-isms understanding art

An introductory guide to the visual arts offers a look at the many "isms" that are used to define art movements, with a discussion of the various art historical periods, their significance, and their most important artists and works.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Stephen, 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Universe, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Renaissance
  • International Gothicism
  • Classicism
  • Secularism
  • Monumentalism
  • Humanism
  • Idealism
  • Perspectivism
  • Illusionism
  • Naturalism
  • Mannerism
  • Baroque
  • Allegoricism
  • Baroque classicism
  • Pietism
  • Sectarianism
  • Gesturalism
  • Emotionalism
  • Caravaggism
  • Absolutism
  • Rococo
  • Academicism
  • Neo-classicism
  • 19th century
  • Romanticism
  • Orientalism
  • Medievalism
  • Pre-Raphaelitism
  • Realism
  • Materialism
  • Impressionism
  • Neo-impressionism
  • Secessionism
  • Aestheticism
  • Symbolism
  • Post-impressionism
  • Modernism
  • Fauvism
  • Primitivism
  • Expressionism
  • Cubism
  • Futurism
  • Dadaism
  • Suprematism
  • Constructivism : Russian and international
  • Neo-plasticism
  • Surrealism
  • Spatialism
  • Abstract expressionism
  • Social realism
  • Post-modernism
  • Conceptualism
  • Neo-conceptualism
  • Neo-expressionism
  • Minimalism
  • Sensationalism
  • Glossary of artists
  • Glossary of useful terms
  • Chronology of isms
  • List of museums to visit.