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Renaissance
Time period: 14th–17th century Characteristics: Revival of classical learning, linear perspective, and naturalistic representation of the body.
Surrealism
Time period: 1920s-1950s Characteristics: Juxtaposition of dream-like elements with reality, influenced by the unconscious mind.
Expressionism
Time period: Early 20th century Characteristics: Distorted forms to evoke emotion, bold colors, and often dramatic or abstract.
Romanticism
Time period: Late 18th–mid-19th century Characteristics: Emphasized intense emotion as a source of aesthetic experience, including glorified nature, and rebellion against social conventions.
Post-Impressionism
Time period: Late 19th century Characteristics: A continuation of Impressionism, but with a greater emphasis on structure, form, and expression.
Realism
Time period: Mid-19th century Characteristics: Rejection of romanticism, depicting subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation.
Cubism
Time period: 1907–1920s Characteristics: Depicted subjects from multiple viewpoints, geometric shapes, interlocking planes.
Impressionism
Time period: 1870s–1880s Characteristics: Emphasizes light and its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, open composition, visible brush strokes.
Baroque
Time period: Early 17th–mid-18th century Characteristics: Grandeur, sensuality, drama, and movement. Often used intense light and dark shadows.
Abstract Expressionism
Time period: 1940s–1950s Characteristics: Emphasis on spontaneous or subconscious creation; focused on dynamic, energetic brushwork, large canvases, and an interest in surface texture.
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