ArtMovements

107 movements · 700 years · one map

Every art movement, explained.

From Giotto's frescoes to AI-generated art: what each movement looked like, who made it, what it rebelled against — and how they all connect. Illustrated with real, public-domain masterpieces.

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Archers (Kyujutsu) Page 7 by Katsushika Hokusai 1817 — Ukiyo-eUkiyo-ePolish: Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)title QS:P1476,pl:"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)"label QS:Lpl,"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)" — ImpressionismImpressionismBaroque painting e8ccf3b7-1820-4125-a967-48b38a2d54df — BaroqueBaroque"Te Tiare Farani" de Paul Gauguin (Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris) — Post-ImpressionismPost-Impressionism
700 years of art
Schloss Milkel in Moonlight label QS:Lde,"Schloss Milkel im Mondschein"label QS:Len,"Schloss Milkel in Moonlight" — RomanticismRomanticismDetalle Art Nouveau de una casa en Puebla — Art NouveauArt NouveauIvanovo art museum - Kazimir Malevich - Suprematism — SuprematismSuprematism1. ЕКДИШМАН. холст, масло — ExpressionismExpressionism

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Polish: Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)title QS:P1476,pl:"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)"label QS:Lpl,"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)" — Impressionism
1860–1890
Impressionism
Light, broken into a thousand strokes
"At the Wharf" — Cubism
1907–1925
Cubism
Shattering single-point perspective into faceted planes
German: Die Heilige vom inneren Licht The Saint of the Inner Lightlabel QS:Lru,"Санкт внутреннего света"label QS:Lde,"Die Heilige vom innern Licht"label QS:Len,"The Saint of the Inner Light"label QS:Lfr,"La Sainte de la lumière intérieure" — Surrealism
1924–1966
Surrealism
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious made visible
Baroque painting e8ccf3b7-1820-4125-a967-48b38a2d54df — Baroque
1600–1750
Baroque
Theatrical light and motion serving power and faith
"Avaruuskostruktio", 1969. — Pop Art
1955–1975
Pop Art
Advertising's bright surface turned into fine art
AI-generated interpretation of Abstract ExpressionismAI
1943–1965
Abstract Expressionism
Raw emotion, unleashed across the whole canvas
Detalle Art Nouveau de una casa en Puebla — Art Nouveau
1890–1910
Art Nouveau
Nature's curling lines transformed into total design
Archers (Kyujutsu) Page 7 by Katsushika Hokusai 1817 — Ukiyo-e
1600–1900
Ukiyo-e
Woodblock visions of Edo's fleeting floating world

