APAH Style 21-52

Fauvism

Early-20th-century art movement led by Henri Matisse, emphasizing expressive power of color

Feminist Art

Focuses on women artists, women's issues, and historical women

German Expressionism

Early-20th-century art movement with bold brushwork, bright colors, and two key groups:Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter

Gothic

13th-14th-century art characterized by rib vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and stained glass

Gothic Revival/Neo-Gothic

19th-century movement reviving medieval Gothic architecture, especially in England

Harlem Renaissance

20th-century cultural movement celebrating African American heritage and redefining artistic expression

Hellenistic Greek

Sculptures with greater emotion, movement, and drama, departing from previous styles

Italian Renaissance

Influenced by classical styles, humanism, and chiaroscuro in tempera paint

Impressionism

Focuses on Parisian life, light, reflections, and influenced by Japonisme

International Style

Early 20th-century architectural movement rejecting historical ornamentation for clean lines

Italian Baroque

Theatrical art with drama, intensity, and engagement, often linked to Counter-Reformation

Mannerism

European art style post-16th-century Renaissance with elongation, artifice, and instability

Neoclassicism

18th-century art revival using themes from ancient Greece and Rome

Neo-Expressionism

1970s art movement emphasizing expressive human body representations

Northern Renaissance

Known for brilliant colors, realism, and religious humanized subjects

Prairie Style

Early 20th-century architecture integrating nature with materials, colors, and light

Prehistoric

Art focused on animals, life cycles, and fertility, often used for rituals

Pop Art

1950s art incorporating elements from consumer culture and popular media

Post-Impressionism

Focuses on color, structure, form, and at times emotional content

Post-Modernism

Art challenging traditional practices, art world, and artist identity post-1970s

Proto-Renaissance

Interest in reality, realistic modeling, and fresco utilization

Realism

Focuses on accurate depictions of ordinary life, rejecting elitism

Rococo

18th-century style emphasizing asymmetry, decoration, and aristocratic leisure

Roman Republic

Veristic sculpture portraying civic pride, honor, and intelligence

Roman Empire (Early/High)

Idealized figures, rounded arches, and concrete building shapes

Roman Empire (Late)

Chaotic compositions, jumbled figures, and loss of idealism

Romanesque

11th-13th-century architectural movement in Western Europe with solid, dark interiors

Romanticism

Glorifies emotion, nature, and exotic subjects with intense imagery

Surrealism

20th-century movement depicting dream-like states and challenging the viewer

Symbolism

19th-century movement embodying extreme emotion and fantasy, open to interpretation

Venetian

Early use of wet-in-wet technique, vibrant pigments, and lustrous skin tones

Video Art

Art form relying on moving pictures and new technologies