AP European History Art Styles

See to Impose Intense Feeling and Emotions Through Art (Mid/Late 1800s)

Extensive Use of Arches, Curved Forms, Mosaics, and Stained Glass (Early 1900s)

Extravagant Settings, Ornamentation and Color, Popular During the Catholic Reformation (1600s-1700s)

Known for Geometric Schemes, Shapes, and Cubes (Early 1900s)

Focused on Religious Themes and Everyday Life (1430s-1500s)

Use of Unconventional Techniques, Spurred by the Psychological Crisis of Many Western Europeans (Early 1900s)

Decorative Architecture Known for Use of Luxury Items to Create Appearance of Wealth (1920s-Mid 1900s)

Known for Soft Pastels and Starry-Eyed Lovers Protected by Hovering Cupids (1720-1780)

Emphasized Asymmetrical Designs, Fictitious Subject Matter, and Instability (1520-1580)

Reflects Deep Intellectual Unrest, and Destruction of Trust Between People and the World (Late 1800s-Early 1900s)

Art Based on Modern Pop Culture and Mass Media (1960s)

Categorized by Nature, Classical Learning, and the Individual (1300s - 1500s)

Rejected the Past, and Focused on the Aesthetic of Future Machines and Speed (Early 1900s)

Exemplifies Civic Virtue, Rational Thinking, Morality, and Ethics (1750s-Early 1800s)

Known for Appreciation for the Beauties of Nature and Emotions over Reason (Late 1700s-Mid 1800s)

Known for Refusal of Any Single Artistic Style or Definition of What Art Should Be (Late 1900s)

Use of Non-Traditional Techniques and Performances to Shock Society into Self-Awareness (Interwar Period)

Style of Idealized Realism Created in the Soviet Union (Early 1900s-Soviet Era)

Movement that Stressed the Depiction of Life as it Actually was (Mid 1800s)