Renaissance

6 movements
Madonna Enthroned (Ognissanti Madonna) title QS:P1476,en:"Madonna Enthroned (Ognissanti Madonna) "label QS:Len,"Madonna Enthroned (Ognissanti Madonna) "label QS:Lit,"Maestà di Ognissanti"label QS:Lhu,"Ognissanti Madonna"label QS:Lde,"Ognissanti-Madonna"label QS:Lsr-el,"Bogorodica Onjisanti"label QS:Lsr-ec,"Богородица Оњисанти"label QS:Lzh,"聖像 (喬托)"label QS:Lsr,"Богородица Оњисанти"label QS:Lsl,"Ognissanti Madona"label QS:Lja,"オンニサンティの聖母"label QS:Lru,"Мадонна Оньиссанти"label QS:Lpl,"Madonna z Dzieciątkiem"label QS:Luk,"Мадонна Оньїсанті"label QS:Lnl,"Ognissanti Madonna"label QS:Lpt,"Majestade de Todos os Santos"label QS:Lca,"Maestà di Ognissanti"label QS:Les,"Maestà di Ognissanti"label QS:Lfr,"Vierge d'Ognissanti"label QS:Lar,"العذراء المتوجة (لوحة)"label QS:Lta,"முடிசூடிய மரியா" — Proto-Renaissance
1290–1400
Proto-Renaissance
Where Byzantine gold gave way to human weight
The Adoration of the Magititle QS:P1476,en:"The Adoration of the Magi"label QS:Len,"The Adoration of the Magi" — Early Renaissance
1400–1490
Early Renaissance
Perspective, proportion, and the rebirth of antiquity
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (The Butcher’s Stall) title QS:P1476,en:"A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (The Butcher’s Stall) "label QS:Len,"A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (The Butcher’s Stall) "label QS:Les,"Un puesto de carnicero con la huida a Egipto"label QS:Lja,"施しを与える聖家族のいる肉の屋台"label QS:Lfr,"Étal de viande avec la Sainte Famille faisant l'aumône durant la Fuite en Égypte"label QS:Lru,"Мясная лавка со святым семейством, раздающим милостыню"label QS:Lsv,"Slaktarboden (North Carolina Museum of Art)"label QS:Lpl,"Stoisko rzeźnika z ucieczką do Egiptu"label QS:Lhe,"חנות של קצב עם המשפחה הקדושה המחלקת צדקה"label QS:Lnl,"Vleeskraam bij een herberg, met Maria die aalmoezen uitdeelt"label QS:Lzh,"肉铺与圣家族的施舍"label QS:Lde,"Fleischerladen mit der heiligen Familie, die Almosen gibt"label QS:Lbg,"Сергия за месо"label QS:Lfa,"دکه گوشت‌فروشی و خانواده مقدس در حال دادن صدقه"label QS:Lda,"En slagterbod med Den Hellige Familie, der giver almisser" — Northern Renaissance
1430–1580
Northern Renaissance
Obsessive detail and hidden meaning in oil and light
The Sultan Mehmet II title QS:P1476,en:"The Sultan Mehmet II "label QS:Len,"The Sultan Mehmet II "label QS:Lit,"Ritratto del sultano Mehmet II"label QS:Lfr,"Le Sultan Mehmet II"label QS:Lar,"بورتريه للسلطان محمد الفاتح للرسام جنتيلي بلليني، 1480"label QS:Lnl,"Portrait de Mehmed II"label QS:Ltr,"II. Mehmed Portresi"label QS:Lpt,"O retrato de sultão Otomano Maomé II, o Conquistador, pelo pintor italiano Gentile Bellini, 1480"label QS:Les,"El retrato del sultán Otomano Mehmed el Conquistador del pintor italiano Gentile Bellini, 1480"label QS:Leo,"Portreto de Sultano Mohamedo la Dua"label QS:Lde,"Das Porträt des Osmanischen Sultans Mehmet II der Eroberer" — Venetian School
1450–1600
Venetian School
Color and light triumph over Florentine line
The Adoration of the Magititle QS:P1476,en:"The Adoration of the Magi"label QS:Len,"The Adoration of the Magi" — High Renaissance
1490–1527
High Renaissance
A brief, perfect balance of harmony and grandeur
Coral Fishers (Discovery of America). — Mannerism
1520–1600
Mannerism
Elegant distortion after the Renaissance's perfect balance

Baroque & Rococo

3 movements
Baroque painting e8ccf3b7-1820-4125-a967-48b38a2d54df — Baroque
1600–1750
Baroque
Theatrical light and motion serving power and faith
Moses ter Borch Holding a Kolf Stick — Dutch Golden Age
1600–1680
Dutch Golden Age
Everyday Dutch life painted with uncanny quiet precision
The cat's' toilettelabel QS:Len,"The cat's' toilette" — Rococo
1720–1780
Rococo
Pastel frivolity, flirtation, and aristocratic pleasure in paint

