styles

Realism
Real art
Since Rennaisanse
Perspective, composition, colour range
Mona Lisa – a classic example
The Wanderers

Impressionism
1880, Europe
Gesture and illusion
Realistic appearance, yet vibrancy
Monet, Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, Pierre-August Renoir

Expressionism
Beginning of the XXth century
Brushtroke reveals the process
Gesturing
Bold unrealistic colours
Grotesque
Edvard Munch

Fauvism
The turn of the XXth century
French for "the wild beasts“
Painterly qualities
Bold unrealistic colours
Life in idealised or exotic nature
Henry Matisse

Surrealism
1920-s, France
Unnerving, illogical scenes
Strange creatures
Dream and reality
Element of surprise
Dada, Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali

Cubism
Early 20th century
Form of modern art
Inspired by literature and architecture
3-dimensional
Objects are analysed, broken up and reassembled
Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne

Abstraction/Abstract
1st decade of the XXth century
The artist’s interpretation of the subject
Not real, but recognizable
Georgia O’Keefe
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1950
Not realistic
New materials, forms, textures
Jackson Pollock

Suprematism
Around 1913
Basic geometric forms: circles, squares, lines, and rectangles
Limited range of colors
Refers to abstraction
Kasimir Malevich

Action Painting
Gestural abstraction
Paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas
Emphasis on the action of painting
Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline

Minimalism
Post World War II Western art
Literal art
Geometric minimalism
Reaction against abstract impresionism
Donald Judd, John McCracken

Pop Art
The USA, late 1950-s
Challenge to traditions of fine art
Images of popular culture
Irony
Mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques
Richard Hamilton, Andy Warholl