Art movements

These are my most recent "Quicky Art History" time lines which I use to teach surveys of art history. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

Teach art history through children's literature with this huge book list organized according to art movement and free printable art timeline for kids!

You are the most delicious industrial revolution.

Dadaism or Dada was a form of artistic anarchy that challenged the social, political and cultural values of the time.

After studying the avant-garde movement of Futurism, in the classes of Grade 9 we decided to reproduce the movement of a figure using the method of overlapping sequences and force lines used by the…

This project was an excellent introduction to pattern and history in graphic design. It was also a great way to refresh my students memories in terms of using Adobe Illustrator. Since some of my...

Art Timeline for Kids

Today, I'm going to talk about an art movement, rather than a specific artist, such as last week's Dimitra Milan. This movement, clearly implied through the title of this post, is Surrealism. Now let's address some background of Surrealism before we get into some specific examples. Surrealism was in the Modern Art era, rising after…

Claude Monet is considered the father of Impressionism. He made roughly 2,000 paintings that are now the subject of fascination for people around the world.

…In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. - quote by Albert Camus None of these pictures belong to me unless I state otherwise! If I have posted something of yours and did not credit you, please let me know and I will either attach your name to the photo or remove it, whatever you prefer