Trending Art Movements this month
The 100 most-viewed art movements this month on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Renaissance.
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
16,914
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Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
10,733
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Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
10,560
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Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
7,996
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bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
7,969
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Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
7,851
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Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
7,378
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Impressionism
19th-century art movement
7,277
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kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
7,126
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avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
6,936
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surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
6,893
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12
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
6,862
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Beat Generation
literary movement
6,289
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New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
6,261
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Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
6,154
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satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
6,080
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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
5,900
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Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
5,623
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Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
5,495
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20
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
5,028
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21
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
4,842
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22
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
4,784
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23
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo
4,680
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24
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
4,596
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25
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
4,558
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Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
4,525
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cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
4,299
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28
Futurism
artistic and social movement
4,250
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29
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
4,246
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30
New Extremity
film genre
4,078
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31
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
3,930
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32
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
3,853
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33
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
3,714
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34
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
3,634
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35
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
3,633
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British Invasion
cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popul
3,601
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Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
3,514
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ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
3,358
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39
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
3,253
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40
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
3,172
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41
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
3,092
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42
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
3,090
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43
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
3,089
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44
Second British Invasion
music cultural movement
2,967
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45
Expressionism
modernist art movement
2,962
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46
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
2,956
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47
Mannerism
style of European art
2,885
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48
pop art
art movement
2,644
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49
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
2,627
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50
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
2,613
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51
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
2,595
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52
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
2,543
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53
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
2,509
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54
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
2,489
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55
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
2,450
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56
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
2,439
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57
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
2,404
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58
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
2,377
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59
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through languag
2,302
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60
Memphis Group
design group
2,267
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Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
2,252
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62
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
2,250
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63
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
2,219
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Streamline Moderne
art movement between Art Deco and modernism
2,155
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degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
2,121
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66
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
2,045
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67
post-punk revival
genre of indie rock music
2,044
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68
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
2,026
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69
Hudson River school
American art movement
2,010
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70
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
1,955
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71
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
1,939
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72
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
1,911
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73
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
1,883
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74
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
1,877
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75
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
1,821
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76
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
1,789
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agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
1,772
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Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
1,749
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79
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
1,749
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80
metamodernism
movement which emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
1,737
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81
literary realism
literary movement
1,669
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82
German Expressionism
cultural movement
1,639
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83
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
1,637
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84
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
1,612
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85
naïve art
art movement
1,597
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86
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
1,576
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87
New Weird America
subgenre of psychedelic folk music of the mid-late 2000s
1,513
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88
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
1,501
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89
neo-futurism
late 20th-early 21st century movement in the arts, design, and architecture
1,489
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90
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
1,463
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91
golden age hip-hop
name given to mainstream hip hop music created in the mid/late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from
1,451
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92
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
1,449
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93
hauntology
music genre that evokes cultural memory and the aesthetics of the past
1,440
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94
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
1,371
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95
en plein air
act of painting outdoors
1,366
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eclecticism
conceptual approach
1,324
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didacticism
philosophy
1,315
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98
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
1,309
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99
Nollywood
sobriquet of Nigerian cinema
1,305
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100
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produce
1,301
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