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