Western Art Movements Crossword Puzzle

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PREHISTORIC : Earliest period of Art History, includes the Chauvet Cave Paintings
EGYPTIAN : Art emphasizing the afterlife: mummification: and pharaohs
BYZANTINE : Eastern Roman art period famous for its gold mosaics and intense: symbolic focus on early Christianity
ROMANESQUE : Medieval style with thick walls: rounded arches: and barrel vaults
GOTHIC : Art the grew out of Romanesque art and is famous for towering cathedrals: pointed arches: and flying buttresses
RENAISSANCE : Revival of classical art and learning in Europe
MANNERISM : Style featuring elongated figures: unusual poses: and distorted proportions
BAROQUE : Style which features dramatic movement: emotion: and strong light-dark contrast
ROCOCO : Elegant French style with pastel colors: playful subjects: and ornate decoration
NEOCLASSICISM : Return to the ideals of ancient Greece and Rome: stressing reason and order (Hint: NOT Renaissance)
ROMANTICISM : Developed against Neoclassicism and emphasizes the individual and nature
REALISM : Movement portraying everyday people and ordinary life without idealization
FAUVISM : Art style famous for bold: unnatural colors: rough brushstrokes: and simple shapes
CUBISM : Art style which deconstructs objects into geometric shapes
EXPRESSIONISM : Art movement where works show inner feelings and emotions instead of trying to look real (Hint: The Scream)
DADA : Art that was a direct reaction of deep disillusionment with the world during and after World War I
SURREALISM : Movement inspired by dreams and the unconscious mind
POP ART : Style using imagery from advertising: comics: and popular culture (Hint: has \'art\' in the name)
MINIMALISM : Movement reducing art to simple forms and essential elements (Hint: NOT cubism)
PHOTOREALISM : Style producing paintings that closely resemble photographs
EARTHWORKS : Art created directly in the natural landscape
PERFORMANCE ART : Art in which the artist\'s actions are the primary medium (Hint: has \'art\' in the name)
POSTMODERNISM : Modern art that remixes and challenges older styles of art

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prehistoric : earliest period of art history, includes the chauvet cave paintings
egyptian : art emphasizing the afterlife: mummification: and pharaohs
byzantine : eastern roman art period famous for its gold mosaics and intense: symbolic focus on early christianity
romanesque : medieval style with thick walls: rounded arches: and barrel vaults
gothic : art the grew out of romanesque art and is famous for towering cathedrals: pointed arches: and flying buttresses
renaissance : revival of classical art and learning in europe
mannerism : style featuring elongated figures: unusual poses: and distorted proportions
baroque : style which features dramatic movement: emotion: and strong light-dark contrast
rococo : elegant french style with pastel colors: playful subjects: and ornate decoration
neoclassicism : return to the ideals of ancient greece and rome: stressing reason and order (hint: not renaissance)
romanticism : developed against neoclassicism and emphasizes the individual and nature
realism : movement portraying everyday people and ordinary life without idealization
fauvism : art style famous for bold: unnatural colors: rough brushstrokes: and simple shapes
cubism : art style which deconstructs objects into geometric shapes
expressionism : art movement where works show inner feelings and emotions instead of trying to look real (hint: the scream)
dada : art that was a direct reaction of deep disillusionment with the world during and after world war i
surrealism : movement inspired by dreams and the unconscious mind
pop art : style using imagery from advertising: comics: and popular culture (hint: has 'art' in the name)
minimalism : movement reducing art to simple forms and essential elements (hint: not cubism)
photorealism : style producing paintings that closely resemble photographs
earthworks : art created directly in the natural landscape
performance art : art in which the artist's actions are the primary medium (hint: has 'art' in the name)
postmodernism : modern art that remixes and challenges older styles of art