Styles of Art

[sajemak]

Hello everyone!

I'm not sure if I titled this thread correctly or not. But I am interested in knowing a little bit about the different 'styles' of art...

For example...Abstract, Impressionism ....these are two that I know.

Can some of you help me learn about the other styles??? :D

What prompted me to think about this subject is the Turner discussion over in the Debates forum and the kind of art being discussed there...

Another reason for this question is because I think that it may help me understand an artists work better. I see many different styles of art in the Critique and Show and Tell section...and sometimes it is difficult for me to give an opinion.....because I don't 'understand' the intentional style of an artist. (I hope that makes sense....)

I am still at the phase of drawing and painting what I see, and have not yet branched out into more 'creative' realms like I am seeing in some of the other artists work here. It has been exciting to see the imagination come out in many of your works with the creative use of color and line. :)

Thanks in Advance,
Samantha

[mame]

Get thee to a library! There are 40 million gazillion books just up your alley. If the array is too confusing, the librarians are at your service in pointing you in the right direction.

[hlee]

this site summarises major art movements and their distinguished artists. hope that helps.



click me! (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/index.html)

[baquitania]

Sam:

Check out this link after you click and finish the incredible one that hlee gave...
This site was offered by another member here,

http://www.artrenewal.org./

...and I find myself always coming back to it... plenty of great articles to read and it will keep you very very busy...

Infact I expect a full 10,000 word report, double spaced and in triplicate on my desk by the 1st of the new year :D

[sgtaylor]

Bobby...

I hope your report on the Diamond Sutra is finished and on my desk before you run off grading anyone else's homework. ;)

[baquitania]

Bobby...

I hope your report on the Diamond Sutra is finished - sgt

wait? i was suppose to READ that, at the moment it's leveling my coffee table... :D

[sajemak]

Great Bobby! I will check the link out sometime after X-mas! And I'll just take the 'F' now, please...... :D :D :D.....

hlee... I did get a chance to look at the site you suggested yesterday.... it's great! Thanks!

Samantha

[hlee]

no prob, glad to help...here's another one:

click me! (http://www.maximumedge.com/cgi/dir/index.cgi/Arts/Art_History/Movements)

btw, very interesting paintings on yr site...colorful yet soft and graceful...:)

[sajemak]

Another good link, hlee, thanks!!! :D

And thanks for the compliment too. :)

Sincerely,
Samantha

[mame]

Here is a list to whet your wihistle. I probably missed some:

· ABSTRACT
· AMERICAN ROMANTIC
· BAROQUE
· BYZANTINE
· CUBISM
· DADA
· FAUVISM
· FUTURISM
· GOTHIC
· GREEK
· HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
· IMPRESSIONISM
· LUMINIST
· NEOCLASSISM
· OP ART
· POP ART
· POST-IMPRESSIONISM
· PRE-RAPHAELITES
· REALISM
· RENAISSANCE
· ROMAN
· ROMANESQUE
· ROMANTICISM
· ROCOCO
· SURREALISM

[paintfool]

Originally posted by baquitania
Bobby...

I hope your report on the Diamond Sutra is finished - sgt

wait? i was suppose to READ that, at the moment it's leveling my coffee table... :D
Bobby! I want my dollar back!!! :p

[Keith Russell]

Greetings:

Two favourites, not on Mame's list...

Art Noveau

Symbolism

Keith.

[sajemak]

Thanks Keith!

Is art noveau one of the 'newer' styles of art? (as compared to the others?)

And have you attempted any of these styles in your own work? If so, I would love to see some examples. :)

Sincerely,
Samantha

[Keith Russell]

Greeings:

Art Noveau was a style of art, architecture, design, and graphics from the late 1800s to the very early 1900s. Symbolism was a branch of painting and sculpture that had close ties to Art Noveau. Many Symbolist artists were also creating Art Noveau.

The architect Gaudi, and the graphic artist Aubrey Beardley, were both Art Noveau artists. Art Noveau was a style based on treating design in a 'natural' way, using very fluid, organic forms, shapes, and colours.

