalism: An art movement characterized by extreme simplicity and a focus on the basic features of form and materials.
Conceptual Art: An art movement that emphasizes the idea behind the artwork rather than its visual form.
Neo-Expressionism: A movement that emerged in the 1980s characterized by a return to figurative painting and a renewed emphasis on personal expression.
Postmodernism: An art movement that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, characterized by a rejection of modernist ideas and a focus on irony, parody, and pastiche.
- "The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation."
- "Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art."
- "A tendency away from the narrative, which was characteristic of the traditional arts, toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art."
- "More recent artistic production is often called contemporary art or postmodern art."
- "Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec"
- "The pre-cubists Georges Braque, André Derain, Raoul Dufy, Jean Metzinger, and Maurice de Vlaminck revolutionized the Paris art world with 'wild', multi-colored, expressive landscapes and figure paintings that the critics called Fauvism."
- "Matisse's two versions of The Dance signified a key point in his career and in the development of modern painting."
- "Picasso dramatically created a new and radical picture depicting a raw and primitive brothel scene with five prostitutes, violently painted women, reminiscent of African tribal masks and his own new Cubist inventions."
- "Picasso made his first Cubist paintings based on Cézanne's idea that all depiction of nature can be reduced to three solids: cube, sphere, and cone."
- "Analytic cubism was jointly developed by Picasso and Georges Braque..."
- "Synthetic cubism is characterized by the introduction of different textures, surfaces, collage elements, papier collé, and a large variety of merged subject matter."
- "Braque, Picasso, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, Marcel Duchamp, and several other artists into the 1920s."
- "The notion of modern art is closely related to modernism."
- "...critics called [Fauvism] 'wild', multi-colored, expressive landscapes and figure paintings."
- "It reflected Matisse's incipient fascination with primitive art: the intense warm color of the figures against the cool blue-green background and the rhythmical succession of the dancing nudes..."
- "Picasso dramatically created a new and radical picture depicting a raw and primitive brothel scene with five prostitutes, violently painted women, reminiscent of African tribal masks and his own new Cubist inventions."
- "Analytic cubism was jointly developed by Picasso and Georges Braque."
- "Synthetic cubism is characterized by the introduction of different textures, surfaces, collage elements, papier collé, and a large variety of merged subject matter."
- "More recent artistic production is often called contemporary art or postmodern art."