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Arts and Craft Movement
The starting point of modernism where artists wanted to move away form machines and have hand-crafted designs again -
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Propaganda
Art that focused on war where it was used as a tool to create certain feelings to the viewers. -
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Art Nouveau
Highly stylised, flowing, earthy, natural design -
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Modernism
Focused on machine aesthetics and rejection of decorative motifs and preferred pure geometric forms -
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Fauvism
Strong colours and bold brush strokes.Influenced by Japanese print. -
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Expressionism
Focused on expressing rather than not. -
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Cubism
Objects broken up into small spheres, cylinders, cones and cubes. Important style created by Pablo Picasso. -
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Futurism
First movement of art and design that was managed and engineered like a business. Extreme forward thinking movement. -
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Art Deco
In a sense, a fusion of many different styles including Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau and Futurism. -
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De Stijl
Embraced an abstract, pared-down aesthetic centered in basic visual elements such as geometric forms and primary colors. Partly a reaction against the decorative excesses of Art Deco. -
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Bauhaus
Profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design and typography. -
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Dada
Involved art and architecture and found objects. More about not art, than art. A reaction to WW1. Involved rude jokes, shock tactics,
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Surrealism
Cultural movement best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members. Aimed to revolutionize human experience. -
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Pop Art
Challenge for fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture. Emphasized on Kitsch elements mostly through irony. -
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Op Art
Abstract art that relies on optical illusions in order to fool the eye of the viewers. -
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Postmodernism
Represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories. -
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Memphis
A branch of Postmodernism, with a clearer definition focusing on bright, colourful, shocking pieces. -
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Contemporary
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