Category Archives: Art styles
Expresionism
The abstract Expressionism emerged and developed in New York, in the decades that followed the Second World War. It was
Futurism
Futurism was an Italian artistic movement, launched in 1909, by publishing in a French newspaper the manifesto “Le futurism”, signed
Cubism
Although Cubism’s origins have been reported since 1901, the first exhibition took place only in 1911, at the Independent Salon,
Dadaism
Dadaism emerged during the First World War. Giving the current a name chosen randomly from a dictionary, the group of
Constructivism
This term, used for the first time by the Russian artists in 1921, is an umbrella under which other constructivists,
Surrealism
Surrealism current was founded in Paris in 1924, by poet Andre Breton. It continued the Dadaism line of exploring all
20th CENTURY
Let’s imagine an art historian of the future times or an out of space explorer, who is concerned by the
Impressionism
Brief history: Impressionism came to life in France, between 1860 and 1900, and soon alternatives started to emerge and to
Rococo
Brief history: Rococo is a decorative style, rich in ornaments, which dominated the French art during the reign of Louis
MANNERISM AND BAROQUE (16th-17th CENTURY)
Brief history: Mannerism refers to the art of the last half of the 16th century, after the peak period of