Karl Marx Art styles and movements have evolved from antiquity to modernity. The majority of these styles were either new or re-imagined. Individual, group or school efforts are responsible for the art styles that have shaped art history. My goal is to present the art forms, schools and movements that are most well-known and influential. The art reference will stay for those that want to know more, read more.

Art style describes the most art created in this time period of European history between the Middle Ages’ end and the dawn of the Modern World. The style began in 14th Century, and it lasted up until 17th Century. The art movement was later subdivided by historians into eight different regional forms. This means “rebirth”. The rapid growth of arts, sciences and medicine in Europe was one characteristic.

Renaissance? Renaissance: The Renaissance was a time of personalism, worldly experience and individualism. Renaissance had Italian origins and later became known as a popular European Art Movement. Renaissance can be classified according to region, including Italy, England (Germany), Northern Europe and France. Early Renaissance is also called High Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance and Northern Renaissance. The word Renaissance is now used to refer to other cultural and historic moments. Carolingian Renaissances, Byzantine Renaissances.

Leonardo da Vinci represents Renaissance values best through his writings, science and art. Raphael, Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists were regarded for many centuries as the perfect embodiments of classical perfection. Alberti Brunelleschi Bramante as well as other Renaissance architects played a significant role.

Renaissance Classicism was the catalyst for two movements, Mannerism and Baroque. Mannerism began as a reaction to Classicism, and its idealism. Baroque artworks evolved from 16th century Mannerist art to be more sensory and intuitive. Baroque icons were simple, direct, apparent, and dramatic.

Annibale Carracci’s broad and heroic tendencies influenced the Baroque. Artists like Caravaggio, Federico Barocci, and Correggio also inspired the baroque. These pieces are often called ‘protobaroque. Rococo became the dominant style in France by the late 1720s. Baroque is still a popular style for interiors and painting. Jacques Louis David and Ingres, the two best-known neoclassicists are.

Neoclassicism was an answer to Baroque art, Rococo style and the return of “purity” as envisioned by ancient Greeks and Romans. Neoclassicism is also associated with the American Renaissance. Romanticism rejected Enlightenment ideals as Mannerism did. Romanticism focuses on the landscape and the natural world. Human form and the natural order was elevated above human will. Hudson River School has a great deal to do with Romanticism.