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ESQB - Art Styles
Important Art Movements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| No specific objects are visible, color and shape are used to show emotions | Abstract |
| Use of geometric shapes, pictures not intended to look real | Cubism |
| Artist tries to express a certain feeling about something | Expressionism |
| Painted as if the artist just took a quick look at the subject, bold colors, very little detail, usually outdoor scenes | Impressionism |
| Subjects are shown in a simple way with bright and unusual colors | Fauvism |
| Artist uses small dots or strokes of paint to make up the picture | Pointillism |
| Every day items drawn in a brash or colorful way | Pop Art |
| Mainly still lifes and landscapes with lots of colors and shadows | Postimpressionism |
| Looks like the work of a child, subjects are two-dimensional | Primitivism |
| Shows things exactly the way they appear in life | Realism |
| Usually based on dreams and filled with familiar objects painted to look strange and mysterious | Surrealism |
| Characterized by direct, simple, and dramatic iconography; intense, immediate, and detailed | Baroque |
| Purely decorative arts with delicate colors and curving forms | Rococo |