The Long 19th Century

29 movements
Archers (Kyujutsu) Page 7 by Katsushika Hokusai 1817 — Ukiyo-e
1600–1900
Ukiyo-e
Woodblock visions of Edo's fleeting floating world
Spanish: Retrato de Feliciana Bayeu, hija del pintortitle QS:P1476,es:"Retrato de Feliciana Bayeu, hija del pintor"label QS:Les,"Retrato de Feliciana Bayeu, hija del pintor" — Neoclassicism
1760–1830
Neoclassicism
Cool restraint, civic virtue, and ancient Rome revived
Schloss Milkel in Moonlight label QS:Lde,"Schloss Milkel im Mondschein"label QS:Len,"Schloss Milkel in Moonlight" — Romanticism
1800–1850
Romanticism
Emotion, nature, and the sublime over cool reason
German: Heilige Familie mit Johannesknaben title QS:P1476,de:"Heilige Familie mit Johannesknaben "label QS:Lde,"Heilige Familie mit Johannesknaben " — Nazarene Movement
1809–1850
Nazarene Movement
German painter-monks reviving medieval Christian sincerity in Rome
Landscapelabel QS:Len,"Landscape"label QS:Lfr,"Paysage"label QS:Lde,"Landschaft" — Hudson River School
1825–1875
Hudson River School
America's wilderness painted as sacred, sunlit destiny
French: L'Angélus The Angeluslabel QS:Les,"El Ángelus"label QS:Lca,"L'Àngelus"label QS:Lde,"Das Angelusgebet"label QS:Lzh,"晚禱"label QS:Lit,"L'Angelus"label QS:Lfr,"L'Angélus"label QS:Lru,"Анжелюс"label QS:Lnl,"Het angelus"label QS:Len,"The Angelus"label QS:Lpt,"Angelus"label QS:Luk,"Анжелюс" — Barbizon School
1830–1870
Barbizon School
Painters who took their easels into the actual forest
"Une soirée oisive au sérail" by Giacomo Mantegazza — Orientalism
1830–1900
Orientalism
Europe's exotic, dream-lit vision of the Islamic East
French: La prière au CairePrayer in Cairotitle QS:P1476,fr:"La prière au Caire"label QS:Lfr,"La prière au Caire"label QS:Lru,"Молитва в Каире"label QS:Len,"Prayer in Cairo"label QS:Lar,"الصلاة في القاهرة" — Academic Art
1840–1900
Academic Art
The official taste of the 19th-century Salon system
Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I)label QS:Len,"Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I)"label QS:Lpl,"Grupa na schodach"label QS:Lde,"Porträt der Raphaelle und Titian Peale auf der Treppe (Die Gruppe auf der Treppe)" — Realism
1840–1880
Realism
Ordinary life painted without flattery or myth
Silver and Goldlabel QS:Len,"Silver and Gold" — Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
1848–1890
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
English painters longing for art before Raphael's polish
Catskill Creek title QS:P1476,en:"Catskill Creek "label QS:Len,"Catskill Creek " — Luminism
1850–1875
Luminism
Hushed light and glassy stillness on the American coast
Italian: Ritratto della terza mogliePortrait of the third wifetitle QS:P1476,it:"Ritratto della terza moglie"label QS:Lit,"Ritratto della terza moglie"label QS:Lde,"Porträt der dritten Ehefrau"label QS:Len,"Portrait of the third wife" — Macchiaioli
1855–1880
Macchiaioli
Italian painters who built pictures from patches of light
Flaming June title QS:P1476,en:"Flaming June "label QS:Len,"Flaming June "label QS:Lbho,"फ्लेमिंग जून"label QS:Lfr,"June flamboyante"label QS:Let,"Lõõmav juuni"label QS:Lfa,"ژوئن سوزان"label QS:Lsk,"Žeravý jún."label QS:Lru,"Пылающий июнь"label QS:Lmzn,"تش دار ژوئن"label QS:Lko,"불타는 6월"label QS:Lpt,"Sol ardente de junho (ou Junho flamejante)"label QS:Luk,"Палаючий червень"label QS:Lhy,"Կիզիչ հունիս"label QS:Lzh,"燃燒的六月"label QS:Lda,"Flaming June"label QS:Ltr,"Haziran Alevi"label QS:Lja,"フレイミング・ジューン"label QS:Lml,"ഫ്ലേമിങ് ജൂൺ"label QS:Lhu,"Lángoló június"label QS:Larz,"المشتعله يونيو"label QS:Lvi,"Tháng Sáu cháy bỏng"label QS:Lhe,"להבות יוני"label QS:Lnl,"Flaming June"label QS:Les,"Sol ardiente de junio"label QS:Lit,"Avvampante giugno"label QS:Luz,"Yonayotgan iyun"label QS:Lca,"Flaming June"label QS:Lar,"يونيو المتقدة" — Aesthetic Movement
1860–1900
