Art History Guide

The Minimalist movement began in the 1950’s and continued through to the 60’s and 70’s. Minimal art is characterized by its simplicity in bo...

Naive Art, or Outsider Art, refers to works by artists in sophisticated societies who reject or lack professional training. Naive artists cr...

The Op Art, or Optical Art movement was at its peak in the 1960’s and is represented by paintings and sculptures that seem to move and vibra...

The process of photography first became public in 1839 due to the work of Sir John Herschel. The word photography is taken from the Greek wo...

The Pop Art movement sprung up as a result of a fascination with popular culture, and affluent post war society. Pop Art appeared in the 195...

The Realism movement was active from 1830 to 1870 and is also known as the Realist School. The movement discarded the previous traditional s...

Romanticism began in the late 18th century and ended in the mid 19th century. The Romantic movement can be described as a reaction against N...

Before we get started on the different types of sand art, and sand crafts, be sure to check out the Just Imagine Sand Art video shown by Go...

The Surrealist art movement was dedicated to expressing the imagination in a method that was free from the control, convention, and reason. ...

Symbolism was an art movement that began in 1885 and reigned through to 1910. The Symbolist movement was a reaction against the literal repr...

The word tattoo is derived from the Polynesian word ‘ta’ meaning ‘to strike something’ and the Tahitian word ‘tatau’ meaning ‘to mark someth...

The Renaissance movement began in Italy in the fourteenth century and is a term that means rebirth. The Renaissance was a time of revival of...

Watercolor is a wonderful medium because it allows all types of expression. Because it is waterbased it's a very relaxed and unpredictab...