Art Appreciation: Midterm Reviewer

Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque

RMB

Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism

RNR

Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

RIP

Neo-impressionism (pointillism), Expressionism, Fauvism

NEF

Cubism, Futurism, Surreallism

CSF

De Stijl, Abstract Impressionism, Dadaism

DAD

Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art

PMC

Installation Art, Optical Art, Post-modernism

IOP

Symbolism, Art nouveau

SA

Renaissance

– Revival of classical art, balance,

harmony, realism

Mannerism

– Elongated figures, exaggerate

poses, complex composition.

Baroque

Dramatic, emotional, and grand

style using light and shadow,

chiaroscuro.

Rococo

Ornate, playful, and decorative

style; pastel colors.

Neoclassicism

Inspired by ancient Greece/Rome;

order, simplicity, symmetry.

- Serious, unemotional, and sternly

heroic

Romanticism

Emotion, imagination, and nature

over reason.

- Awe of nature

- Celebration of the individualv

Realism

Depicts everyday life truthfully without idealization.

Impressionism

Captures fleeting light and color with visible brushstrokes.

Post-Impressionism

Expressive colors, structures, and form beyond Impressionism.

Neo-Impressionism (Pointillism)

Uses tiny dots of color that blend optically

Expressionism

Evokes emotion through distorted forms and colors.

Fauvism

Uses bold, pure colors and flat composition.

Cubism

Objects broken into geometric forms and reassembled.

Futurism

Focuses on speed, modernity, and industrial progress.

Surrealism

Dream-like, unconscious imagery inspired by

psychoanalysis.

Dadaism

Anti-art movement reacting to World War I; absurd,

spontaneous.

Abstract Expressionism

Emphasizes spontaneous emotion and gesture.

De Stijl

using primary colors and straight lines.

Pop Art

Uses imagery from mass media and consumer culture.

Minimalism

Simplified geometric forms; no representation

Conceptual Art

Idea or concept is more important than appearance.

Installation Art

Immersive, large-scale works transforming a space.

Optical Art (Op Art)

Uses color and pattern to create optical illusions.

Postmodernism

Mixes styles; humorous, ironic, and challenges traditional art.

Symbolism

Expresses ideas through symbols and imagination

Art Nouveau

Organic, flowin lines inspired by nature

Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Boticelli (D-M-B)

Mannerism

Giambologna, Parmigianino, Bronzino (GPB)

Baroque

Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Ruebens (CRR)

Neoclassicism

Jacques-Louis David, Wiliam Adolphe Bouguereau, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (DBB)

Romanticism

Francisco Goya, Caspar David Friedrich, Ferdinand Victor

Eugène Delacroix (GFVD)

Realism

Gustave Courbet, Rosa Bonheur, Edward Hopper, Andrew Newell Wyeth (CBHW)

Impressionism

Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas (MMD)

Post-Impressionism

Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne (GC)

Neo-Impressionism (Pointillism)

Georges Seurat

Expressionism

Edvard Munch

Fauvism

Henri Matisse

Cubism

Pablo Picasso

Futurism

Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla

Surrealism

Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Frida Kahlo

Dadaism

Marcel Duchamp

Abstract Expressionism

Jackson Pollock

De Stijl

Piet Mondrian

Pop Art

Andy Warhol

Minimalism

Donald Judd

Conceptual Art

Joseph Kosuth

Installation Art

Allan Kaprow, Judy Chicago

Optical Art (Op Art)

Bridget Riley

Postmodernism

Claes Oldenburg

Symbolism

Fernand Khnop

Odilon Redon

Art Nouveau

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa, Vitruvian Man, The

Last Supper

Michelangelo

David, The Creation of Adam, Pieta, Sistine Chapel

Boticelli

The Birth of Venus, Primavera

Giambologna

The Rape of the Sabine

Women

Parmigianino

Self-portrait in the Convex Mirror

Bronzino

Allegory of Cupid

Caravaggio

The Calling of St Matthew, The Conversion of St. Paul, Medusa

Rembrandt

The Night Watch, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Peter Paul Ruebens

Raising of the Cross, The Assumption of the Virgin

Fragonard

The Swing, The Bathers, The Bolt

François Boucher

The Toilet of Venus, Portrait of Marie-Louise O’Murphy

Jacques-Louis David

“Oath of the Horatii”, Death of

Marat, The Coronation of

Napoleon, The Death of

Socrates

Wiliam Adolphe

Bouguereau

Dante and Virgil, The First Mourning

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Portrait of Marie Antoinette,

Portrait of Madame du Barry

Francisco Goya

The Third of May 1808

Caspar David Friedrich

Wanderer above the

Ferdinand Victor

Eugène Delacroix

Liberty Leading the People

Gustave Courbet

The Stone Breakers, The

Desperate Man, The Painters

Studio

Rosa Bonheur

The Horse Fair

Edward Hopper

The Automat

Andrew Newell Wyeth

Christina’s World

Edgar Degas

Little Dancer Aged 14

Vincent van Gogh

Starry Night, Sunflowers

Paul Cezanne

The Card Players

Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte

Edvard Munch

The Scream

Henri Matisse

Green Stripe

Pablo Picasso

Guernica, The Old Guitarist,

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Umberto Boccioni

The City Rises

Giacomo Balla

Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

Salvador Dali

The Persistence of Memory,

Lobster Telephone

René Magritte

The Son of Man, Golconda

Frida Kahlo

Self-Portrait with Thorn

Necklace and Hummingbird,

Marcel Duchamp

Fountain, L.H.O.O.Q.

Jackson Pollock

Convergence