How to distinguish Impressionism, Abstraction, Modernism and Postmodernism?

1, impressionism. Use relatively small but obvious strokes and open composition, emphasize the accurate description of light changes and capture the moments of natural changes. It is precisely to highlight the instantaneous capture of impressionism's random composition, show the contingency of the picture, add a vivid atmosphere and express the painter's inner subjective impression.

2. It is generally believed that abstraction marks the breaking of indicative mode or the opening to other modes, but the seemingly breaking with reality is not as perfect as the declaration. Originally used to resist the arbitrariness of aesthetics, it is gradually accepted now, not completely arbitrary. The so-called abstraction in painting is a conventional name to distinguish it from the traditional visual representation of figurative realism, especially classicism.

3. Modernism: Modernism uses art to attract people's attention to art, and the limitations of painting methods, such as plane, modeling support and pigment expression. It is regarded as a disadvantage by classical masters and cannot be directly and clearly recognized. Modernist painting regards these limitations as favorable factors that should be publicly acknowledged. The plane itself is unique and only belongs to the art of painting. Closed formal support belongs to the constraints or norms of drama art, while color belongs to the norms or means of drama and sculpture art.

4. Postmodernism: Postmodernists question progress and have an anti-elite tendency; They believe that cultural forms are not pure, and friendship cannot be defined and controlled by any means, but mixed, heterogeneous and eclectic. They believe that individuals are inevitably shaped by culture. Postmodernists believe that we are all prisoners of identity to some extent, which is constructed for us by art and popular media.