Art Movements

Classical Art Movement (Classicism) – History, Artists, and Artwork

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What is Classical Art? Classical art, or Classicism, refers to artwork that draws inspiration from ancient Roman or ancient Greek culture, architecture, literature, and art. Classicism was most popular in Western art during the Renaissance period and often depicted scenes from mythology through painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Classicism informs much of the subject matter depicted …

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Modern Art Movement – History, Artists and Artwork

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What is Modern Art? Modern art is an art history period between the late 19th century until the mid-20th century that encompassed many different styles, in painting, sculpture, decorative arts and architecture.   Modern art is thought to have began with Impressionism in 1870, and continued through the several styles including Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, …

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Norwich School of Painters Art Movement: History, Artists, Artwork

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The Norwich School of Painters or the Norwich Society of Artists was the first art movement in the UK to be linked to a specific British region. This movement existed from 1803 to 1834 and during this period it attracted a large number of artists who painted mostly landscapes of Norfolk and Norwich. Prominent members …

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Barbizon School Art Movement – History, Artists and Artwork

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Barbizon School was an art movement that belonged to the wider phenomenon of Naturalism in Europe and existed from 1830 to 1870. Painters of this group significantly contributed to the independence of landscape genre, popularization of Plein Air painting, and affirmation of authentic scenes from nature and rural life as painting themes. Inspired by this …

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Synthetism Art Movement: Artwork, Artists, History

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The term Synthetism, from the French verb synthétiser, refers to the Post-impressionist painting style of Paul Gauguin, Emile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, and the painters who gathered at Pont Aven in the late 1880s and early 1890s. This painting method was based on the synthesis of the subject matter and the artist’s experience of the subject. …

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The Hague School

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The Hague School is a term referring to the work of a group of artists who worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890. These artists were inspired by the achievements of the Barbizon School. Following the realistic paintings of their French predecessors, these painters discovered the landscape of the Hague coast as well as …

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Mesoamerican Art Movement: History, Periods, Examples

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Mesoamerican art represents the incredibly diverse artworks created by indigenous cultures in geographical regions that today are the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. These groups flourished between15,000 BCE to 1521 CE, prior to the arrival of the Europeans in the 16th century. Artists continued to produce art afterwards, …

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