Trending Art Movements in China — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Chinese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: scar literature. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Total Views (the 12 months to October 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.
564
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
455
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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
228
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Impressionism
19th-century art movement
212
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5
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
185
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6
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
166
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7
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
165
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8
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
164
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9
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
163
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10
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
155
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11
pop art
art movement
125
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12
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
108
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13
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
102
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14
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
100
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15
20th-century classical music
art movement
98
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16
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
90
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17
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
87
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18
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
83
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19
Beat Generation
literary movement
76
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20
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
75
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21
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
74
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22
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
70
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23
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
69
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24
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
68
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25
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
66
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26
Taiwanese New Wave
film movement
65
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27
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
65
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28
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
64
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29
Futurism
artistic and social movement
61
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30
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
59
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31
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies
school of Chinese literature in the early 20th century
57
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32
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
57
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33
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
55
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34
humor
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
54
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35
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
54
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36
Expressionism
modernist art movement
53
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37
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
52
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38
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
46
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39
Tongcheng school
46
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40
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
45
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41
Lingnan School
style of Chinese painting
45
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42
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
45
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43
Mannerism
style of European art
45
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44
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
44
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45
Rimpa school
major historical school of Japanese painting
44
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46
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
44
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47
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
44
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48
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
43
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49
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
43
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50
Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan
Chinese martial art created by the Chen family
43
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51
ink wash painting
painting technique
42
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52
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
41
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53
Romantic literature
literature of the Romantic Period
41
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54
Four Calligraphers of Song
39
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55
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
38
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56
Barbizon school
artistic movement of landscape painters of the first part and mid-19th century
38
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57
Taiwanese literature movement
effort of authors, poets, dramatists, musicians, and publishers in Taiwan to establish recognition of a distinctly Taiwanese body of literature
38
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58
Classical Prose Movement
literary movement in Tang and Song dynasty China
38
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59
Hong Kong New Wave
movement in Chinese-language cinema that emerged in the late 1970s
37
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60
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
36
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61
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
36
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62
cosmicism
literary philosophy
34
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63
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
34
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64
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
33
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65
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
33
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66
impressionism in music
movement in Western classical music, mainly during early 20th centuries
33
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67
op art
style of visual art that uses optical illusions
32
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68
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
32
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69
Nihonga
paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions
32
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70
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
31
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71
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
30
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72
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
30
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73
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
30
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74
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
29
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75
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
29
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76
Groupe des Six
group of French composers
28
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77
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
27
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78
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
27
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79
literary realism
literary movement
27
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80
Wanyue (école poétique)
26
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81
Latín mmg todos
late 20th global century proliferation of Latin American literature
26
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82
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
26
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83
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
26
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84
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
25
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85
反思文学
24
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86
Fifth Moon Group
Chinese painters group in Taiwan island
24
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87
minimalist music
form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials
24
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88
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
23
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89
Die Brücke
German expressionist artist group
23
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90
Jiangxi Poetry School
literary movement
23
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91
Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty
term describe the four Chinese painters
22
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92
Zhe school
painters of Southern School, which thrived during Ming dynasty of China
22
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93
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
22
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94
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
22
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95
eclecticism
conceptual approach
22
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96
Mao-Spontex
libertarian Maoist ideology
22
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97
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances
21
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98
Huajian Faction
21
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99
Post-romanticism
cultural movement
21
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100
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
21
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