Figurative art is not to be confused with figure painting or figural art- that mostly captures the essence of human expressions or form, while on the other hand, figurative art…
Bold colours, harsh edges, angular forms- the imagery is as vivid as the vorticist painting is eponymous. Although Vorticism as a movement is reminiscent of the early 20th-century paintings of…
The Academic Art movement or academicism, influenced by the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, embraces the highlights from both neoclassicism and romanticism. The term Academic Art was traditionally used to describe…
Emerged during the industrialization time, the Land Art movement was marked as a landmark of artists all over the world. This type of artform was shaped when the artists sought…
Postmodern Art, architecture emerged in the 1970s in the United States as a reaction to conventional architectural forms. It arose as a reaction to traditional, classical styles, intending to make…
Conceptual art, An art movement is a style in art with a specific philosophy, followed by a group of artists over a specific period. Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and…
Photorealism art is a term coined regarding the artists whose work depends heavily on photographs that they project onto canvases. The art of Photorealism (also known as Superrealism or Hyperrealism)…
The expressionist movements of the 19th and 20th centuries could be credited to Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy’s “Expression Theory” centered on a theory that art evokes feelings in the viewer. The…
The High Renaissance was a period during the Renaissance movement in Rome when some of the most exceptional artworks were produced. It is believed to have begun in 1490 with…
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now is a book captivating readers with a visual guide on the Bauhaus movement or what the writer, William Smock, calls the Bauhaus ideal. The…
Gothic Art from towering churches, pointed arches, flying buttresses and stained glass windows, the word ‘gothic’ evokes images of tall, towering structures and haunted houses. The movement originated and flourished…
An art group inspired by the development of a movement that turned its back on classical academic art, Der Blaue Reiter, was a short-lived era. It was called so due…