Art movements term list

Art movements term list

The Art movements field is a free text field in the Context section of an Item record when cataloguing with the Artwork record category. Use this field to record the applicable art movement for the item you are cataloguing. Below are suggested terms:


Abstract art
Abstract Expressionism
Aestheticism
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts
Baroque
Bauhaus
Classicism
Conceptual art
Contemporary art
Cubism
Dada
Expressionism
Folk art
Futurism
Gothic art
Happenings
Heidelberg School
Hyperrealism
Impressionism
Kinetic art
Land art
Mannerism
Minimalism
Modern art
Modernism
Naïve art
Neoclassicism
Performance
Symbolism
Photorealism
Pop art
Post-Minimalism
Postmodernism
Primitivism
Public art
Realism
Rococo
Romanticism
Street art
Surrealism





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