UNIT 6

1.1. Essential Vocabulary List

Artistic trends:

 

Early 20th century:

Avant-garde

Surrealism

Fauvism

Futurism

Cubism

Expressionism

 

After WWII:

Abstract expressionism

Pop art

Op art

Hard-edge painting

Minimal art

Post-minimalism

Photorealism

Land art

Conceptual art

 

Nouns: abstraction, awareness, expression, appreciation (e.g., of music, for help)

 

Verbs: relate to smth/smb, appreciate (value), experience (art), promote (change), encourage (understanding), induce (thinking)

 

Adjectives: external (world, reality), visual (experience), primitive (style), self-sufficient (language), concrete (world, art), figurative art, pictorial (movement)