Symbolism was a style using allegory, metaphor, and nature to present a style of art (primarily painting, I believe) that was opposed to the ideas of the Industrial Revolution. The Symbolists used Classical myths to express their ideal of man living in harmony with nature. Carlos Schwabe is one of my favourite Symbolist painters, and was also an Art Noveau graphic artist.

Although I don't agree with many of the ideals of the Symbolists, I like the idea that they were trying to express their worldview allegorically in their art. This, more than any particular aesthetic style, is a tremendous influence on my current work.

Keith.

[impressionist2]

Don't forget conceptual art and minimalism.

Renee

[Pilan]

:eek: :eek: :confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

actually, I am still learning the different styles. I don't badger myself about it, but its nice to learn to recognize them. I would like to see a url where the different styles are listed and a painting given as an example. This would help me. Meanwhile, I am stuck in impressionisn, expressionism and depressionism, ;) and whatever comes from the end of my brush :p :p

does anyone have a url where there is examples of all the styles????

Pilan

[Pilan]

I went searching for a page that had a lot of the painting styles and found one.

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movements.html

Pilan

[sajemak]

Thank you , Keith, for describing those for me. :)

Hi Pilan.... some people have posted links that describe some of the different styles, earlier in this thread. They are very interesting and I now have them bookmarked. :)

Oh! And I see you found one yourself! :D I'll have to check that one out too. Thanks for posting it!

Sincerely,
Samantha

[hlee]

suprematism (http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/12490.html)

neoexpressionism (http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/09098.html)

abstract expressionism (http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/00053.html)

post-painterly abstraction (http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/37743.html)

[paintbug]

How about Synchromism (Synchronism) I see it spelled both ways.

[baquitania]

So what would a clown painting on velvet be? Fauvist Expressionistic Realism?

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[lori]

some schools of art:




Abstract Expressionism.
American art movement of the 1940s that emphasized form and color within a nonrepresentational framework. Jackson Pollock initiated the revolutionary technique of splattering the paint directly on canvas to achieve the subconscious interpretation of the artist's inner vision of reality.

Art Deco.
A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms, and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation. New York's Chrysler Building is an architectural example of the style.

Art Nouveau.
An 1890s style in architecture, graphic arts, and interior decoration characterized by writhing forms, curving lines, and asymmetrical organization. Some critics regard the style as the first stage of modern architecture.

Ashcan School.
A group of New York realist artists, formed in 1908, who abandoned decorous subject matter and portrayed the more common as well as the sordid aspects of city life.

Assemblage (Collage).
Forms of modern sculpture and painting utilizing readymades, found objects, and pasted fragments to form an abstract composition. Louise Nevelson's boxlike enclosures, each with its own composition of assembled objects, illustrate the style in sculpture. Pablo Picasso developed the technique of cutting and pasting natural or manufactured materials to a painted or unpainted surface.

Barbizon School (Landscape Painting).
A group of painters who, around the middle of the 19th century, reacted against classical landscape and advocated a direct study of nature. They were influenced by English and Dutch landscape masters. Theodore Rousseau, one of the principal figures of the group, led the fight for outdoor painting. In this respect, the school was a forerunner of Impressionism.

Baroque.
European art and architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Giovanni Bernini, a major exponent of the style, believed in the union of the arts of architecture, painting, and sculpture to overwhelm the spectator with ornate and highly dramatized themes. Although the style originated in Rome as the instrument of the Church, it spread throughout Europe in such monumental creations as the Palace of Versailles.

Beaux Arts.
Elaborate and formal architectural style characterized by symmetry and an abundance of sculptured ornamentation. New York's old Custom House at Bowling Green is an example of the style.

Black or African-American Art.
The work of American artists of African descent produced in various styles characterized by a mood of protest and a search for identity and historical roots.

Classicism.
A form of art derived from the study of Greek and Roman styles characterized by harmony, balance, and serenity. In contrast, the Romantic Movement gave free rein to the artist's imagination and to the love of the exotic.

Constructivism.
A form of sculpture using wood, metal, glass, and modern industrial materials expressing the technological society. The mobiles of Alexander Calder are examples of the movement.

