ELBOW and Types of Art

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Subjects and events depicted in art.

Lighting

Captures effects of natural light, making color in artwork seem to glow.

Brushstrokes

Technique where artists break solid shapes into smaller pieces, blurring edges and blending colors.

Outdoor

En plein air refers to painting outdoors, a common setting for artists.

Weather

The atmosphere and weather conditions are captured in artwork.

Dadaism

An art movement that abandoned traditional perspective and realistic modeling of figures.

Social Realism

An artistic style focused on critiquing the status quo and social power structures.

Expressionism

An art movement that emphasizes subjective emotions and sensations over objective reality.

Fauvism

A movement that separated color from its representational purpose, allowing it to exist independently on the canvas.

Expressionism (e)

Artistic style focusing on subjective emotions and personal responses to objects and events.

Dadaism (a)

Characterized by the rule of not following any known artistic rules.

Neo-Primitivism

A trend in early 20th-century Russian painting influenced by Western avant-garde.

Pop Art

An art movement that blurred the lines between "high" art and "low" culture.

Op Art

A successor to geometric abstraction, focusing on illusion and perception in art.

Impressionism

An art movement that began in France in the 1860s, depicting candid glimpses of subjects.