Art History, Art Styles & Movements - Western Art

>Caravaggio, and Federico Barocci nowadays
sometimes termed 'proto-Baroque'. Although
Read About Art Styles & Movements That MadeBaroque was antiquated in many centers by the
European & Western Art Famous. Know AllRococo style, beginning in France in the late 1720s,
Famous Art Styles from Renaissance to Postmore than ever for interiors, paintings and the
Modern Art. Find how they are different from onedecorative arts, Baroque architecture remained a
to another. Very Important Article For Artpractical style until the arrival of ascetic
History Students & Researchers.Neoclassicism in the later 18th century. Ingres,
Art is always and everywhere the secretCanova, and Jacques-Louis David are among the
confession, and at the same time the immortalbest-known neoclassicists.
movement of its time — Karl Marx SinceNeoclassicism was nothing but a reaction against
ancient age to modern art we have come acrossboth the surviving Baroque and Rococo style,
multiple art styles & movements. Most of themand as a desire to return to the perceived "purity"
were new creation or transformation of one orof the arts of Rome & Ancient Greek.
other styles. Efforts by individual, group orNeoclassicism was also solitary representation of
brotherhood and schools lined up multiple art stylethe American Renaissance movement. As
in art history. This is my attempt to bring to lightMannerism discarded Classicism, Romanticism too
foremost & known art styles, movements andrefused the ideas of the Enlightenment and the
influence. If everything is not covered; itsaesthetic of the Neoclassicists. Romanticism
reference will be left for details.movement turned world’s attention
If it is topic of art history then the most coinedtoward landscape and nature as well as the
term would be an art style that covers the periodhuman figure and the supremacy of natural order
of European history at the close of the middleabove mankind's will. Hudson River School was
ages and the rise of the modern world. An arthighly influenced by Romanticism.
style which born in 14th century and lived up toHowever Neoclassicism sustained to be a
17th century. An art movement which was laterforemost vigor in Academic Art through the 19th
broken down in more than eight regional forms ofcentury and beyond. Academic Art was a
development by historians. That means "rebirth"relentless antithesis to Romanticism or Gothic
and was characterized by a radical development inrevival.
the arts, medicine, politics and sciences in Europe.In 19th Century, after impacts of industrialization -
That’s none other than Renaissance!! ThatPoverty, squalor, and desperation were to be the
was time in which individual expression and worldlyfortune of the new working class. Where
experience became two of the main themes.Romanticism was optimism towards mankind;
Renaissance is Italian origin and later it was knownsituation put art looking towards reality giving
as one of the most known European Artchance to Realism. Social Realism, Magic Realism,
Movements. By region — Renaissance wasPhoto Realism and Contemporary Realism are
identified by own regional movement in Italy,newer forms of Realism. Related movements
England, German, Northern Europe, French,were the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Arts
Netherlands, Poland and Spain. By period it isand Crafts Movement.
known as Early Renaissance, High Renaissance,Neo-classical movement rejected the extreme
Harlem Renaissance and Northern Renaissance.romanticism of Dada (that hunted the discovery
The word Renaissance is now often used toof authentic reality through the abolition of
describe other historical and cultural moments (e.g.traditional culture and aesthetic forms), in favor of
the Carolingian Renaissance, the Byzantinecontrol, religion and a dyed-in-the-wool political
Renaissances).programme. Dada ignored aesthetics. Dada
Leonardo da Vinci was the model Renaissancebecame an influential movement in modern art. It
man representing the humanistic values of thealso influenced Surrealism, Pop Art and Fluxus.
period in his art, science and writing. MichelangeloRealism’s concept of seeing world by
and Raphael were also vital figures in thishuman eye gave birth to Impressionism. Use of
movement, producing works regarded forbright color improving more visibility (as opposed
centuries as embodying the classical notion ofto Academic art) and strokes that were mixed in
perfection. Renaissance architects included Alberti,viewer's eyes were key features of
Brunelleschi and Bramante.impressionism. The Group of Seven was strongly
Renaissance Classicism sowed two differentinfluenced by European Impressionism of the late
movements— Mannerism and the Baroque.Nineteenth Century.
Mannerism was a reaction against the idealistFauvism & Post-Impressionism followed
perfection of Classicism. The appeal of BaroqueImpressionism. Later Fauvism; modern art started
style curved deliberately from the amusing andshaping self in multiple new forms including Cubism,
intellectual qualities of 16th century Mannerist artExpressionism, Abstract Art, Dada, Abstract
to an intuitive appeal aimed at the senses.Expressionism , Futurism, Naïve art, Op Art,
Baroque employed an iconography that wasSurrealism, Minimalism, Pop Art and other. Modern
direct, simple, obvious, and dramatic.art and its forms itself needs separate discussion.
Baroque art drew on certain broad and heroicAfter its transformation of several forms; painting
tendencies in Annibale Carracci and his circle, andis yet breathing in ‘Contemporary Art’
found inspiration in other artists such as Correggio,and ‘Post Modern Art’.