Essay Archive - Timeline of Art
Timeline of Art
The thread which joins all the isms in the twentieth century are its
slow evolution from one period to another. As artists from one concepts
were exploring a certain idea that led to another either just for the sake
of the curiosity or by sheer boredom. Therefore my paper deals with the
evolution of different isms in this century. Fauvism:
From 1904-7, for a very brief period, a few Paris painters evolved a
style of painting that earned the name Les Fauves (wild beasts). Henri
Matisse, Andre Derain and Maurice Vlaminck were the major contributors to
this style of painting which gained popularity due to its apparent....
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