Trending Art Movements in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed art movements this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Renaissance.
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748,291
Total Views (this year)
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Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
37,407
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Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
23,373
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3
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
22,647
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4
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
16,871
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5
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
16,585
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6
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
16,397
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7
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
16,090
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8
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
15,644
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9
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
15,404
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10
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
14,772
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11
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
14,401
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12
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
13,982
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13
Beat Generation
literary movement
12,953
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14
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
12,817
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15
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
12,591
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16
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
12,573
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17
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
12,084
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18
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
11,418
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19
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
11,339
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20
Futurism
artistic and social movement
10,957
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21
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
10,183
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22
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
10,123
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23
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
10,111
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24
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo
10,083
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25
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
10,057
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26
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
9,899
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27
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
9,798
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28
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
8,842
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29
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
8,218
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30
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
7,771
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31
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
7,670
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32
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
7,584
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33
New Extremity
film genre
7,569
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34
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
7,503
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35
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
7,433
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36
Expressionism
modernist art movement
7,106
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37
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
7,092
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38
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
7,041
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39
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
6,941
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40
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
6,837
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41
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
6,713
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42
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
6,638
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43
pop art
art movement
6,622
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44
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
6,417
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45
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
6,345
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46
Mannerism
style of European art
6,210
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47
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
5,953
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48
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
5,900
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49
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
5,705
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50
Streamline Moderne
art movement between Art Deco and modernism
5,360
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51
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
5,270
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52
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
5,253
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53
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
5,237
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54
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
5,192
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55
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
5,179
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56
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
5,176
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57
Second British Invasion
music cultural movement
5,140
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58
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
5,064
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59
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
4,989
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60
Memphis Group
design group
4,968
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61
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through languag
4,847
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62
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
4,822
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63
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
4,664
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64
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
4,592
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65
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
4,589
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66
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
4,515
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67
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
4,485
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68
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
4,426
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69
hauntology
music genre that evokes cultural memory and the aesthetics of the past
4,237
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70
Hudson River school
American art movement
4,213
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71
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
4,157
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72
post-punk revival
genre of indie rock music
4,078
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73
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
3,971
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74
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
3,952
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75
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
3,936
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76
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
3,894
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77
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
3,665
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78
agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
3,661
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79
metamodernism
movement which emerged from and reacts to postmodernism
3,611
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80
naïve art
art movement
3,605
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81
literary realism
literary movement
3,599
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82
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
3,567
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83
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
3,495
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84
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
3,461
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85
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
3,423
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86
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
3,363
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87
German Expressionism
cultural movement
3,352
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views
88
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
3,231
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89
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
3,216
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90
neo-futurism
late 20th-early 21st century movement in the arts, design, and architecture
3,197
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91
golden age hip-hop
name given to mainstream hip hop music created in the mid/late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from
3,030
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92
post-disco
group of music genres; music movement
3,015
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93
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
3,013
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94
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
2,955
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95
en plein air
act of painting outdoors
2,901
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96
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
2,896
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97
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
2,833
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98
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produce
2,825
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99
eclecticism
conceptual approach
2,756
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100
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
2,746
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