art movement
Let an agent explain art movements and how they are defined, relay major movements and their chronology from art historical sources with attribution, describe how movements form and end, and distinguish movements from styles, schools, periods and genres.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain art movements and how they are defined, relay major movements and their chronology from art historical sources with attribution, describe how movements form and end, and distinguish movements from styles, schools, periods and genres.
A tendency or style in art with a shared philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period, such as Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism or Ultraism, usually identified by manifestos, exhibitions or critics, and by extension movements in music, literature and design, schools such as regional schools of carpet weaving, and contemporary tendencies such as sound art or augmented painting; art historians debate how movements are named and bounded.
What it is for: Not applicable; an art historical concept.
It can be explain the concept; relay major movements; describe formation; distinguish related terms.
Distinguishing features
Shared philosophy
Group and period
Manifestos and exhibitions
Named by critics or artists
What it looks like
Not a visible object; groups of works sharing an approach.
Physical character
Impressionism first exhibition: 1874 year
Ultraism: 1918-1922 period - Spanish avant-garde
How it is recognised
Shared tendency among artists in a period
Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Ultraism, musical movements, sound art, schools of carpet weaving
A style may persist across movements; a period is chronological; a school is a place or teacher lineage
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is exemplified by - a canonical movement
is contrasted with - a chronological division
In practice
Families and kinds
historical movements such as Romanticism and Realism
modernist movements such as Impressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism
postwar and contemporary movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop art and sound art
literary and musical movements
craft schools such as schools of carpet weaving
emerging tendencies such as augmented painting
Standards and regulation
No regulation; art historical conventions and museum classification
Failure modes and hazards
Treating movement labels as fixed facts
Confusing movements with styles or periods
Ignoring non-Western movements
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an art movement is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an art movement, and how does it differ from a style, period, school and genre? definition
- Is the question about a movement, a style, a school or a period? boundary
Formation
Formation.
Formation
Formation.
- How do movements form through manifestos, exhibitions and critics, and how do they end? definition
- Which entry fits the specific movement? action
History Major movements.
Attribution.
Modern
Modern movements.
Modern
Modern.
- What are the major movements from Romanticism through Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism to Pop art, as art historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Beyond
Beyond visual art.
Beyond
Beyond.
- What are literary and musical movements, Ultraism, sound art and craft schools such as carpet weaving schools? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Study Study.
Sources.
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about naming and bounding movements and about Western-centred narratives, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Research
Research tools.
Research
Research.
- How are movements documented in museum databases and art historical timelines? provenance
- Which entry fits art history? action
Context Today.
Context.
Contemporary
Contemporary tendencies.
Contemporary
Contemporary.
- What tendencies such as augmented painting and digital art are emerging today? provenance
- Which entry fits contemporary art? action
Market
Market and museums.
Market
Market.
- How do museums and the art market use movement labels? provenance
- Which entry fits art market? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should major movements be separate primary entries?
- How should art historical sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific movements and craft schools; should they be split off?