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REALISM

(1848-1900)




Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting




European democratic revolutions of 1848

IMPRESSIONISM

(1865-1885)




Capturing fleeting effects of natural light




Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871); Unification of Germany (1871)

POST-IMPRESSIONISM

(1885-1910)




A soft revolt against Impressionism




Belle Époque (late-19th-century Golden Age); Japan defeats Russia (1905)

FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM

(1900-1935)




Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form




Boxer Rebellion in China (1900); World War (1914–1918)

Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl

(1905-1920)




Pre– and Post–World War 1 art experiments: new forms to express modern life




Russian Revolution (1917); American women franchised (1920)

DADA AND SURREALISM

(1917-1950)




Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious




Disillusionment after World War I; The Great Depression (1929–1938); World War II (1939–1945) and Nazi horrors; atomic bombs dropped on Japan (1945)

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

(1940s-1950s)




Post–World War II: pure abstraction and expression without form




Cold War and Vietnam War (U.S. enters 1965); U.S.S.R. suppresses Hungarian revolt (1956) Czechoslovakian revolt (1968)

POP ART

(1960s)




Popular art absorbs consumerism




Cold War and Vietnam War (U.S. enters 1965); U.S.S.R. suppresses Hungarian revolt (1956) Czechoslovakian revolt (1968)

POSTMODERNISM/DECONSTRUCTIVISM

(1970---)



Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles




Nuclear freeze movement; Cold War fizzles; Communism collapses in Eastern Europe and U.S.S.R. (1989–1991)