Aesthetic Movement
Beauty pursued for its own sake, no moral required
Arts and Crafts Style with Celtic Knot Matchsafe, 1902–03 — Arts and Crafts Movement
1860–1910
Arts and Crafts Movement
Handmade beauty raised against the machine
Polish: Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)title QS:P1476,pl:"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)"label QS:Lpl,"Gra w krokieta (fragment parku w Bidzinach koło Sandomierza)" — Impressionism
1860–1890
Impressionism
Light, broken into a thousand strokes
Japanese: 『神奈川沖浪裏』 - Kanagawa oki nami uratitle QS:P1476,ja:"神奈川沖浪裏"label QS:Lja,"神奈川沖浪裏"; The Great Wave off Kanagawa — Japonisme
1860–1900
Japonisme
Europe's infatuation with Japanese design and image
Николай Мирликийский избавляет от смерти трёх невинно осуждённых — Peredvizhniki
1870–1900
Peredvizhniki
Russian realists who carried art to the people
Seascape from Cobo Bay RMG BHC0008 — Tonalism
1870–1915
Tonalism
Twilight, dissolved into a single hue
The Child’s Bath title QS:P1476,en:"The Child’s Bath "label QS:Len,"The Child’s Bath "label QS:Les,"El baño"label QS:Lfr,"Le Bain"label QS:Lhy,"Երեխայի լոգանքը"label QS:Lzh,"孩童沐浴"label QS:Lda,"Barnets bad"label QS:Lsl,"Otroška kopel"label QS:Lsv,"Badet"label QS:Larz,"حمام الطفل"label QS:Luk,"Дитяча ванна"label QS:Lnl,"Het kinderbad"label QS:Lel,"Το Μπάνιο του Παιδιού"label QS:Lro,"Baia copilului"label QS:Lko,"아이의 목욕"label QS:Lru,"Купание ребёнка"label QS:Lar,"حمام الطفل"label QS:Lfa,"شستشوی بچه" — American Impressionism
1880–1920
American Impressionism
French light, painted on American ground
Polish: Ad Astratitle QS:P1476,pl:"Ad Astra"label QS:Lpl,"Ad Astra" — Symbolism
1880–1910
Symbolism
Dreams, myth, and mood over observed reality
French: Opus 217. Sur l'émail d'un fond rythmique de mesures et d'angles, de tons et de teintes, Portrait de M. Félix Fénéon en 1890Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890title QS:P1476,fr:"Opus 217. Sur l'émail d'un fond rythmique de mesures et d'angles, de tons et de teintes, Portrait de M. Félix Fénéon en 1890"label QS:Lfr,"Opus 217. Sur l'émail d'un fond rythmique de mesures et d'angles, de tons et de teintes, Portrait de M. Félix Fénéon en 1890"label QS:Len,"Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890" — Neo-Impressionism
1884–1905
Neo-Impressionism
Color built from thousands of tiny dots
The Yellow Christ label QS:Lfr,"Le Christ jaune"label QS:Len,"The Yellow Christ"label QS:Lca,"El Crist groc"label QS:Lde,"Der gelbe Christus"label QS:Lit,"Il Cristo giallo"label QS:Lru,"Жёлтый Христос"label QS:Lpl,"Żółty Chrystus" — Cloisonnism
1885–1895
Cloisonnism
Bold outlines caging flat pools of color
Portrait of a Young Girl holding an Applelabel QS:Len,"Portrait of a Young Girl holding an Apple" — Naïve Art
1885–1960
Naïve Art
Self-taught vision rendered with wonder and precision
"Te Tiare Farani" de Paul Gauguin (Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris) — Post-Impressionism
1885–1910
Post-Impressionism
Color and brushwork pushed past fleeting appearances
Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867-1943) 127 (25910368047) — Heidelberg School
1886–1900
Heidelberg School
Sunburnt light on the Australian bush
Poker — Les Nabis
1888–1900
Les Nabis
Prophets of flat pattern and intimate scenes
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière (1888) by Paul Gauguin. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. (50623825532) — Synthetism
1888–1900
Synthetism
Memory and emotion synthesized into painted form
Detalle Art Nouveau de una casa en Puebla — Art Nouveau
1890–1910
Art Nouveau
Nature's curling lines transformed into total design
Costume Design by Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill — Vienna Secession
1897–1920
Vienna Secession
Vienna's rebel artists forge a golden new style

