Trending Art Movements — all time
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Renaissance. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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1
Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
89,598
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2
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
59,621
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3
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
55,319
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4
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
55,276
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views
5
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
47,737
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views
6
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
47,295
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views
7
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
42,367
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8
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
41,786
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9
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
40,239
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views
10
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
29,902
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views
11
Expressionism
modernist art movement
29,504
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views
12
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
27,642
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views
13
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
26,834
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views
14
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
26,460
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views
15
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
26,337
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views
16
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
25,758
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17
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
25,713
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views
18
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
25,439
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views
19
Futurism
artistic and social movement
24,460
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views
20
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
23,995
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views
21
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
22,934
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views
22
Mannerism
style of European art
21,770
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views
23
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
21,378
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views
24
Beat Generation
literary movement
21,181
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views
25
pop art
art movement
21,123
views
views
26
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
19,684
views
views
27
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
19,431
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views
28
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
18,923
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views
29
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
18,838
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views
30
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
18,649
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views
31
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
18,409
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views
32
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
18,286
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views
33
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
17,778
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views
34
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
17,263
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views
35
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
16,893
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views
36
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
16,707
views
views
37
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
16,560
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views
38
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
15,820
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views
39
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
15,678
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views
40
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
14,964
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41
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
14,909
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views
42
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
13,946
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43
literary realism
literary movement
13,926
views
views
44
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
13,621
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45
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
13,557
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46
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
13,081
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views
47
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
13,077
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48
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
12,923
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views
49
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
12,536
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50
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
12,307
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views
51
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
12,284
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views
52
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
12,078
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53
graphic novel
book with primarily comics contents
12,008
views
views
54
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
11,904
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views
55
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
11,720
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views
56
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
11,670
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views
57
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
11,483
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views
58
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
11,288
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views
59
naturalism
literary movement
11,244
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views
60
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
11,231
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views
61
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
10,947
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views
62
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
10,901
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views
63
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
10,833
views
views
64
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
10,765
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views
65
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
10,708
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views
66
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
10,540
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views
67
Romanesque art
artistic style of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century
10,516
views
views
68
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
10,009
views
views
69
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
9,897
views
views
70
eclecticism
conceptual approach
9,764
views
views
71
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
9,703
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views
72
naïve art
art movement
9,585
views
views
73
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 popular in the United States
9,524
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74
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
9,425
views
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75
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
9,394
views
views
76
Biedermeier
Era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848
9,352
views
views
77
Jugendstil
artistic movement; German equivalent of art nouveau
9,289
views
views
78
impressionism in music
movement in Western classical music, mainly during early 20th centuries
8,902
views
views
79
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
8,898
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views
80
New Extremity
film genre
8,598
views
views
81
Memphis Group
Italian design group
8,405
views
views
82
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
8,352
views
views
83
German Expressionism
cultural movement
8,189
views
views
84
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
8,081
views
views
85
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
8,013
views
views
86
Baroque painting
painting movement
8,002
views
views
87
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
7,945
views
views
88
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
7,936
views
views
89
agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
7,801
views
views
90
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
7,755
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91
minimalist music
form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials
7,681
views
views
92
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
7,316
views
views
93
Hudson River school
American art movement
7,164
views
views
94
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
7,120
views
views
95
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
7,081
views
views
96
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
7,059
views
views
97
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
6,942
views
views
98
ink wash painting
painting technique
6,747
views
views
99
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
6,717
views
views
100
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
6,567
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