The Art Gallery of New South Wales' the reduction of natural forms to their

exhibition of contemporary Philippine gave geometrical equivalents, and the

viewers a chance to explore Filipino society organization of the planes of a represented
object independently of representational
and culture. But the inclusion of historical
requirements.
perspectives on the art would have made
for a more in-depth engagement.

Impressionism was a radical art

movement that began in the late 1800s,
centered primarily around Parisian
painters. Impressionists rebelled against
classical subject matter and embraced
modernity, desiring to create works that
reflected the world in which they lived. Famous art work of Georges Braque
Uniting them was a focus on how light
could define a moment in time, with Futurism (Italian: Futurismo) was
color providing definition instead of an artistic and social movement that
black lines. The Impressionists originated in Italy in the early 20th century.
emphasized the practice of plein It emphasised speed, technology, youth,
air painting, or painting outside. Initially violence, and objects such as the car, the
derided by critics, Impressionism has airplane, and the industrial city. ... It
since been embraced as one of the most glorified modernity and aimed to liberate
popular and influential art styles in Italy from the weight of its past.
Western history.

Famous art work of Umberto Boccioni

Famous art work of Claude Monet
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French
Cubism
for "the wild beasts"), a group of early
A style of painting and sculpture developed twentieth-century modern artists whose
in the early 20th century, characterized works emphasized painterly qualities and
chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure
strong color over the representational or The works of some of its proponents
realistic values retained by Impressionism. exemplify the ending of the tradition of
representational art coming from Classical
times. Symbolism can also be seen as being
at the forefront of modernism, in that it
developed new and often abstract means to
express psychological truth and the idea
that behind the physical world lay a spiritual
reality. Symbolists could take the ineffable,
such as dreams and visions, and give it
form.
Famous art work of Andre Derain
Expressionism is a modernist movement,
initially in poetry and painting, originating in
Germany at the beginning of the 20th
century. Its typical trait is to present the
world solely from a subjective perspective,
distorting it radically for emotional effect in
order to evoke moods or ideas.

Famous art work of Gustav Klimt

Famous artwork of Edvard Munch

Symbolism,as opposed to Impressionism,
in which the emphasis was on the reality of
the created paint surface itself, Symbolism
was both an artistic and a literary
movement that suggested ideas through
symbols and emphasized the meaning
behind the forms, lines, shapes, and colors.