Early Modernism

30 movements
1887 backyard image — Ashcan School
1900–1915
Ashcan School
New York's grit and gaslight, painted unflinchingly
Fauve Landscapelabel QS:Len,"Fauve Landscape" — Fauvism
1904–1910
Fauvism
Wild, unmixed color unleashed from nature's true hues
Spanish: Bailarinas de Czardas Czardas Dancerstitle QS:P1476,es:"Bailarinas de Czardas "label QS:Les,"Bailarinas de Czardas "label QS:Lde,"Czardas-Tänzer"label QS:Len,"Czardas Dancers"label QS:Luk,"Танцюристи Чардаша"label QS:Lnl,"Csardasdanseressen" — Die Brücke
1905–1913
Die Brücke
Young Dresden radicals bridge craft and raw feeling
1. ЕКДИШМАН. холст, масло — Expressionism
1905–1930
Expressionism
Raw inner feeling distorting color, line, and form
"At the Wharf" — Cubism
1907–1925
Cubism
Shattering single-point perspective into faceted planes
Advent of the Mechanical Man — Futurism
1909–1930
Futurism
Speed, machines, and violence rendered in motion
German: Blick in das Fruchtland View into the Fertile Countrylabel QS:Lde,"Blick in das Fruchtland"label QS:Len,"View into the Fertile Country" — Der Blaue Reiter
1911–1914
Der Blaue Reiter
Animals, color, and the spiritual pull of abstraction
AI-generated interpretation of Metaphysical PaintingAI
1911–1920
Metaphysical Painting
Empty piazzas haunted by impossible shadows
Sun, Tower, Airplane — Orphism
1912–1920
Orphism
Pure color spun into rhythmic, abstract circles
Cats (rayist percep.[tion] in rose, black, and yellow) — Rayonism
1912–1920
Rayonism
Reality dissolved into intersecting beams of light
Synchromy — Synchromism
1912–1925
Synchromism
Color harmonies orchestrated like musical chords
Blast 2 (detail) — Vorticism
1914–1918
Vorticism
London's machine-age answer to Cubism and Futurism
Composition XXII — Constructivism
1915–1930
Constructivism
Art rebuilt as engineering for a new society
Snow on Ayase riverlabel QS:Lru,"Снег на реке Аясэ"label QS:Lde,"Schnee auf dem Ayase Fluß"label QS:Lar,"ثلج على نهر أياسي"label QS:Len,"Snow on Ayase river"label QS:Lhy,"Այասե գետի ձյուները"label QS:Luk,"Сніг на річці Аясе"label QS:Lnl,"Sneeuw langs de Ayase rivier" — Shin-hanga
1915–1942
Shin-hanga
Ukiyo-e's afterglow, painted with Western light
Ivanovo art museum - Kazimir Malevich - Suprematism — Suprematism
1915–1925
Suprematism
Pure feeling reduced to floating geometric forms
Angelika Hoerle Mann mit Auge — Dada
1916–1924
Dada
Deliberate nonsense as protest against a mad world
JB.Utrecht.Erasmuslaan.3 — De Stijl
1917–1931
De Stijl
Grids of primary color seeking universal harmony
"An' the stars began to fall." by Aaron Douglas — Harlem Renaissance
1918–1937
Harlem Renaissance
Black creative genius claims the modern spotlight
AI-generated interpretation of PurismAI
1918–1926
Purism
Machine-age clarity distilled from Cubist clutter
20er Bauhaus — Bauhaus
1919–1933
Bauhaus
Where art, craft, and industry became one
(1)Ritz Cinema-091 — Art Deco
1920–1939
Art Deco
Sleek geometry dressed in luxury and speed
