Trending Art Movements this year
The 100 most-viewed art movements this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Renaissance.
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742,665
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
38,802
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Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
23,351
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3
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
22,798
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4
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
18,020
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5
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
17,844
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6
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
16,898
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7
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
16,419
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8
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
16,348
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9
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
16,008
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10
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
14,834
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11
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
14,390
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12
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
13,006
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13
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
12,426
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14
Beat Generation
literary movement
12,168
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15
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
11,684
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16
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
11,561
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17
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
11,182
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18
Futurism
artistic and social movement
10,926
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19
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
10,916
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20
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
10,660
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21
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
10,617
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22
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo
10,132
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23
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
10,030
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24
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
9,872
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25
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
9,488
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26
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
9,434
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27
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
9,122
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28
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
8,909
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29
Expressionism
modernist art movement
8,257
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30
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
8,088
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31
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
8,027
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32
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
7,611
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33
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
7,324
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34
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
7,286
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35
pop art
art movement
7,106
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36
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
7,012
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37
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
6,789
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38
Mannerism
style of European art
6,753
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39
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
6,622
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40
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
6,612
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41
New Extremity
film genre
6,541
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42
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
6,530
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43
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
6,405
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44
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
6,268
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45
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
6,118
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46
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
6,068
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47
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
5,851
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48
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
5,475
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49
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
5,469
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50
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
5,451
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51
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
5,438
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52
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
5,436
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53
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through languag
5,405
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54
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
5,303
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55
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
4,999
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56
Streamline Moderne
art movement between Art Deco and modernism
4,997
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57
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
4,961
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58
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
4,948
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59
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
4,816
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60
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
4,744
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61
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
4,629
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62
Second British Invasion
music cultural movement
4,590
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63
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
4,557
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64
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
4,545
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65
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
4,420
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66
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
4,401
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67
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
4,302
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68
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
4,289
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69
Memphis Group
design group
4,263
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70
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
4,123
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71
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
4,080
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72
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
4,064
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73
literary realism
literary movement
4,020
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74
Hudson River school
American art movement
3,857
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75
hauntology
music genre that evokes cultural memory and the aesthetics of the past
3,845
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76
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
3,771
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77
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
3,740
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78
naïve art
art movement
3,735
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79
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
3,695
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80
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
3,623
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81
post-punk revival
genre of indie rock music
3,608
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82
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
3,580
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83
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
3,448
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84
agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
3,443
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85
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
3,436
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86
metamodernism
movement which emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
3,365
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87
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
3,352
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88
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
3,259
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89
German Expressionism
cultural movement
3,236
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90
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
3,197
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91
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
3,178
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92
naturalism
literary movement
3,168
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93
eclecticism
conceptual approach
2,992
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94
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produce
2,978
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95
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
2,972
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96
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
2,936
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97
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
2,922
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98
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
2,868
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99
neo-futurism
late 20th-early 21st century movement in the arts, design, and architecture
2,838
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100
en plein air
act of painting outdoors
2,785
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