TIMELINE ART MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION TECHNIQUES ARTISTS ARTWORK

1867-1886 Impressionism Came from an art critic Impressionist painters chose Claude Monet, Edouard Impression, Sunrise, Female
named Louis Leroy when he to paint the modern life and Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Nude, Bain a la Grenouillere,
saw Claude Monet’s concentrated on the middle Cezanne, Henri Matisse, The Ballet Class, The
Impression, Soleil Levant class relaxing and doing Camille Pissarro, Mary Absinthe Drinker, The Water
(Impression Sunrise) in 1874. leisurely activities, a trait Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Lily Pond, The Swing and The
they shared with the Realist Alfred Sisley, Auguste Rodin Large Bathers
painters. and Joaquin Sorolla
1880-1905 Post-Impressionism It is a phase in modern art It is characterized by a Vincent van Gogh, Paul Still Life: Vase with Twelve
where artists felt the need to subjective approach to Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Sunflowers, The Starry Night,
go beyond the imitative style painting, as artists opted to Matisse, Georges Seurat, Café Terrace at Night, Vision
of Impressionism. evoke emotion rather than Edvard Munch, Henri After the Sermon, The Church
realism in their works. Rousseau, Pierre Bonnard, at Auvers and Bedroom in
Paul Signac and Nils Dardel Arles
1890-Present Expressionism It is characterized as a deeply An expressionist artist Edvard Munch, Wassily The Scream, Nu couche, The
personal style in art. communicates personal Kandinsky, Anita Malfatti, Old Guitarist, Naked Man
feelings about the subject Paul Klee, Egon Schiele, Franz with Rat, The Yellow Man,
rather than just painting Marc, Emil Nolde, Otto Dix, Large Reclining Nude and
what he or she sees. The Piet Mondrian and Jmes Puberty
representation of an object Ensor
would sometimes be
distorted or sometimes be
replaced with imagery to
better communicate the
artist’s opinion and heighten
the impact upon the viewer.
1907-1922 Cubism A style of painting developed It provided alternatives to Pablo Picasso, Georges Guitar, Guernica, The
by Spanish artist Pablo the traditional linear Braque, Salvador Dali, Piet Weeping Woman, Girl with
Picasso and French artist perspective. It showed that Mondrian, Juan Gris, Marcel Mandolin, Violin and
Georges Braque. It was fine art could be made from a Duchamp, Frida Kahlo and Candlestick and Portrait of
inspired by the geometric variety of mediums, even Paul Klee Pablo Picasso
style and composition of Paul with trash. It made people
Cezanne. It’s revolutionary rethink what art was.
approach to represent reality
 redefined fine arts.
1916-1924 Dadaism An anti-art movement that One of the techniques they Marcel Duchamp, Tristan Fountain, L.H.O.O.Q. ,
started in 1916 in Zurich, used was dislocating objects Tzara, Raoul Hausmann, John Construction for Noble
Switzerland. It was a reaction from their normal context Heartfield, Jean Arp, Max Ladies, The Art Critic, The
to the First World War and a and representing them as art. Ernst, Kurt Schwitters, Andre Mechanical Head, Shirt Front
rebellion against the ruling Another one was Breton, Man Ray and Francis and Fork and Optophone
establishment as well as the photomontage which Picabia
art institutions that employed illustrations and
supported it. advertisements clipped from
popular magazines.
1924-1966 Surrealism It started as a literary They used various techniques Andre Breton, Sigmund Freud The Persistence of Memory,
movement, but was adapted to create unlikely and often Salvador Dali, John Miro, Max The Broken Column, The
to the visual arts. outlandish imagery including Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Great Masturbator,
collage, doodling, frottage, Remedios Varo, Zdzislaw Philosopher’s Lamp, The
decalcomania and grattage. Beksinski, Marc Chagall, Lovers, Lobster Telephone
Vladimir Kush, Yves Tanguy and Melting Watch
and Dora Maar
1947-1965 Abstract Expressionism It is characterized as It is divided into 2 distinct Jackson Pollock, Mark Mural, The She-Wolf, Blue
nonrepresentative painting. styles. First is the action Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Nudes, Woman III, Number
painting. It is an energetic Franz Kline, Jasper Johns, Roy 17A, Green and Maroon,
style in which the paint is Lichtenstein, Lee Krasner, Woman and Bicycle,
splashed, dripped, or spilled Robert Motherwell and Frank Numbers in Color, Coffee
into the canvas. The other is Stella Thyme and Ocean Greyness
called color-filled painting.
This is more passive, uses flat
areas or fields of colors,
inviting the viewers to
contemplate and create
emotional response.
1964-present Optical Art An example of kinetic art, an It is achieved by the use of Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely, Movement in Squares, Vega-
art form that fools the eyes geometric designs arranged Jesus Rafael Soto, Marina Nor, Sky and Water I, Kumo
into thinking that the artwork in a careful mathematical Apollonio, Jean-Pierre Yvaral XV, Vorcex IV, Alchimie #207
is moving pattern. and Milton Becerra and Blaze Study
Art in the Past - It has different trend and movement inculding futurism, cubism, abstract expressionism, pop art and
many more.
- Also known as Modern Art.
- The invention of photography is another factor that sparked the modernist movement.
- It is called modern because it did not build on what came before it or rely on the teachings of the art
academies.
- Uses the tropes of the past.
- An art from 1870s-1970s.

Similarities- Newer color combinations

- A different kind of passion.
- No attempt to get a picture-prefect image.
- Both are interpretative and can show strongly the artist personality.
Art in the Present - Also known as Contemporary Art
- Typically less well-defined as the modern art.
- Most commonly described as belonging to artists still living today.
- Has begun to incorporate new mediums to match societal advancements in sources and technology-
including video art, site-specific art and installation art.
- Means art of the moment.