AP Art History

terms

Romanticism

An artistic movement aimed at evoking emotion and influencing people's views on events or ideals.

Realism

An art style focusing on everyday events without emotional emphasis.

Impressionism

An art movement using color to portray light and how it affects mood, often experienced from a distance.

Post-Impressionism

A phase of art where artists experimented with outlines, bright colors, and other techniques to lead the viewer's eye.

Art Nouveau

A style of art and architecture characterized by its focus on curvilinear forms, popular in the period between the two world wars.

Fauvism

An art movement known for its bold, beastly colors directly from the tube, without lighter hues, everyday places and people depicted

Cubism

An artistic style that uses shapes and sharp lines to create fragmented, exaggerated images.

Dada

An art movement intended to corrupt original art trends as a protest against wars, which surprisingly gained appreciation.

Surrealism

An art style depicting dream-like, nonsensical imagery designed to evoke discomfort.

Expressionism

An artistic movement focused on expressing severe emotions and altering reality as felt by the artist.

Abstract Expressionism

A form of art that emphasizes aggressive lines and colors without representing identifiable forms. Meant to evoke emotions and feelings like expressionism.

Pop Art

An artistic movement that transforms popular culture into exaggerated, comic-like art.

Op Art

An art form that uses lines to create visual illusions, tricking the eye into perceiving complexity.

Earth Art

Art that utilizes nature to create artistic works.