art-history-movements

# Art History & Movements Art does not develop in a vacuum. Every movement arises in response to what came before -- rejecting it, extending it, or synthesizing it with new ideas from science, philosophy, politics, or technology. Understanding movements is not art trivia; it is the map of how visual ideas propagate, mutate, and die. This skill catalogs 12 major movements, their defining characteristics, and the forces that produced them. **Agent affinity:** kahlo (expression/identity and Mexican muralism), ai-weiwei (contemporary art and social context) **Concept IDs:** art-in-context, art-creative-process-portfolio ## Movement Timeline | # | Movement | Period | Core idea | Key artists | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Renaissance | c. 1400--1600 | Observation, perspective, humanism | Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli | | 2 | Baroque | c. 1600--1750 | Drama, emotion, chiaroscuro | Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Bernini | | 3 | Romanticism | c. 1770--1850 | Emotion, sublime nature, individual expression | Turner, Friedrich, Delacroix, Goya | | 4 | Impressionism | c. 1860--1890 | Light, color, plein air, momentary perception | Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt | | 5 | Post-Impressionism | c. 1880--1910 | Structure beyond impression | Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat | | 6 | Expressionism | c. 1905--1930 | Inner emotion over outer appearance | Munch, Kirchner, Kandinsky, Schiele | | 7 | Cubism | c. 1907--1920 | Multiple viewpoints, fragmented form | Picasso, Braque, Gr...