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Definition of Art movement
1. Noun. A group of artists who agree on general principles.
Specialized synonyms: Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting, Ash Can, Ashcan School, Impressionism, Pop Art, Ashcan School, Eight, Pointillism, Art Deco, Deco, Art Nouveau, Avant-garde, New Wave, Van, Vanguard, Constructivism, Suprematism, Cubism, Dada, Dadaism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, Hudson River School, Romantic Realism, Imagism, Lake Poets, Luminism, Minimal Art, Minimalism, Reductivism, Naturalism, Realism, Neoromanticism, New Wave, Nouvelle Vague, Secession, Sezession, Surrealism, Symbolism
Generic synonyms: Front, Movement, Social Movement
Definition of Art movement
1. Noun. (arts) Any of many styles of art having an underlying philosophy or goal; many of them have names with an ''-ism'' suffix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Art Movement
Literary usage of Art movement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Few Chapters in Workshop Re-construction and Citizenship by Charles Robert Ashbee (1894)
"An art movement is judged by its men, and at the bottom of all lies character,
... Earnest men and honest work make an art movement, and its relative ..."
2. In Praise of Film Studies: Essays in Honor of Makino Mamoruby Mark Howard Nornes, Mamoru Makino, Aaron Gerow by Mark Howard Nornes, Mamoru Makino, Aaron Gerow (2001)
"The inaugural issue of Tane maku hito ("The Sowers") in October 1921 was the
germination of the proletarian art movement in Japan. This magazine was ruined ..."
3. The Quest of Happiness: A Study of Victory Over Life's Troubles by Newell Dwight Hillis (1902)
"... THE INCREASE OF SOCIAL HAPPINESS THROUGH THE NEW art movement AND THE DIFFUSION
OF THE BEAUTIFUL ..."
4. The Modern High School: Its Administration and Extension by Charles Hughes Johnston (1914)
"It is, in truth, a plain tale of sixteen years' work in establishing an art
movement in connection with the public high school of Richmond, Ind., ..."
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