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What schools of western painting are there?

First of all, explain the concept of western painting:

In the eyes of modernist painters who are committed to pursuing pure art, traditional painting is mixed with too many "non-artistic impurities". In fact, western traditional painting is not about art, but about many non-artistic aspects while paying attention to artistry. This is probably an important sign that traditional painting is different from modernist painting. The impurity of traditional painting in art is mainly manifested in utility and description.

Second, the introduction of the main schools of western painting:

1, Renaissance art was born in14 ~16th century, with Italy as the center, aiming at resisting religious theocracy and advocating "humanism" cultural movement.

2. Classical art came into being in16 ~18th century, emphasizing ancient Greek and Roman art as a model, advocating the principle of rational emphasis and pursuing idealized beauty. It has the characteristics of stable and harmonious composition, rigorous and clear modeling and pure and bright colors.

3. Western realistic art came into being in17 ~18th century. Generally, it has the characteristics of simplicity and realism, seriousness and profundity, and more use of contrast between light and shade, and pursues the true and vivid expression of inner feelings.

4. The neoclassical art in this paper rose in the 18 ~ 19 century, taking the ancient ideal beauty as a model in form, rich in the spirit of the times and revolutionary enthusiasm in content, and mainly focusing on historical stories and realistic themes.

5. Western romantic art rose in the early stage of19th century, which is manifested in the following aspects: freedom of material selection, emphasis on the expression of colors and painters' emotions, and emphasis on artists' creative spirit.

6. Western Neo-Impressionism Art After Impressionism, the Neo-Impressionism School appeared in France, which advocated using the principle of optical analysis to guide artistic practice, and using the juxtaposition of color points based on the principle of complementary color to realize the true presentation of color. Most of its methods were stippling.

7. The post-impressionist art in the West rose at the end of 19. Its creative characteristics are opposing the unilateral pursuit of external light and color, emphasizing self-expression, expressing subjective spirit, paying attention to the refining and interpretation of painting language, and strong subjectivity and individuality.

8. The expressionist art in this paper pays attention to the subjective feelings and the revelation of the inner world, and does not stick to the truth of visual characteristics.

9. Western Fauvism Art 1905 was born in a loose art society in France. Fauvism has absorbed the expressive techniques of oriental and African art, created a simple artistic conception different from western classical painting, and has an obvious tendency of freehand brushwork, while pursuing more subjective and strong artistic expression.

10, the western cubist art 1908 was born in France, pursuing the beauty of a geometric form and the aesthetic feeling produced by the arrangement and combination of forms. Simplify the three-dimensional picture into a plane picture and a two-dimensional picture, showing the outline composed of straight lines and curves, the accumulation of blocks and the staggered interest and artistic conception.

1 1, the western realistic art is deeply influenced by Freud's consciousness theory, trying to break through the realistic concept that accords with logic and reality, and combine the realistic concept with instinct, subconscious and dream experience to achieve an absolute and surreal artistic conception.

12, western abstract art Abstract art includes two types. One is to simplify or extract the expressive factors in natural images to form a simple and extremely generalized image. The other is geometric composition that is not based on natural images.

13, western impressionist art1the art school that rose in France in the middle and late 9th century. Advocate outdoor sketch, pursue the color change of external light, and emphasize the expression of intuitive feelings.