Art Movements
Art Movements is a concise reference guide to the major art movements and periods: what they are, when they happened, who made them, the famous works and where to see them.
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The Art Movements Directory
A concise reference guide to the major art movements and periods, helping you learn more about the development and history of art.
Every movement page brings together an overview, key characteristics, a timeline of the artists' lives, the key artists, famous works with free images and colour palettes, curious facts, a quiz, videos and the museums where you can see the work today.
58Movements and periods
565Artworks with free images
453Quiz questions
223Videos
Featured
Popular art movements
Impressionismc. 1860s – 1880s
Renaissancec. 1400 – 1600
Cubismc. 1907 – 1920s
Surrealism1924 – 1960s
Pop Artc. 1955 – 1970s
Baroquec. 1600 – 1750
Post-Impressionismc. 1885 – 1905
Expressionismc. 1905 – 1920s
Art Nouveauc. 1890 – 1910
Abstract Expressionismc. 1940s – 1950s
Romanticismc. 1800 – 1850
Dadac. 1916 – 1924
Timeline
From the Renaissance to today
Renaissancec. 1400 – 1600Flemish Schoolc. 1400 – 1700ClassicismRecurring, from the Renaissance onwardMannerismc. 1520 – 1600Baroquec. 1600 – 1750Rocococ. 1720 – 1780Neoclassicismc. 1760 – 1830Romanticismc. 1800 – 1850Hudson River Schoolc. 1825 – 1875Barbizon Schoolc. 1830 – 1870Realismc. 1840 – 1880Pre-Raphaelites1848 – c. 1900Arts and Crafts Movementc. 1860 – 1910Modernismc. 1860s – 1970sImpressionismc. 1860s – 1880sSymbolismc. 1880 – 1910Post-Impressionismc. 1885 – 1905Naïve ArtOngoingPointillismc. 1886 – 1900sLes Nabisc. 1888 – 1900Art Nouveauc. 1890 – 1910Ashcan Schoolc. 1900 – 1915Fauvismc. 1905 – 1908Expressionismc. 1905 – 1920sBloomsbury Groupc. 1905 – 1930sCubismc. 1907 – 1920sThe Eight1908Futurism1909 – c. 1916Der Blaue Reiter1911 – 1914Suprematismc. 1915 – 1920sConstructivismc. 1915 – 1930sDadac. 1916 – 1924De Stijl1917 – 1931Harlem Renaissancec. 1920s – 1930sBauhaus1919 – 1933Group of Seven1920 – 1933Art Decoc. 1920s – 1930sSurrealism1924 – 1960sBlack Mountain College1933 – 1957Abstract Expressionismc. 1940s – 1950sAction Paintingc. 1940s – 1950sColour Field Paintingc. 1950s – 1960sPop Artc. 1955 – 1970sIndian River School (Florida Highwaymen)1950s – 1980sSituationist International1957 – 1972Op Art1960sMinimalism1960s – 1970sFluxusc. 1960s – 1970sConceptual Art1960s – 1970sPhotorealismLate 1960s – 1970sGraffiti Art1970s – presentPostmodernismc. 1970s – presentNeo-ExpressionismLate 1970s – 1980sMassurrealism1990s – present
Guides
Popular guides
Art movements in order
Read the guide →Types of art styles
Read the guide →Modern art movements
Read the guide →19th-century art movements
Read the guide →20th-century art movements
Read the guide →American art movements
Read the guide →British art movements
Read the guide →Impressionism vs Post-Impressionism
Read the guide →Impressionism vs Expressionism
Read the guide →Art Nouveau vs Art Deco
Read the guide →Baroque vs Rococo
Read the guide →Renaissance vs Baroque
Read the guide →Dada vs Surrealism
Read the guide →Art movements quiz
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