Reading Painting and sculpture: atimeline Here are some representative movements and artists: Greek classicism (Sth century BC). Myron’s Discabolos Idealisation of the human figure, canon of proportions, harmony. Renaissance (15th century AD). Botticelli, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo. Development of perspective and portraiture. Profane and mythological themes together with the traditional religious ones. Baroque (17th century). Velazquez, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Rubens. All kinds of everyday life and religious themes, development of landscape, realistic portraits. Dramatic effects, formal exuberance, refinement in the use of perspective scenery. Impressionism (19th century) Monet, Pissarro, Degas, Renoir, Cezanne. Country and urban scenes. Brilliant and fugitive effects of colour and light, separated brushstrokes, challenge of the conventional idea of perspective. Pointillism: Seurat. Cubism (first half of 20th century). Picasso, Braque. Destruction of three-dimensional space. Fractured, angular shapes. Collage. Abstraction (first half of 20th century). Klee, Kandinsky. Absence of representation and objectivity. Simple forms both informal and geometric Neoplasticism: Mondrian. Abstract expressionism: Pollock. Surrealism (first half of 20th century). Dali, Mir, Ernst, Klee. Integration of reality and the unconscious; dreams and fantasies. Dadaism: Duchamp, Arp. Objects out of context, ready-made objects. Pop (second half of 20th century). Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein. Commonplace objects. Themes taken from television, comics, graffiti, advertisements, etc Hyperrealism (second halt c! 20th century). Duane Hanson, John Sait, Robert Cottingham. Paintings produced from colour slides projected on the canvas. Minimalism (second half of 20th century). Anthony Caro, Donald Judd, Sol Le Witt. Extreme simplicity of form. Art should not refer to anything other than itself.