Art movements

These are my most recent "Quicky Art History" time lines which I use to teach surveys of art history. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

Teach art history through children's literature with this huge book list organized according to art movement and free printable art timeline for kids!

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Dadaism or Dada was a form of artistic anarchy that challenged the social, political and cultural values of the time.

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between 1880 and 1910, emerging in Japan in the 1920s. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms, and often used medieval, roman

This project was an excellent introduction to pattern and history in graphic design. It was also a great way to refresh my students memories in terms of using Adobe Illustrator. Since some of my...

Art Timeline for Kids

After studying the avant-garde movement of Futurism, in the classes of Grade 9 we decided to reproduce the movement of a figure using the method of overlapping sequences and force lines used by the…

A Bonhams auction this week revealed the energy and versatility of British printmakers from the Grosvenor School and avant-garde.

Today, I'm going to talk about an art movement, rather than a specific artist, such as last week's Dimitra Milan. This movement, clearly implied through the title of this post, is Surrealism. Now let's address some background of Surrealism before we get into some specific examples. Surrealism was in the Modern Art era, rising after…