Cubism An early 20th-century school of painting and sculpture in which the subject matter is portrayed by geometric forms without realistic detail, stressing abstract form at the expense of other pictorial elements largely by use of intersecting often transparent cubes and cones. Expressionnism Movement in fine arts that emphasized the expression of inner experience rather than solely realistic portrayal, seeking to depict not objective reality but the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in the artist. F igurative Art Art in which recognizable figures or objects are portrayed. The impressionist style of painting is characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light. In the arts, the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life.
Realism rejects imaginative idealization in favour of a close observation of outward appearances.
R epresentational Art Art in which recognizable objects, figures, or elements in nature are depicted. Surrealism A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.