Renaissance: 1400s to 1500s in Europe; rebirth of classical ideas, realism, perspective; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
Baroque: 1600s; drama, rich color, movement, strong light and dark; Caravaggio, Rembrandt
Rococo: 1700s; light, playful, decorative; Fragonard
Neoclassicism: Late 1700s; order and clarity inspired by ancient Greece and Rome; Jacques-Louis David
Romanticism: Early 1800s; emotion, nature and imagination; Delacroix, Turner
Realism: Mid 1800s; everyday life shown honestly; Courbet
Impressionism: 1870s France; quick brushstrokes, light and color, outdoor scenes; Monet, Renoir
Post-Impressionism: 1880s to 1900s; personal style and emotion beyond Impressionism; Van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat
Pointillism: Painting with tiny dots of color; Georges Seurat
Symbolism: Late 1800s; art of dreams, ideas and mystery
Art Nouveau: 1890s to 1910; flowing plant-like lines; Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt
Fauvism: Early 1900s; wild, bold colors; Henri Matisse
Expressionism: Early 1900s; strong feelings through distorted forms; Edvard Munch
Cubism: Early 1900s; objects broken into geometric shapes seen from many sides; Picasso, Braque
Futurism: 1909 Italy; speed, machines and modern life
Dada: 1916 and after; playful anti-art in response to World War I; Marcel Duchamp
Surrealism: 1920s; dreams and the unconscious; Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte
Constructivism: Russia, 1910s to 1920s; geometric shapes used for modern purposes
De Stijl: Dutch movement from 1917; straight lines, primary colors; Piet Mondrian
Bauhaus: German design school founded in 1919 mixing art, craft and technology
Art Deco: 1920s to 1930s; sleek, geometric, glamorous design
Abstract Expressionism: 1940s to 1950s New York; large energetic abstract paintings; Jackson Pollock
Color field painting: Large areas of flat color; Mark Rothko
Pop Art: 1950s to 1960s; popular culture and ads; Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein
Op Art: 1960s; optical illusions with patterns; Bridget Riley
Minimalism: 1960s; very simple forms with little detail
Conceptual art: The idea matters more than the finished object
Photorealism: Paintings that look like photographs
Street art: Art made in public spaces, including murals and graffiti; Banksy, Keith Haring
Harlem Renaissance: 1920s to 1930s; flowering of African American art, music and writing; Aaron Douglas
Mexican Muralism: 1920s to 1940s; huge public murals; Diego Rivera
Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period; Hokusai
Gothic art: 1100s to 1400s Europe; cathedrals, stained glass
Byzantine art: Eastern Roman art with gold mosaics and religious icons
Medieval illuminated manuscripts: Hand-copied books decorated with gold and bright colors
Mannerism: Late 1500s; stretched, elegant figures; El Greco
Hudson River School: 1800s American landscape painters, including Thomas Cole
Arts and Crafts movement: Late 1800s; handmade craft against factory goods; William Morris
Magic Realism: Realistic style with unusual dreamlike details
Naive art: Untrained artists' simple, bright style; Henri Rousseau
Folk art: Art made by ordinary people in a community tradition
Aboriginal dot painting: Australian Indigenous art using dots to tell stories of the land
Which movement is named after a Monet painting?: Impressionism, from Impression, Sunrise (1872)
Which movement did Picasso and Braque start?: Cubism
Which movement did Dali belong to?: Surrealism
Which movement did Warhol belong to?: Pop Art
Which movement did Pollock belong to?: Abstract Expressionism
Which movement did Monet belong to?: Impressionism
Which movement did Mondrian belong to?: De Stijl
Which movement did Matisse lead?: Fauvism
Which movement did Michelangelo belong to?: Renaissance
Which movement did Caravaggio belong to?: Baroque
Which movement did Duchamp belong to?: Dada
Which movement did Seurat invent a style within?: Post-Impressionism, using pointillism
Which movement did Van Gogh belong to?: Post-Impressionism

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