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Pop Art – A style of art which seeks its inspiration
from commercial art and items of mass culture (such as comic strips,
popular foods and brand name packaging). Pop art was first developed
in New York City in the late 1950’s and soon became the dominant
avant-garde art for in the United States.
Realism – A style of painting which depicts subject
matter (form, color, space) as it appears in actuality or ordinary visual
experience without distortion or stylization.
Romanticism – An art style which emphasizes
the personal, emotional and dramatic through the use of exotic, literary,
or historical subject matter.
Surrealism – An art style developed in Europe
in the 1920s, characterized by using the subconscious as a source of
creativity to liberate pictorial subjects and ideas. Surrealist paintings
often depict unexpected or irrational objects in an atmosphere of fantasy,
creating a dream-like scenario.
Symbolism – An art style developed in the late
19th century characterized by the incorporation of symbols and ideas,
usually spiritual or mystical in nature, which represent the inner life
of people. Traditional modeled, pictorial depictions are replaced or
contrasted by flat mosaic-like surfaces decoratively embellished with
figurines and design elements.
Tromp L’oeil (Trick of the Eye) – A style
of painting in which architectural details are rendered in extremely
fine detail in order to create the illusion of tactile (tangible) and
spatial qualities. This form of painting was first used by the Romans
thousands of years ago in frescoes and murals. Tromp L’oeil can
be thought of as a form of architectural realism. |
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