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Impressionism - Impressionism is a painting style that originated in France in the mid-to-late 1800s.

Characteristics of the style include small, apparent brushstrokes that give the basic impression of shape,
unblended color, and a focus on precise depiction of natural light.

Expressionism - Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to convey subjective
feelings and responses to objects and situations rather than objective fact.

Pointilism - In painting, pointillism, also known as divisionism or chromo-luminarism, is the method of


putting minute strokes or dots of color to a surface so that they visually mix together from a distance.

Art Nouveau - Art Nouveau is a decorative style of art that flourished in Europe and the United States
from 1890 and 1910. Art Nouveau was most commonly used in architecture, interior design, jewelry and
glass design, posters, and graphics, and was distinguished by the use of a long, sinuous, organic line.

Fauvism - Fauvism is a painting style that flourished around the turn of the twentieth century in France.
To produce a sense of explosion on the canvas, Fauve artists employed pure, dazzling color vigorously
applied straight from the paint tubes.

Surrealism - Surrealism is a cultural movement that emerged in Europe following World War I, in which
artists created surreal, illogical settings and developed means to allow the unconscious mind to express
itself.

Cubism - Cubism was a revolutionary new way of expressing reality created by artists Pablo Picasso and
Georges Braque circa 1907–08. They combined different perspectives of topics (typically objects or
figures) in the same painting, resulting in fragmented and abstracted paintings. Picasso, Pablo.

De Stijl - De Stijl was a group of abstract artists in the Netherlands that championed a style of art based
on rigid horizontal and vertical geometry. De Stijl was started in 1917 by two abstract art pioneers, Piet
Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, as a publication.

Suprematism - In Russia, both Futurism and Cubism had an impact on the emergence of the new
Suprematism. Suprematism is a natural progression from Futurism's emphasis in movement and
Cubism's reduced forms and diverse perspectives.

Dadaism - The movement's art included collage, sound poetry, cut-up text, and sculpture, among other
visual, literary, and auditory media. Dadaist artists expressed their dissatisfaction with violence, war, and
nationalism, and allied themselves with radical left-wing and far-left politics.

Ready Made Art - Marcel Duchamp, a French artist, coined the word readymade to describe his works
of art constructed from manufactured things. It has since been extended more broadly to artworks
created in this manner by various artists.

Color Field painting - A group of painters known as the Color Field painters sprang from the Post-
Painterly Abstractionists. Their name refers to the artists' proclivity for using big swaths of color in their
works. On careful inspection of an artwork, their color fields could completely encompass the observer.

Pop Art - Pop art is an American and British art movement that began in the 1950s and flourished in the
1960s, drawing influence from popular and commercial culture. During the 1960s and 1970s, people
from all cultures and countries contributed to the movement. Roy Lichtenstein is an American artist.
Op Art - Op art is an abbreviation for "optical art." The term optical refers to things that have to do with
how we perceive. Have you ever witnessed an optical illusion? Op art functions similarly. Artists
manipulate forms, colors, and patterns to produce images that appear to be moving or blurring.

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