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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.
Visual art of the United States or American art is visual art made in the United States or by U.S. artists. Before colonization, there were many flourishing traditions of Native American art , and where the Spanish colonized Spanish Colonial architecture and the accompanying styles in other media were quickly in place.
This is a list of art movements in alphabetical order. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies , evolved over time to group artists who are often loosely related. Some of these movements were defined by the members themselves, while other terms emerged decades or centuries after the periods in question.
Accidentalism (art) American Abstract Artists; American art pottery; American Barbizon School; American Empire style; American Figurative Expressionism; American Impressionism; American modernism; American Pre-Raphaelites; American realism; American Studio Woodturning Movement; American verismo; Antagonist Movement; Art in the San Francisco Bay ...
American realism was a movement in art, music and literature that depicted contemporary social realities and the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people. The movement began in literature in the mid-19th century, and became an important tendency in visual art in the early 20th century.
1940 – The Museum of Modern Art held two exhibits, American Color Prints Under $10. The purpose was to make American art available for purchase to a wide audience, to make ownership of prints by living artists and artisans practical in homes, offices, churches and social groups.
This category is for the 20th century in the arts. 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; ... 20th century in art (27 C, ... Timeline of twentieth-century theatre;
This is a chronological list of periods in Western art history. An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist , groups of artists or art movement . Ancient Classical art