Key terms and movements in modern and contemporary art from Impressionism to today.
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- Which art movement emphasized light, color, and momentary visual impression, originating in 1870s France?
- Impressionism
- Name the technique of placing small dots or strokes of pure color side by side to blend optically.
- Pointillism
- Which early-20th-century movement featured fragmented geometric forms shown from multiple viewpoints at once?
- Cubism
- Which movement, starting around 1916 in Zurich, rejected logic and embraced absurdity and anti-art?
- Dada
- What artistic approach combines unexpected or incongruous images to create dreamlike, irrational compositions?
- Surrealism
- Name the Surrealist technique where the artist's hand moves across paper without conscious planning.
- Automatic drawing
- Which famous Surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí features melting clocks?
- The Persistence of Memory
- Post-Impressionist artist known for thick, expressive brushstrokes and vibrant colors like 'Starry Night'?
- Vincent van Gogh
- Post-Impressionist painter famous for bold outlines and flattened perspectives like 'Vision after the Sermon'?
- Paul Gauguin
- Which art movement used wild, bold colors and simplified forms, led by Henri Matisse?
- Fauvism
- Italian movement that celebrated speed, violence, and technology in the early 20th century?
- Futurism
- Which Russian movement promoted non-representational geometric forms and primary colors under Kazimir Malevich?
- Suprematism
- Dutch movement founded by Piet Mondrian using primary colors, grid lines, and pure geometric abstraction?
- De Stijl
- Abstract Expressionist approach emphasizing large canvases, spontaneous gestures, and dripped or splashed paint?
- Action Painting
- Jackson Pollock's method of pouring and dripping paint directly onto canvas is called what?
- Drip painting