The "isms" of Art In the later years of our history we have come to see art progress in many stages. These stages surround modern art. ... Cubism is an art form derived from modernism and said to be invented by Pablo Picasso who invented a new style of painting, focusing mainly on line rather than color. ... Much like the futurists Constructivism sought an art that would be abstract yet easily understood. ... Lastly, it is these series of movements that defines the art of the later years of our history. ...

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The artists aimed to represent their subject as realistically as possible, particularly in terms of form and colour. Many aspects of society at the time affected art such as the industrial revolution. ... His paintings however showed the same themes of exposing injustices but his approach was less simple and focused more on realistic representation of both colour and form. ... Paintings such as The Sower, The Gleaners and The Angelus are typical of Millets most ambitious work, with the peasant figures generalized into large forms, dominating the foreground of a deep landscape. ... The social c...

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In these times music was a simple art, sung by the people to praise the Lord. ... The cantata and oratorio were created as new forms of vocal pieces. ... New forms of music were written in continuous contrapuntal form with no distinguishable movements, the most famous of which was the fantasia. ... Like in the Baroque era, the concerto and sonata were used as art forms. In the Classical period the symphony and string quartet were added as new acceptable art forms. ...

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It was the movement of the mid 19th century that formed in reaction against the severely academic production of the French school. ... In a broader sense, the term is applied to an unembellished rendering of natural forms. In recent years realism has come to mean the appearance of forms and materials that are simply themselves, not representations of things that previously exist. Impressionism is an art form designed to obtain reflected light from subjects by the use of streaks of color. ... The color themselves creates the visual impact of one color with any blending, as a result, this creat...

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As a rule, Classicism can be characterized as an issue in writing, visual workmanship, music, or construction modeling that draws on the styles of antiquated Greece and Rome, particularly fifth- and fourth-century b.c.e. Athens and late Republican Augustan Rome. The term can be confounding, in light of the fact that it has tackled numerous different implications. It can allude to a general stylish portrayed by clarity, style, and symmetry, or to a style that is by and large considered epitomizing enormity or flawlessness. Case in point, the vast majority would distinguish the Boston Pops as en...

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