(Skip to Bullet Pointed (Summarised)) In order to fully understand the difference between modern art...

Abstract Expressionism Simplified In the 1940s and 1950s, American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark...

High Renaissance Simplified The phrase "High Renaissance" refers to an era of artistic creation that...

Pop Art Simplified Pop art is an art trend that began in the mid-to late-1950s...

Romanticism Simplified Romanticism's central notion is that reason alone cannot explain everything. Romantics sought deeper,...

Realism was the first modern movement in art that rejected traditional forms of art and...

Gustave Courbet, 'The Woman in the Waves' Realism school Painted in 1868, oil on canvas....

Jacques Cancaret (French, 1876-1941) "Nu aux Colliers (Nude with a Necklace)" No biographical information available....

John Koch - The Sculptor, 1964, The original title was "Prometheus", changed by the artist...

In the film, "Pollock", starring Ed Harris, there is a poignant scene with a stumbling...