Movements/Characteristics/Media: An Organizational Worksheet
I have tried to include everything we’ve covered this quarter in roughly the order in which it was
discussed. I’ve also provided examples of the items that should be included under each category, but the
list itself is by no means exhaustive. Use it as a guide to studying the material and making sense of
movements and their relationships. You will have to allow for expansion within cells of the table, which
has been pre-set to Calibri 10 pt. –but feel free to change the organization to fit your own needs. Please
let me know if I’ve left anything out or if you have questions about how to make this work.
Movement
Characteristics
Approximate dates
Examples
(artist/title)
Notes
Baroque
17th century; introduces
drama & emotionalism
into Renaissance
classical revival;
continues Mannerism in
painting; Counterreformation (Catholic)
themes focus on power
of church and
passionate faith;
Protestant
(Reformation) painting
tends toward moralizing
(genre, allegory)
18th century;
elaboration of Baroque,
emphasis on pleasure;
mostly French,
aristocratic
Artemesia, Judith &
Holofernes
Caravaggio, Judith &
Holofernes, Calling of St.
Mathew
Ten Bruggen, Calling of
St. Matthew
Jan Vermeer (any)
Clara Peeters (flowers)
Works by Artemesia and
Caravaggio look forward
to Romantic themes of
drama and violence;
increased use of
tenebrism. History
painting dominates,
followed by genre
Francois Boucher
Antoine Watteau
Lacks the seriousness of
Baroque, with emphasis
on color, texture,
sumptuousness
Rococo
Neoclassicism
[transition]
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Art Nouveau
[regional variations]
Symbolism
Gothic Revival
Pre-raphaelite
Brotherhood
Arts & Crafts Movement
Post-Impressionism
Neo-Impressionism
(Pointillism)
Expressionism
[sub-movements]
Cubism (3 stages)
Futurism
Dada
Constructivism
Suprematism
De Stijl/Neoplasticism
Bauhaus
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism
(2 variations)
Post-painterly
Abstraction
Pop Art
Superrealism
Neo-Expressionism
Feminist Art
Environmental Art (Land
Art)
Influences from Elsewhere/when
Characteristics/Descriptions Examples/Movements
Notes
Exoticism
Interest in the exotic originates in
from late Medieval and
Renaissance travels (crusades,
pilgrimage, trade) and increases
as Capitalism rises. Napoleon’s
expedition to Egypt, wars,
colonialism all bring new objects
and ideas into European markets
19th century archaeological
expeditions increase interest in
very ancient Greece &
Mesopotamia
Medievalism
Japonism/Orientalism
Primitivism
Harem girls/Odalisques
Ingres Grand Odalisque
(Neoclassicism/Romanticism)
Delacroix Algerian Women
(Romanticism)
Renoir Algerian Woman
(Impressionism)
Exotic locales
Gros Napoleon Visiting Jaffa
(Romanticism)
Gauguin Tahitian & Breton
paintings (Post-Impressionism)
The following table is designed to help you distinguish how various media were
interpreted within particular movements.
Technologies/
Techniques/Media
Associated
Movements
Examples
Notes
Prints (etchings,
woodblocks,
lithographs, posters)
Impressionism
Art Nouveau
Post Impressionism
Prints: Mary Cassat
Posters: Klimt, Olbrich
Posters,
Chromolithographs:
Toulouse Lautrec
Edo period woodblock
prints favored by many
movements in the 19th
century; inspire new
perspectives, flat
surfaces, simplified
compositions
Photography
Realism
Romanticism
PRB
Gothic Revival
Romanticism
Architecture
Sculpture