Title: Modernism Dates: from 1920 to 2001 Brief Description: Modernism as an artistic and cultural movement is generally defined as the advent of new forms of art, architecture, music and literature emerging in the decades before 1914 as artists rebelled against late 19th century artistic traditions.
Some divide the 20th century into modern and postmodern periods, where as others see them as two parts of the same larger period. This article will focus on the movement that grew out of the late 19th and early 20th century, while Postmodernism has its own article.
Title: Minalism Movement Dates: from 1950 to 1950 Brief Description: Minimalism is a form of art in which objects are stripped down to their elemental, geometric form, and presented in an impersonal manner. It is an Abstract style of art which came about as a reaction against the subjective elements of Abstract Expressionsim .
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. In other fields of art, it has been used to describe the novels of Ernest Hemingway, the plays of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and even the automobile designs of Colin Chapman.
Title: Renaissance - Early Dates: from 1495 to 1520 Brief Description: Early Renaissance painting bridges the period of European art history between the art of the Middle Ages and the art of the Renaissance.
Meaning "rebirth" in French. Refers to Europe c. 1400-1600.
Title: Pointillism Dates: from 1880 to 1920 Brief Description: Pointillism is a form of painting in which tiny dots of primary-colors are used to generate secondary colors.
