Visual Literacy Final

Romanticism

an art movement whose works were marked by intense colors, turbulent emotions, complex composition, soft outlines, and sometimes heroic or exotic subject matter

Realism

art in which the goal is to portray forms in the natural world in a highly faithful manner

Impressionism

art movement that emphasized an accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement

Post-Impressionism

art movement that moved artists to create individualistic style

Expressionism

art movement that claimed the right to distort visual appearances to express psychological or emotional states, especially the artists' own feelings

Cubism

art movement developed by Picasso and George Braque that abstracts the forms of the visible world into fragments or facets drawn from multiple points of view

Abstract Expressionism

an American art movement of the mid-20th century, characterized by large scale and nonrepresentational imagery

Assemblage (combine)

the technique of creating a sculpture by grouping or piecing together distinct elements, as opposed to casting, molding, or carving

Happenings

an event staged or directed by artists and offered as art

Pop Art

an art style of the 1960s, deriving its imagery from popular, mass-produced culture

Minimalism

a broad tendency during the 60s and 70s toward simple, primary forms

Appropriation

a postmodern practice in which one artist reproduces an image created by another artist and claims it as their own

The Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

Dinner Party

Judy Chicago, 1979

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Pablo Picasso, 1907

Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction

Aaron Douglas, 1934

Number 1

Jackson Pollock, 1949

Orange and Yellow

Mark Rothko, 1956

Winter Pool

Robert Rauschenberg, 1959

Blam

Roy Lichtenstein, 1962

One and Three Chairs

Joseph Kosuth, 1965

Darkytown Rebellion

Kara Walker, 2001