- Nabi:
- Inspired by Gauguin's use of color, this group of Parisian artists were active in the 1890s. They were unconcerned with depicting reality, preferring the emotional use of color and distortion.
- Neo-Classical:
- Influenced by the classical concern with symmetry and order and the eighteenth century's fascination with science, this European movement was fashionable during the Enlightenment.
- Northern Landscape:
- Paintings of Northern European countryside on a large scale, in particular the Netherlands and Germany. This genre was most popular in the sixteenth century.
- Pop Art:
- A movement of the 1950s inspired by advertising and consumer society, artists such as Andy Warhol and Richard Hamilton produced works reminiscent of comic strips and advertising.
- Post-Impressionist:
- A late nineteenth-century reaction to Impressionism, this group explored a symbolic use of strong colors and form rather than concerning itself with naturalism.
- Post-Modernist:
- Late twentieth-century artists challenged traditional notions of what art actually is with a variety of different works, they are always experimental and innovative.
- Pre-Raphaelite:
- A British artistic group formed in 1848 that emmulated Renaissance painters. The subject matter was often historical or literary, and concerned itself with morality.
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- Realist:
- Art that attempts to represent the world in an accurate or familiar way. Everyday scenes are favored over idealized, historical, or mythological subjects.
- Renaissance in the North:
- From the sixteenth century, the Netherlands and Germany were influenced by Italy but the "rebirth" of their art was concerned with religious reform and ancient Christian values.
- Rococo:
- This eighteenth-century style is highly decorative and ornamental. Popular in France, the palette was often pastel and the subjects were playful and erotic.
- Romantic:
- An American and European movement of the late eighteenth century. The works were idealized and emotional rather than intellectual, laying importance on individual experience and expression.
- Spanish Baroque:
- The seventeenth-century Inquisition influenced Spanish art, encouraging devotional works. Mythology and still-life were also popular but painted in a dark palette.
- Surrealist:
- Dadaists were disillusioned and reacted against the destruction of the First World War, creating absurd anti-art. Surrealism developed from this in 1924, representing dreams and pure thought inspired by the writing of Sigmund Freud.
- Symbolist:
- Interested in dreamscapes and emotional, often exotic scenes, this late-nineteenth-century movement was inspired by literature. The works often use color and line to suggest and evoke.
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