Cubism.
Early 20th-century French movement marked by a revolutionary departure from representational art. Pablo Picasso and Georges Bracque penetrated the surface of objects, stressing basic abstract geometric forms that presented the object from many angles simultaneously.

Dada.
A product of the turbulent and cynical post-World War I period, this anti-art movement extolled the irrational, the absurd, the nihilistic, and the nonsensical. The reproduction of Mona Lisa adorned with a mustache is a famous example. The movement is regarded as a precursor of Surrealism. Some critics regard HAPPENINGS as a recent development of Dada. This movement incorporates environment and spectators as active and important ingredients in the production of random events.

Expressionism.
A 20th-century European art movement that stresses the expression of emotion and the inner vision of the artist rather than the exact representation of nature. Distorted lines and shapes and exaggerated colors are used for emotional impact. Vincent Van Gogh is regarded as the precursor of this movement.

Fauvism.
The name “wild beasts” was given to the group of early 20th-century French painters because their work was characterized by distortion and violent colors. Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault were leaders of this group.

Futurism.
This early 20th-century movement originating in Italy glorified the machine age and attempted to represent machines and figures in motion. The aesthetics of Futurism affirmed the beauty of technological society.

Genre.
This French word meaning “type” now refers to paintings that depict scenes of everyday life without any attempt at idealization. Genre paintings can be found in all ages, but the Dutch productions of peasant and tavern scenes are typical.

Impressionism.
Late 19th-century French school dedicated to defining transitory visual impressions painted directly from nature, with light and color of primary importance. If the atmosphere changed, a totally different picture would emerge. It was not the object or event that counted but the visual impression as caught at a certain time of day under a certain light. Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro were leaders of the movement.

Mannerism.
A mid-16th-century movement, Italian in origin, although El Greco was a major practitioner of the style. The human figure, distorted and elongated, was the most frequent subject.

Neoclassicism.
An 18th-century reaction to the excesses of Baroque and Rococo, this European art movement tried to recreate the art of Greece and Rome by imitating the ancient classics both in style and subject matter.

Neoimpressionism.
A school of painting associated with George Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France that sought to make Impressionism more precise and formal. They employed a technique of juxtaposing dots of primary colors to achieve brighter secondary colors, with the mixture left to the eye to complete (pointillism).

Op Art.
The 1960s movement known as Optical Painting is characterized by geometrical forms that create an optical illusion in which the eye is required to blend the colors at a certain distance.

Pop Art.
In this return to representational art, the artist returns to the world of tangible objects in a reaction against abstraction. Materials are drawn from the everyday world of popular culture—comic strips, canned goods, and science fiction.

Realism.
A development in mid-19th-century France lead by Gustave Courbet. Its aim was to depict the customs, ideas, and appearances of the time using scenes from everyday life.

Rococo.
A French style of interior decoration developed during the reign of Louis XV consisting mainly of asymmetrical arrangements of curves in paneling, porcelain, and gold and silver objects. The characteristics of ornate curves, prettiness, and gaiety can also be found in the painting and sculpture of the period.

Surrealism.
A further development of Collage, Cubism, and Dada, this 20th-century movement stresses the weird, the fantastic, and the dreamworld of the subconscious.

Symbolism.
As part of a general European movement in the latter part of the 19th century, it was closely allied with Symbolism in literature. It marked a turning away from painting by observation to transforming fact into a symbol of inner experience. Gauguin was an early practitioner.

[Keith Russell]

Lori:

Good grief!

No 'Modernism', and thus no 'Post-Modernism'?

Keith.

[Keith Russell]

"So what would a clown painting on velvet be?"

Bad art.

Keith.

[sajemak]

Wow lori!!! Thanks for taking the time to list and explain all of those! :)

Samantha

[RWeller]

"So what would a clown painting on velvet be?"

Disturbing.

[Wolrab]

Something to consider, is taking an Art history course at your local college or university. Of course, self study at a library or an online course are options also.

[henrik]

Originally posted by baquitania
So what would a clown painting on velvet be? Fauvist Expressionistic Realism?

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