Karl Marx Art has always been marked by different styles and movements. Most of these are either new designs or radical transformations of styles already in existence. There are many art styles that have been created throughout history. They were the product of individual efforts, group efforts or school-based initiatives. It is my intention to highlight the popular art forms, their influences and movements. My attempt is to present the most popular & well-known movements & art styles – visit us.
The best way to describe art history is as a type of art that spans European History between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Era. This art style began in Europe during the fourteenth century, and continued through the seventeenth. Historians later divided an art form into eight distinct regional styles. The term “rebirth’ was used in Europe to describe dramatic changes in the arts, science, politics, and medicine.
Renaissance! It was during this period that personal experience and expression were key themes. Renaissance art, originally Italian, was later recognized as one of major European Art Movements. Renaissance was distinct in both England and Italy. Also, it was identified as an era from Northern Europe. Early Renaissance, also referred to as High Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. Northern Renaissance. Renaissances are often used as a term to describe historical and cultural events. Byzantine Renaissance and Carolingian Renaissances.
Leonardo da Vinci is a Renaissance icon. His science, his writing, and his art embodied all the ideals and values of that time. Michelangelo & Raphael were also important in this revolution. The works they produced were considered by history to be a reflection of the traditional notions of perfection. Alberti Brunelleschi Bramante are Renaissance architects.
Renaissance Classicism inspired two different movements – Mannerism and Baroque. Mannerism, in a sense, was an antithesis to the perfectionist ideals that characterized Classicism. Baroque took a deliberate turn away from the intellectual and humorous qualities of Mannerist Art in the 16th Century, to create a more sense-oriented appeal. Baroque was characterized by an iconography that featured directness, drama, simplicity and apparent.
Baroque art was inspired by Annibale Caracci, Caravaggio and others. Federico Barocci can be considered “proto Baroque”. Although Rococo replaced Baroque architecture in France by the end of the 1720s it remained the style most used for decorative interiors. Jacques-Louis David is also well-known, as are Canova and the other neoclassicists.
Neoclassicism is nothing else than a reaction against Baroque or Rococo, as well as a desire to bring back the pure art of Greece and Rome. Neoclassicism only represented the American Renaissance. Romanticism also rejects Enlightenment Ideals and Neoclassicalist aesthetics. Romanticism grew in popularity and drew people’s attention to the natural landscape. Also, they gave the body of the man prominence and put the order in nature before the desires or will of mankind. Hudson River School exhibited a Romantic influence.