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What is ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s.

  It is often characterised by free brushstrokes and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is an art movement of the 20th century. The artists tried to express a feeling with what they created. Colours and shapes are not used in a way people see them, but as the artist feels them.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were inspired by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It was a style developed by artists of the late 19th century who saw the work of the French Impressionist painters and were influenced by them. The most important artists were Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907 and it was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is EXPRESSIONISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is an art and cultural movement of the 20th century. The artists tried to express a feeling with what they created. Colours and shapes are not used in a way people see them, but as the artist feels them.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It was a style developed by artists of the late 19th century who saw the work of the French Impressionist painters and were influenced by them.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is SURREALISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It was a style developed by artists of the late 19th century who saw the work of the French Impressionist painters and were influenced by them.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is FAUVISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It was a style developed by artists of the late 19th century who saw the work of the French Impressionist painters and were influenced by them.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is POST-IMPRESSIONISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It was a style developed by artists of the late 19th century who saw the work of the French Impressionist painters and were influenced by them.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is OPTIC ART?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It is a style of abstract art in which lines, forms, and space are organized in such a way as to provide optical illusions of an ambiguous nature, as alternately advancing and receding squares on a flat surface.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What is CUBISM?

• It is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterised by gestural brushstrokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

• It is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

• It was the name of a modern art movement in the early 20th century, led by the painters Henri Matisse and André Derain who were influenced by the bright colours used by the Post-Impressionists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.

• It is a style of abstract art in which lines, forms, and space are organized in such a way as to provide optical illusions of an ambiguous nature, as alternately advancing and receding squares on a flat surface.

• It was one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century. It began in France about 1907, and flourished from 1910 through the 1920s. It was pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.

What are the characteristics of ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM?

• Like in the past, artists continued using real-life as subject matter, with vivid colours, often with thick paint. However, they added other ideas. Using geometric forms, distorting forms for effect, and using unnatural colours are some of their ways.

• The most prominent feature of the movement was its experimentation with the expressive function of colour. Like the impressionist artists who preceded them, they painted subjects from the natural landscape—but the vibrant colours used in their paintings gave the subject matter a sense of the unnatural.

• This style presents the world as subjective: how the artist feels it, not how it is scientifically. The art looks to get an emotional effect and transmits personal moods and ideas. The artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality.

• In this style of art the artist aims to show all of the possible viewpoints of a person or an object all at once. In the beginning, it was monochrome (only one colour) so the person who was looking at the painting did not pay attention to colour, but only to the shapes and the forms that were being shown.

• Characteristics vary depending on the group. There are the so-called action painters, who attacked their canvases with expressive brush strokes; and the colour field painters who filled their canvases with large areas of a single colour.

What are the characteristics of EXPRESSIONISM?

• Like in the past, artists continued using real-life as subject matter, with vivid colours, often with thick paint. However, they added other ideas. Using geometric forms, distorting forms for effect, and using unnatural colours are some of their ways.

• The most prominent feature of the movement was its experimentation with the expressive function of colour. Like the impressionist artists who preceded them, they painted subjects from the natural landscape—but the vibrant colours used in their paintings gave the subject matter a sense of the unnatural.

• This style presents the world as subjective: how the artist feels it, not how it is scientifically. The art looks to get an emotional effect and transmits personal moods and ideas. The artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality.

• In this style of art the artist aims to show all of the possible viewpoints of a person or an object all at once. In the beginning, it was monochrome (only one colour) so the person who was looking at the painting did not pay attention to colour, but only to the shapes and the forms that were being shown.

• Characteristics vary depending on the group. There are the so-called action painters, who attacked their canvases with expressive brush strokes; and the colour field painters who filled their canvases with large areas of a single colour.

What are the characteristics of FAUVISM?

• Like in the past, artists continued using real-life as subject matter, with vivid colours, often with thick paint. However, they added other ideas. Using geometric forms, distorting forms for effect, and using unnatural colours are some of their ways.

• The most prominent feature of the movement was its experimentation with the expressive function of colour. Like the impressionist artists who preceded them, they painted subjects from the natural landscape—but the vibrant colours used in their paintings gave the subject matter a sense of the unnatural.

• This style presents the world as subjective: how the artist feels it, not how it is scientifically. The art looks to get an emotional effect and transmits personal moods and ideas. The artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive" and emotional experience rather than physical reality.

• In this style of art the artist aims to show all of the possible viewpoints of a person or an object all at once. In the beginning, it was monochrome (only one colour) so the person who was looking at the painting did not pay attention to colour, but only to the shapes and the forms that were being shown.

• Characteristics vary depending on the group. There are the so-called action painters, who attacked their canvases with expressive brush strokes; and the colour field painters who filled their canvases with large areas of a single colour.