The West Wind title QS:P1476,en:"The West Wind "label QS:Len,"The West Wind "label QS:Lfr,"Le Vent d'ouest"label QS:Leu,"The West Wind"label QS:Lml,"ദി വെസ്റ്റ് വിൻഡ്"label QS:Lpl,"Zachodni wiatr"label QS:Lru,"Западный ветер"label QS:Lpt-br,"The West Wind" — Group of Seven
1920–1933
Group of Seven
Canada's wilderness, painted bold and unpeopled
AI-generated interpretation of Mexican MuralismAI
1920–1950
Mexican Muralism
Revolution and history painted large for the public
Arno Henschel, Stillleben mit Zeitung — New Objectivity
1920–1933
New Objectivity
A cold, unsparing mirror held to Weimar Germany
"One Third of a Nation" — Precisionism
1920–1940
Precisionism
American industry rendered as crisp, clean geometry
German: Die Heilige vom inneren Licht The Saint of the Inner Lightlabel QS:Lru,"Санкт внутреннего света"label QS:Lde,"Die Heilige vom innern Licht"label QS:Len,"The Saint of the Inner Light"label QS:Lfr,"La Sainte de la lumière intérieure" — Surrealism
1924–1966
Surrealism
Dreams, desire, and the unconscious made visible
American Gothic title QS:P1476,en:"American Gothic "label QS:Len,"American Gothic "label QS:Les,"American Gothic"label QS:Lhu,"Amerikai gótika"label QS:Lis,"American Gothic"label QS:Leu,"American Gothic"label QS:Lru,"Американская готика"label QS:Lde,"American Gothic"label QS:Len-gb,"American Gothic"label QS:Lsr-ec,"Америчка готика"label QS:Lzh,"美国哥特式"label QS:Lda,"American Gothic"label QS:Lka,"ამერიკული გოტიკა"label QS:Lja,"アメリカン・ゴシック"label QS:Lsv,"American Gothic"label QS:Luk,"Американська готика"label QS:Leml,"American Gothic"label QS:Lzh-hant,"美國哥德式"label QS:Lko,"아메리칸 고딕"label QS:Len-ca,"American Gothic"label QS:Lit,"American Gothic"label QS:Lfr,"American Gothic"label QS:Lfi,"American Gothic"label QS:Luz,"Amerikancha gotika"label QS:Lhy,"Ամերիկյան գոթիկա"label QS:Lms,"American Gothic"label QS:Leo,"Usona Gotiko"label QS:Lmr,"अमेरिकन गॉथिक"label QS:Llt,"Amerikietiška gotika"label QS:Lvi,"American Gothic"label QS:Larz,"القوطيه الامريكيه"label QS:Llv,"Amerikāņu gotika"label QS:Laz,"Amerikan qotikası"label QS:Lnew,"अमेरिकन गथिक"label QS:Lml,"അമേരിക്കൻ ഗോതിക്"label QS:Lsr,"Америчка готика"label QS:Lpt-br,"American Gothic"label QS:Lca,"Gòtic americà"label QS:Lid,"American Gothic"label QS:Lpl,"American Gothic"label QS:Lnb,"American Gothic"label QS:Lnl,"American Gothic"label QS:Ltr,"Amerikan Gotiği"label QS:Lbg,"Американска готика"label QS:Lpt,"Gótico Americano"label QS:Lro,"American Gothic"label QS:Lfa,"گوتیک آمریکایی"label QS:Lar,"القوطية الأمريكية (لوحة)"label QS:Lhe,"אמריקן גות'יק"label QS:Lcs,"Americká gotika" — American Regionalism
1925–1945
American Regionalism
The rural Midwest painted with pride and plainness
Conjure Woman — Magic Realism
1925–1960
Magic Realism
The uncanny hidden inside photographic precision
Eric Tucker 'Temptation' - wiki — Social Realism
1929–1950
Social Realism
Art bearing witness to poverty and injustice
Big Game Hunting in the USSR — Socialist Realism
1932–1980
Socialist Realism
Heroic labor glorified as official state doctrine

