Later European and American Art, 1750–1980 CE

Advanced photography shifted Impressionists’ focus away from outdoor scenes toward studio portraiture.

Photographic developments discouraged experimentation with light among Impressionists who valued handmade art.

Photography inspired Impressionists’ interest in transient light effects due to its ability to capture moments quickly.

Photography’s clarity made Impressionists abandon experiments with light for more detailed landscapes.

Medieval times

Early 20th century

Renaissance epoch

Baroque period

World War II

The Industrial Revolution

The French Revolution

The Cold War

Incorporating dreamlike juxtapositions and illogical scenes to challenge viewers' perceptions of reality.

Integrating patriotic symbols and nationalistic sentiments to promote government ideologies.

Adopting hyperrealism to accurately depict technological advancements of the Industrial Revolution.

Focusing on pastoral settings to idealize unindustrialized countryside untouched by urban development.

Action Painting

Readymade

Collage

Earthwork

As a result of the Cold War, artists refocused on classical representations using childlike simplified forms of Pop art as a political statement.

Intense political climate encouraged Pop artists to incorporate more abstract expressive elements, avoiding representational imagery.

The Cold War discouraged the celebration of mass culture which Pop art style symbolized, leading to a decline in its popularity.

Tension between US and USSR highlighted consumer culture in America, which became a key theme in Pop art works.

Rothko preferred linear narratives expressed via figurative symbols which contrasted Pollock’s avoidance of representational imagery altogether.

Pollock emphasized dynamic line through dripping paint whereas Rothko focused on large areas saturated with color evoking contemplative silence.

Pollock exclusively used organic shapes while Rothko constructed his compositions around rigid geometric forms only.

Both artists shunned textural variety instead applying uniform thin layers of pigments across canvases highlighting spatial illusions.

Neo-impressionism

Surrealism

Fauvism

Dadaism

While both exalted originality forefront movement ideals they parted ways concerning materiality concerns hence Kandinsky’s preference natural pigments against Duchamp’s predilection manufactured items disrupting art status quo.

Both relied heavily upon symmetry achieving equilibrium yet diverging where Kandinsky sought spiritual purity whereas Duchamp aimed political engagement satire purposes only.

Kandinsky's focus predominantly laid upon rhythm repetition creating visual melodies throughout pieces differing significantly next Duchamp’s emphasis highly conceptual messages requiring intellectual interpretation beyond aesthetics alone.

Intention vs chance played pivotal roles where Kandinsky carefully arranged elements for spiritual resonance contrary Duchamp highlighted random object selection critiquing artistic conventions.

Complementary colors

Monochromatic colors

Analogous colors

Tertiary colors