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  2. 20th-century art - Wikipedia

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    Dadaism preceded Surrealism, where the theories of Freudian psychology led to the depiction of the dream and the unconscious in art in work by Salvador Dalí. Kandinsky's introduction of non-representational art preceded the 1950s American Abstract Expressionist school, including Jackson Pollock, who dripped paint onto the canvas, and Mark Rothko, who created large areas of flat colour.

  3. Modernism - Wikipedia

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    Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and subjective experience. [1] Philosophy, politics, architecture, and social issues were all aspects of this movement.

  4. Modern art - Wikipedia

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    The strands of thought that eventually led to modern art can be traced back to the Enlightenment. [b] The modern art critic Clement Greenberg, for instance, called Immanuel Kant "the first real Modernist" but also drew a distinction: "The Enlightenment criticized from the outside ... . Modernism criticizes from the inside."

  5. Category:20th century in art - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This category is associated with the article 20th-century art. ... Modern art (69 C, 262 P, 13 F)

  6. 20th-century Western painting - Wikipedia

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    20th-century Western painting begins with the heritage of late-19th-century painters Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and others who were essential for the development of modern art. At the beginning of the 20th century, Henri Matisse and several other young artists including the pre ...

  7. American modernism - Wikipedia

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    American modernism is an artistic and cultural movement in the United States beginning at the turn of the 20th century, with a core period between World War I and World War II. Like its European counterpart, American modernism stemmed from a rejection of Enlightenment thinking, seeking to better represent reality in a new, more industrialized ...

  8. Theosophy and visual arts - Wikipedia

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    No serious student of art history wants to touch it. [205] Januszczak claimed also that Theosophy was "fraudulent" and "ridiculous," and that "one day, someone will write a big book on the remarkable influence of Theosophy on modern art" and "its nonsensical spell" on so many modern artists. [206]

  9. Category:Modern art - Wikipedia

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    New materials in 20th-century art; New Objectivity; New Tendencies; New York School (art) The Non-Figurative Artists' Association of Montreal; Northwest School (art) Nouvelle tendance; Novecento Italiano; Nuagisme; Nut Art