Postwar

22 movements
AI-generated interpretation of Abstract ExpressionismAI
1943–1965
Abstract Expressionism
Raw emotion, unleashed across the whole canvas
AI-generated interpretation of Action PaintingAI
1945–1960
Action Painting
The canvas as an arena for the body
VdA LaM seraphine bouquet — Art Brut
1945–1975
Art Brut
Raw art made outside every rule of taste
Riemu — Tachisme
1945–1960
Tachisme
Spontaneous stains and gestures of raw instinct
AI-generated interpretation of Color Field PaintingAI
1947–1970
Color Field Painting
Vast, glowing color meant to be entered
AI-generated interpretation of CoBrAAI
1948–1951
CoBrA
Untamed color and folk myth rising from ruins
AI-generated interpretation of Neo-DadaAI
1952–1965
Neo-Dada
Found objects meet paint in irreverent collage
Using his feet — Gutai
1954–1972
Gutai
Painting reinvented as raw physical action
'Bacchanal' by Phyllis Mark,1968 — Kinetic Art
1955–1975
Kinetic Art
Sculpture set loose to move and shift
"Avaruuskostruktio", 1969. — Pop Art
1955–1975
Pop Art
Advertising's bright surface turned into fine art
Azopardo River of Rockwell Kent 1922 — Hard-Edge Painting
1959–1970
Hard-Edge Painting
Flat color blocks cut by razor-sharp painted edges
AI-generated interpretation of MinimalismAI
1960–1975
Minimalism
Industrial forms stripped to pure geometry and material
AI-generated interpretation of Nouveau RéalismeAI
1960–1970
Nouveau Réalisme
Real objects, torn posters, and industrial debris as art
1968 Construction on Red Background — Op Art
1960–1970
Op Art
Geometric patterns that trick the eye into motion
"The Final Problem" performed at lunch on Nov 2 — Performance Art
1960–now
Performance Art
The artist's own body as the artwork
Acció de Joseph Beuys — Fluxus
1961–1978
Fluxus
Everyday actions scored, boxed, and mailed as art
"Ontology", 2011-2012 — Video Art
1963–now
Video Art
Television turned into a medium for art
AI-generated interpretation of Conceptual ArtAI
1965–1980
Conceptual Art
The idea itself becomes the artwork's true material
AI-generated interpretation of Post-MinimalismAI
1966–1980
Post-Minimalism
Soft materials, chance, and process replace industrial rigor
AI-generated interpretation of Arte PoveraAI
1967–1980
Arte Povera
Humble materials turned into radical sculpture
"Eyes of Ocean" -Tanya Preminger -installation — Land Art
1967–1980
Land Art
Sculpture carved directly into the earth
American Landscape — Photorealism
1968–1985
Photorealism
Paintings so precise they mimic the camera

Contemporary

17 movements
"1 Maggio 1975" (1975 Mayday Protest for Wages for Housework in Mestre, Italy) — Feminist Art Movement
1965–1985
Feminist Art Movement
Women artists reclaiming the body, craft, and voice
"El niño autista" — Graffiti Art
1970–now
Graffiti Art
Names and letters claiming the city in spray paint
AI-generated interpretation of Pattern and DecorationAI
1975–1985
Pattern and Decoration
Ornament restored to fine art, unapologetically
Back To Your River — Neo-Expressionism
1978–1990
Neo-Expressionism
Raw, monumental painting returns to feeling
AI-generated interpretation of Lowbrow & Pop SurrealismAI
1979–now
Lowbrow & Pop Surrealism
Underground comix craft meets surreal pop imagery
AI-generated interpretation of TransavanguardiaAI
1979–1990
Transavanguardia
Italy's exuberant, myth-soaked return to painting
Douglas (1985-1986) - Olivier Mosset (1944) (45436477491) — Neo-Geo
1980–1990
Neo-Geo
Cool geometry recast as consumer-culture critique
"Bolt On" The Robot - Street Art On Bolton Street (Anna Doran) (7334852754) — Street Art
1980–now
Street Art
Public walls turned into a global open gallery
1988–2000
Young British Artists
Shock tactics reinvent 1990s British contemporary art
AI-generated interpretation of Bio ArtAI
1990–now
Bio Art
Living tissue, genes, and organisms as art
10'000 moving cities V3, net-and-telepresence-based installation, 2015 — New Media Art
1990–now
New Media Art
Art built from screens, circuits, and code
AI-generated interpretation of Relational AestheticsAI
1995–2010
Relational Aesthetics
Art staged as encounter, meal, and conversation
AI-generated interpretation of SuperflatAI
1995–now
Superflat
Anime-flat surfaces collapsing high and low art
Paul Harvey, Stuckism 1999-2006 — Stuckism
1999–now
Stuckism
Figurative painters revolting against conceptual art's grip
AI-generated interpretation of Post-Internet ArtAI
2008–now
Post-Internet Art
Art made with the internet as a given condition
Archive Dreaming by Refik Anadol — AI Art
2015–now
AI Art
Images generated through trained artificial neural networks
Cryptopunks — Crypto Art
2017–now
Crypto Art
Digital art authenticated and sold on the blockchain