Trending Art Movements in China — May 2026
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, May 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: scar literature. Data as of 30 June 2026.
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scar literature
Chinese literature portraying damage caused by the Cultural Revolution; Chinese fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s that focuses on the physical and mental suffering that occurred during the Cultural Revolution.
539
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
301
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3
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes, landscapes, flora, fauna, and erotica
144
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Impressionism
19th-century art movement
128
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Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
114
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6
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
110
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7
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
106
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8
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
106
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9
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
100
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10
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
97
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11
pop art
art movement
86
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12
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
65
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13
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
60
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14
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
56
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15
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
55
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16
Taiwanese New Wave
film movement
53
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17
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
51
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18
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
49
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19
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
48
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20
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
47
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21
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
46
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22
20th-century classical music
art movement
45
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23
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
44
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24
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
44
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25
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies
school of Chinese literature in the early 20th century
42
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26
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
42
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27
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
41
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28
Beat Generation
literary movement
40
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29
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
40
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30
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
40
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31
Expressionism
modernist art movement
39
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32
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
37
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33
Rimpa school
major historical school of Japanese painting
36
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34
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
35
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35
Futurism
artistic and social movement
34
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36
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
34
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37
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
34
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38
ink wash painting
painting technique
33
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39
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
32
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40
Hong Kong New Wave
movement in Chinese-language cinema that emerged in the late 1970s
32
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41
Mannerism
style of European art
31
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42
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
31
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43
Taiwanese literature movement
effort of authors, poets, dramatists, musicians, and publishers in Taiwan to establish recognition of a distinctly Taiwanese body of literature
31
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44
Romantic literature
literature of the Romantic Period
30
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45
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
30
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46
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
29
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47
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
29
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48
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
28
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49
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
28
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50
impressionism in music
movement in Western classical music, mainly during early 20th centuries
28
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51
Four Calligraphers of Song
28
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52
cosmicism
literary philosophy
28
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53
Barbizon school
artistic movement of landscape painters of the first part and mid-19th century
28
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54
Nihonga
paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions
26
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55
Tongcheng school
26
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56
Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan
Chinese martial art created by the Chen family
25
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57
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
25
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58
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
24
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59
Classical Prose Movement
literary movement in Tang and Song dynasty China
23
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60
Lingnan School
style of Chinese painting
23
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61
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
23
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62
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
22
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63
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
22
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64
反思文学
22
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65
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
21
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66
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
21
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67
minimalist music
form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials
21
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68
Wanyue (école poétique)
21
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69
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
21
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70
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
20
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71
Mao-Spontex
libertarian Maoist ideology
20
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72
Zhe school
painters of Southern School, which thrived during Ming dynasty of China
20
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73
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
19
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74
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
19
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75
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
19
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76
Fifth Moon Group
Chinese painters group in Taiwan island
19
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77
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
18
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78
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
18
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79
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
18
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80
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
18
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81
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
18
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82
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
17
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83
Post-romanticism
cultural movement
17
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84
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
17
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85
Southern School
school of Chinese painting
17
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86
Huajian Faction
16
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87
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
16
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88
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
16
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89
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
16
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90
Latín mmg todos
late 20th global century proliferation of Latin American literature
16
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91
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
16
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92
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
16
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93
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
16
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94
op art
style of visual art that uses optical illusions
15
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95
eclecticism
conceptual approach
15
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96
豪放派
15
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97
literary realism
literary movement
15
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98
naturalism
literary movement
15
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99
Wu School
school of Chinese painting
15
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100
street art
art that is public and temporary in public spaces
15
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