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European Modernism
Classics, Impressionism, Romatisum, Futurism, Realism, Abstract, Fauvism, African
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2009

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Planar Recession
Definition
Perspective in which the illusion of depth is created through parallel planes that appear to recede from the picture plane
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NeoClassical Art
Definition
18th Century style revival of Greek and Roman Art
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Romanticism
Definition
19th Century style seeking extremes of emotion through brushwork and vibrant palette
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Academic Art
Definition
Non-exprimental style promoted by the Royal French Academies
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Realism
Definition
19th Century style observed by the naked eye
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Synthetism
Definition
Use of broad areas of un-natural color and primitive, symbolic subject matter
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Action Painting
Definition
Painting characterized by implied motion in brush stroke, splattered, and dripped paint on the canvas.
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Minimalism
Definition
Non-objective art in which a minimal number of elements are arranged in a simple fashion
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Post-Impressionism
Definition
Rejected the decorative aspects of impressionist subject matter
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Pointilism
Definition
Method of applying painting in minute dots of unmixed pigments
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Passage
Definition
Cezannes technique of blending adjacent shapes
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Pop Art
Definition
1960's art style that used commercial and popular images and themes
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De Stijl
Definition
Artists used basic forms, particularly cubes, horizantals, and verticals.
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Dada
Definition
Sought to destroy art,underscoaring the paradoxes and absurdities of mordern life
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Surrealism
Definition
Stems from the unconcious, Irrational sources taking on fantastic forms
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Abstract Expressionism
Definition
Artists expressionistically distorted abstract images with loose, gestural brush stroke
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Constructivism
Definition
Artists attempt to use minimums of mass in volume in space
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Impressionism
Definition
Captured the fleeting moments effects of light by painting in short strokes of pure color
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Futurism
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Portrayed modern machines and the dynamic chracter of modern life
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Synthetic Cubism
Definition
emphasized the constructive of form through collage
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Analytic Cubism
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Objects are analyzed and then reconstructed on the canvas
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Fauvism
Definition
Juxta position of areas of bright color unrelated to the objects they represent
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Expressionism
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Emotional impact is achieved through agitated brushwork, inense coloration, and violent, hullicinatory imagery
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