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Pre-Modern Art
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1760-1870
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Gained huge popularity in France and was called "The semiofficial voice of the French Revolution."
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Neoclassicism
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Movement centered around strong emotional scenes and featuring visible brush strokes. Commonly associated with the Enlightenment.
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Romanticism
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Idealized life, similar to Rococo, but featuring members of the poor, working class rather than aristocrats.
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Academic Art
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Paintings which featured the everyday lives of the working class rather than glamorous, mythical scenes.
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Realism
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Explores the nature of human identity; often featuring female muses in quasi-biblical scenes. Gets its name from a "secret art society" founded in 1848.
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Pre-Raphaelite Art
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Modern Art
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1900-1960
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Paintings with choppy brushwork and thick dabs of paint which lack clear details, giving the painting an overall soft and whimsical look. Considered the beginning of modern art.
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Impressionism
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Ditched the fuzziness of its predecessor and put a strong emphasis on form and featured strong outlines.
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Post-Impressionism
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Uses objects to represent abstract ideas relating to the darker aspects of life, death, and the human condition.
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Symbolism
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Features splotches and patches of shockingly bright colors in simplified scenes.
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Fauvism
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Distorted or exaggerated scenes done with raw brush strokes which depict an overall feeling of alienation and anguish.
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Expressionism
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Two dimensional paintings featuring strong geometric shapes.
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Cubism
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Featuring repetition, blurring, and lines of force, this movement sought to depict modern technology and its juxtaposition to nature.
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Futurism
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One of the more controversial movements; the spectacle of creating this art was often more important than the final product.
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Abstract Art
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Uses dark and irreverent humor to make a statement against art.
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Dada Art
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Celebrated industrialism with compositions meant to imitate photographs.
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Precisionism
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Featured unnerving and illogical scenes, inspired by the subconscious mind.
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Surrealism
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This movement also refers to architecture or decor, with an emphasis on artistic touches added to everyday items.
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Art Deco
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Art based on pop culture and the mass media which featured iconic items such as soup cans.
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Pop Art
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Contemporary Art
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2000-
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Genre of art which seeks to reproduce an image as accurately as possible.
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Photorealism
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Yet another controversial movement; these artist use 3-dimensional objects or spaces to represent an abstract idea.
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Installation Art
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