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The movement of Op Art started in 1964. A group of artists were demonstrating the relationship between seeing and understanding through painting artwork that consisted of optical illusions. The idea of this concept was to highlight the fact that the eye can trick the mind into seeing things that aren't there. If Art can trick the mind so can words and propaganda...

The modern art movement of Dadaism was in its prime from the period of 1916 to 1920. In 1916 Hugo ball (a German poet) was exiled and set up a cafe in Zurich called the Cabaret Voltaire. Bohemian artists, musicians and writers frequented the cafe creating an atmosphere that emphasized artistic freedom and creation! Dadaism was an art Movement which took the artwork...

The movement of Conceptual Art was all about free thinking. The belief was that the power of art is behind the thinking not necessarily the finished article. This evolved into a way of thinking that emphasised the free thinking of art and to look everywhere and anywhere for ideas. In Conceptual Artwork any idea is a good idea. The modern/contemporary art movement of Conceptual Art became large in the 60s

An important factor in buying modern art is style. There are many styles of modern art available to the art buyer. Some modern art are strictly based on existing and past modern art movements but have a twist of the artist's own view and interpretation of a particular modern art movement. The most important things to consider when buying modern art or contemporary art is the following...

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With the wide range of Modern Art paintings available these days and the fact that a painting will look perfect with any interior (old or new) means Modern Art paintings are the perfect gifts for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. Plus modern art still gives the 'WOW!' effect no matter whether its abstract art, Pop art or whatever, due to contemporary art's ability to truly...

The modern art/contemporary art movement, 'Surrealism' was formed in the mid 1920s. Surrealism has been described as a way of expressing the true function of thought, defying all logic and lies outside any normal or moral interpretations of life. For instance the interpretation of life itself as seen in Salvador Dali's paintings is that of the unknown. Read the rest of the story by clicking surrealism...

The movement of Pop Art was a hugely successful contemporary art movement. The hight of it's popularity was during the 1960s was during the 1960s. The champions of Pop Art were Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann. It is widely thought that Pop Art was a reaction to abstract expressionism or it was an evolutionary move from< abstract expressionism. The concept of Pop Art was parallel...

The art movement of Abstract Expressionism was in full flow by 1946. The pioneers of Abstract Expressionism were Jackson Pollock and his partner Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Clyfford Still, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman and Philip Guston. These artists formed the New York School. The contemporary art...

In the early 1900s artists wanted the freedom to express emotion through their art. They wanted to paint their emotional response to objects and not just what they saw. The idea behind the contemporary art movement of Expressionism was that it would be the vehicle for artists to freely paint what they felt as opposed to what is actually there. Abstract art...

The modern art movement of Futurism was Italian and founded in 1909 and started to diminish in 1918 just as World War 1 was starting. The aim of Futurism was to object to traditional conventionalism and to wage war against the art of the 19th Century. The 20th Centaury was a new time when people were starting to prosper, health and hygiene was getting...

The contemporary art movement of Impressionism was in motion in 1867. The idea behind the contemporary art movement of Impressionism was that the artist would convey, through their art work, an effect of communicating to the viewer in a manner that would make the viewer see an object in the way that someone would see that object if they were to glance at it...