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9 Cards in this Set
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REALISM |
(1848-1900) Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting European democratic revolutions of 1848 |
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IMPRESSIONISM |
(1865-1885) Capturing fleeting effects of natural light Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871); Unification of Germany (1871) |
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM |
(1885-1910) A soft revolt against Impressionism Belle Époque (late-19th-century Golden Age); Japan defeats Russia (1905) |
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FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM |
(1900-1935) Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form Boxer Rebellion in China (1900); World War (1914–1918) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |