Art Movements

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A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms, and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation.

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Art Deco

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A further development of Collage, Cubism, and Dada, this 20th-century movement stressed the weird, the fantastic and the dream world of the subconscious.

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Surrealism

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Late 19th-century French school dedicated to defining transitory visual impressions painted directly from nature, with light and color of primary importance.

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Impressionism

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European art and architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Giovanni Bernini, a major exponent of the style, believed in the union of the arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture.

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Baroque

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American art movement of the 1940s that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework.

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Abstract Expressionism

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The 1960s movement known as Optical Painting, characterized by geometrical forms that create an optical illusion in which the eye is required to blend the colors at a certain distance.

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Op Art

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A development in mid-19th-century France led by Gustave Courbet, its aim was to depict the customs, ideas, and appearances of the time using scenes from everyday life.

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Realism

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A 20th-century European art movement that stressed the expression of emotion and the inner vision of the artist rather than the exact representation of nature.

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Expressionism

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A product of the turbulent and cynical post-World War I period, this anti-art movement extolled the irrational, the absurd, the nihilistic, and the nonsensical.

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Dada

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Elaborate and formal architectural style characterized by symmetry and an abundance of sculptured ornamentation.

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Beaux Arts