https://www.theartstory.org/movement/surrealism/
Surrealism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Surrealists unlocked images of the unconscious exploring worlds of sexuality, desire, and violence. Iconic art and ideas of Dali, Magritte, Oppenheim+
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/cubism/
Cubism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Cubists Picasso and Braque redefined visual space and led the way to modern abstraction. Followers Gris, Leger, Metzinger+ later stylized Cubist images.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/venetian-school/
The Venetian School Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Venetian School, or Renaissance was a thriving cultural movement with a passion for lush color and a distinctly Venetian adoration of embellishment.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/abstract-expressionism/
Abstract Expressionism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Abstract Expressionists were committed to representing profound emotions and universal themes brought on by the post-war mood of anxiety and trauma.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/pop-art/
Pop Art Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Pop artists celebrated everyday images and elevated popular culture to the level of fine art. Top works by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Johns, Dine, Ruscha++
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/fauvism/
Fauvism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Fauvists Matisse, Derain, Braque+ used intense color to describe light and space, and to communicate their emotions.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/post-impressionism/
Post-Impressionism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cézanne innovated Impressionism by infusing symbolism, optics, structure, and personal expression.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/impressionism/
Impressionism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The Impressionists painters, such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas, created a new way of painting by using loose, quick brushwork and light colors to show how thing...
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/african-art/
Traditional African Art Movement Overview | TheArtStory
The histories, themes, and styles of African Art are as diverse as the communities and cultures that traverse the continent.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/contemporary-realism/
Contemporary Realism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Contemporary Realism focused on a return to a straightforward, figurative representation of life - beyond modernist abstraction.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/romanticism/
Romanticism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Romanticism movement challenged the rational ideals held so tightly during the Enlightenment while celebrating the imagination of the individual.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/naturalism/
Naturalism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Naturalism is a movement within painting where the human subject is depicted in natural habitats and social milieus, with an emphasis on visual accuracy.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/socialist-realism/
Socialist Realism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Socialist Realism is the realistic, yet quite artificial style of painting which emerged in Soviet Russia.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/expressionism/
Expressionism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Expressionists Munch, Gauguin, Kirchner, Kandinsky++ distorted forms and deployed strong colors to convey a variety of modern anxieties and yearnings.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/realism/
Realism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Born in a chaotic era marked by revolution and social change, Realism revolutionized painting, expanding conceptions of art. Manet, Courbet, Whistler, Millet+
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/rococo/
Rococo Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Rococo featured grandiose ideals and lust for the aristocratic lifestyle representing France in the 18th century.
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https://www.theartstory.org/movement/baroque-art-and-architecture/
Baroque Art and Architecture Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Baroque art and architecture stressed theatrical atmosphere, dynamic flourishes, and myriad colors and textures.
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