Graphic Design Movements 1850-1900's
Arts and Crafts - ( 1860- 1900) A reaction to the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era. As well machine made production aided by the industrial revolution
Artist: The Four Macks and William Morris
Art Nouveau - (1880-1914) International decorative style is a movement that uses organic, plantlike line. Signifies bursting of energy or a flow of elegance (decorates given space)
Artist: Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset
1900-1950's
Example of Futurism
Example of Dada
Example of Cubism
Example of Surrealism
Futurism – (1900-1930) originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane and the industrial city.
Artist: Forunato Depero, Gino Severini
Dada – (1900-1930) The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestoes, art theory, theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural work.
Artist: Marcel Duchamps, Kurt Schwitters
Cubism – (1900-1930) 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture. In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form.
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque
Surrealism – (1900-1930) cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members. Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.
Artist: Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray.
Art Deco – (1910-1930) it was influenced by cubists and futurists. Art Deco was an ornamental style, and its lavishness is attributed to reaction to the forced austerity imposed by World War I.
Artist: Jean Carlu and Paul Colin
De Stijl – (1910-1930) Working in an abstract geometrical style, De Stijl sought universal laws of quilibrium and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order
Artist: Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian
Bauhaus – (1919-1933) Bauhaus was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. The target was to combine all artistic media and share a mutual respect for different art forms.
Artist: Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Vasily Kandinsky
1950-2000's
New York School Design – (1940-1970) The New York School was born from an excitement about European modernism and fueled by economic and technological expansion; it became a dominant force in graphic design from the 1940s until the 1970s.
Artist: Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Saul Bass and Alvin Lustig
New typography - (1930-1950) Most simply it is defined as a rejection of the classical rules of typographic symmetry. (Instead-asymmetry)
Isotype Movement – (1930-1950) Is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form.
Artist: Jan Tschichold, Eric Gill, Piet Zwar and Gerd Arntz
Information Visualisation – (1970-2000) Main goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly and effectively through graphical means.
Artist: Benjamin Fry, Bradford Paley, George Legrady and Edward Tufte
Pop art – (1955-1980) Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
Artist: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Eduardo Palozzi
Psychedelic Movement - (1958-1975) attempted to illustrate the psychedelic experience. One example is the cover of Pink Floyd's 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets.
Artist: Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Milton Glaser and Peter Max
International Typographic style (also known as the Swiss style) – (1950-1980) is an influential design style based on ideals of rationalism and universal communication.
Artist: Max Bill, Anton Stankowski, Armin Hoffman and J. Müller-Brockmann
Graffiti and Street Art – (1970-2000) Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials.
Artist: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Swoon, Michael Tracy and Klaus Winkler
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Artists Of the Bauhaus Movement
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Artists Of the Bauhaus Movement
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Arts and Crafts - ( 1860- 1900) A reaction to the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era. As well machine made production aided by the industrial revolution
Artist: The Four Macks and William Morris
Art Nouveau - (1880-1914) International decorative style is a movement that uses organic, plantlike line. Signifies bursting of energy or a flow of elegance (decorates given space)
Artist: Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset
1900-1950's
Example of Futurism
Example of Dada
Example of Cubism
Example of Surrealism
Futurism – (1900-1930) originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane and the industrial city.
Artist: Forunato Depero, Gino Severini
Dada – (1900-1930) The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestoes, art theory, theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural work.
Artist: Marcel Duchamps, Kurt Schwitters
Cubism – (1900-1930) 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture. In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form.
Artist: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque
Surrealism – (1900-1930) cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members. Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.
Artist: Kurt Schwitters, Man Ray.
Art Deco – (1910-1930) it was influenced by cubists and futurists. Art Deco was an ornamental style, and its lavishness is attributed to reaction to the forced austerity imposed by World War I.
Artist: Jean Carlu and Paul Colin
De Stijl – (1910-1930) Working in an abstract geometrical style, De Stijl sought universal laws of quilibrium and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order
Artist: Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian
Bauhaus – (1919-1933) Bauhaus was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. The target was to combine all artistic media and share a mutual respect for different art forms.
Artist: Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Vasily Kandinsky
1950-2000's
New York School Design – (1940-1970) The New York School was born from an excitement about European modernism and fueled by economic and technological expansion; it became a dominant force in graphic design from the 1940s until the 1970s.
Artist: Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Saul Bass and Alvin Lustig
New typography - (1930-1950) Most simply it is defined as a rejection of the classical rules of typographic symmetry. (Instead-asymmetry)
Isotype Movement – (1930-1950) Is a method of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form.
Artist: Jan Tschichold, Eric Gill, Piet Zwar and Gerd Arntz
Information Visualisation – (1970-2000) Main goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly and effectively through graphical means.
Artist: Benjamin Fry, Bradford Paley, George Legrady and Edward Tufte
Pop art – (1955-1980) Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
Artist: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Eduardo Palozzi
Psychedelic Movement - (1958-1975) attempted to illustrate the psychedelic experience. One example is the cover of Pink Floyd's 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets.
Artist: Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Milton Glaser and Peter Max
International Typographic style (also known as the Swiss style) – (1950-1980) is an influential design style based on ideals of rationalism and universal communication.
Artist: Max Bill, Anton Stankowski, Armin Hoffman and J. Müller-Brockmann
Graffiti and Street Art – (1970-2000) Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials.
Artist: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Swoon, Michael Tracy and Klaus Winkler
Links Graphic Design Movements _
History Power Point _
Artists Of the Bauhaus Movement
Prezi Timeline
Links Graphic Design Movements _
History Power Point _
Artists Of the Bauhaus Movement
Prezi Timeline