Terms of the Day for April 16

Neoclassicism - a revival of classical Greek and Roman forms in art, particularly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe and America.
Romanticism - a literary and artistic movement of early nineteenth century Europe asserting the validity of subjective experiences as a countermovement to Neoclassicism.
Realism - the mid-nineteenth century art style based on the idea that ordinary people and everyday activities are worthy subjects for art.
Impressionism - a style of painting, developed in the late nineteenth century, that focussed on casual subjects, the ability to paint outdoors, and divided brush strokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment.
Post-Impressionism - a general term applied to various personal style sof pointed that developed from about 1885-1900 in reaction to Impressionism.
Appropriation - an artistic concept in which an artist uses an image already in existence and places it in a new context in order to give it new meanings.
Fauvism - a style of painting introduced in the early twentieth century, characterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes. The name les fauves is translated “the wild beasts”.
Cubism - a style developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early twentieth century, based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects.