13 terms in Period 4
Abstract Expressionism
An American art movement of the 1940s-1950s combining abstract form with expressive, gestural mark-making and monumental
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Abstract Expressionist Painters: Pollock, Rothko, Newman
Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman represent Abstract Expressionism's major approaches: gestural abstracti
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Period 4: Modern (c.1860-c.1960): Impressionism
A late 19th-century movement pioneered by artists such as Monet and Renoir, characterised by loose brushwork, emphasis o
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Period 4: Modern (c.1860-c.1960): Impressionism
A late 19th-century movement encompassing diverse artists who moved beyond Impressionism's emphasis on light and colour
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Period 4: Modern (c.1860-c.1960): Impressionism
A revolutionary art movement of the early 1900s developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque that deconstructed objects
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Period 4: Modern (c.1860-c.1960): Impressionism
An early 20th-century movement emphasising emotional expression and psychological content through distorted form, exagge
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Period 4: Modern (c.1860-c.1960): Impressionism
A mid-20th-century movement founded by André Breton in 1924 that sought to unlock unconscious creativity through automat
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Plein Air
Painting outdoors directly from natural observation rather than in the studio. Plein air practice, enabled by portable o
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)
Post-Impressionist Painters: Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin
Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin represent Post-Impressionism's diverse approaches to moving beyond Impr
Period 4: Modern (c.1860–c.1960)