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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839,019
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
43,483
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Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
26,226
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3
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
25,574
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4
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
20,055
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5
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
19,789
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6
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
18,927
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7
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
18,728
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8
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
18,322
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9
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
17,768
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10
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
17,114
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11
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
16,301
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12
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
14,864
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13
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
14,013
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14
Beat Generation
literary movement
13,769
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15
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
13,434
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16
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
13,176
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17
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
12,569
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18
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
12,426
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19
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
12,417
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20
Futurism
artistic and social movement
12,178
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21
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
11,852
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22
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
11,447
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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
11,347
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24
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
11,271
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25
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
10,757
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26
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
10,692
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27
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
10,487
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28
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
10,391
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29
Expressionism
modernist art movement
9,086
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30
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
9,044
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31
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
9,029
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32
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
8,671
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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
8,327
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34
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
8,209
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35
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
8,187
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36
pop art
art movement
8,031
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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
7,689
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38
New Extremity
film genre
7,670
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39
Mannerism
style of European art
7,550
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40
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
7,527
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41
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
7,518
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42
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
7,313
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43
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
7,026
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44
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
6,969
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45
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
6,941
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46
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
6,712
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47
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
6,594
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48
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
6,378
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49
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
6,193
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50
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
6,109
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51
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
6,081
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52
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
6,072
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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
6,067
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54
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
6,064
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55
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
5,637
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56
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
5,590
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57
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
5,525
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58
Streamline Moderne
art movement between Art Deco and modernism
5,516
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59
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
5,487
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60
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
5,340
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61
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
5,294
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62
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
5,242
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63
Second British Invasion
music cultural movement
5,175
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64
Memphis Group
design group
5,161
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65
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
5,111
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66
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
5,035
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67
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
4,937
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68
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
4,876
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69
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
4,714
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70
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
4,674
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71
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
4,651
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72
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
4,581
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73
literary realism
literary movement
4,457
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74
Hudson River school
American art movement
4,331
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75
hauntology
music genre that evokes cultural memory and the aesthetics of the past
4,253
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76
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
4,243
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77
naïve art
art movement
4,216
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78
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
4,206
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79
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
4,188
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80
post-punk revival
genre of indie rock music
4,168
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81
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
4,121
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82
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
4,033
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83
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
3,939
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84
agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
3,925
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85
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
3,894
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86
metamodernism
movement which emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
3,792
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87
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
3,769
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88
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
3,743
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89
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
3,702
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90
German Expressionism
cultural movement
3,647
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91
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
3,581
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92
naturalism
literary movement
3,519
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93
eclecticism
conceptual approach
3,373
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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
3,351
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95
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
3,342
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96
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
3,297
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97
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
3,288
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98
neo-futurism
late 20th-early 21st century movement in the arts, design, and architecture
3,253
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99
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
3,241
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100
en plein air
act of painting outdoors
3,167
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