Modernism
By: Havana Lopez---Class: 6A
Surrealism
Leading artist: Salvador Dali
Date of movement: It started around 1925.
Citations: "25 Famous Salvador Dali Paintings - Surreal and Optical Illusion Paintings." 25 Famous Salvador Dali Paintings - Surreal and Optical Illusion Paintings. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://webneel.com/salvador-dali-famous-surreal-optical-illusion-paintings>.
Op Art
Description and purpose: It makes illusions in a drawing or a painting using color, form, and pattern. For example, they try to make you see a 3D object by placing things in certain ways but really, it is just 2D.
Leading artist: Victor Vasarely
Date of movement: It started around 1930.
Citations: "Victor Vasarely." OpArtcouk. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://www.op-art.co.uk/victor-vasarely/>.
Abstract Expressionism
Leading artist: Willem de Kooning
Date of movement: It started around 1940.
Citations: "Willem De Kooning Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works." The Art Story. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-willem.htm>.
Pop Art
Leading artist: Andy Warhol
Date of movement: It started around 1950.
Citations: ""An Artist Is Somebody Who Produces Things That People Don't Need to Have." -Andy Warhol." Andy Warhol's Work. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://awdsgn.com/classes/fall09/webI/student/trad_mw/montagu/final_warhol/warhol/artwork.html>.