reality to convey emotions and concepts through shapes, colors, and textures, inviting viewers to interpret and engage with the artwork subjectively.
Characteristics:
- Emphasis on non-representational forms and
imagery. - Expression of emotions and ideas through distortion, simplification, and experimentation with shapes, colors, and textures. PHOTO REALISM
- A meticulously crafted approach to art that
painstakingly recreates photographic realism with such precision and attention to detail that it challenges the viewer's perception, blurring the boundaries between reality and illusion, thus showcasing the mastery of the artist's technical prowess and dedication to capturing the essence of the subject matter.
Characteristics:
- Painstaking replication of photographic imagery to
an astonishing degree of detail. - Mastery of technical skills to achieve lifelike representation, challenging the viewer's perception of reality. MINIMALISM
- Characterized by extreme simplicity of form, often
reducing artwork to its essential elements, eliminating non-essential features, and emphasizing clean lines, geometric shapes, and monochromatic color schemes to evoke a sense of purity, clarity, and order
Characteristics:
- Emphasis on extreme simplicity and reduction of form.
- Utilization of clean lines, geometric shapes, and monochromatic color palettes to convey purity and clarity. POP ART
- Celebrates popular culture and mass media imagery by
incorporating everyday objects, celebrities, and advertisements into artworks, often employing bold colors, flat surfaces, and a sense of irony or humor to critique consumerism and challenge traditional notions of art.
Characteristics:
- Incorporation of popular culture icons, consumer
products, and mass media imagery. - Use of bold colors, flat surfaces, and techniques borrowed from commercial art to create visually impactful works with a touch of irony or humor. CONCEPTUAL ART
- Prioritizes the idea or concept behind the artwork
over traditional aesthetic or material concerns, often employing unconventional mediums and forms to convey philosophical, political, or social commentary.
Characteristics:
- Emphasis on the idea or concept driving the
artwork rather than traditional aesthetic qualities. - Utilization of unconventional mediums, forms, and processes to convey philosophical, political, or social messages.