The Renaissance kickstarted the art world and led to the creation of amazing paintings and sculptures. Artists used vivid colors to attempt to recreate on a canvas the world around them. By the late 1880s, however, industrialization had altered societies around the globe, and artists began to stray away from conforming to reality. The Impressionists first led the way. Interested more in the play of colors and recording impressions of the moment, artists such as Monet painted country scenes and industrial landscapes, capturing the essence of the immediate.
Inspired by the Impressionists, artists such as Seurat explored pointillism, where dots of pure color are placed on a canvas to create an image that is both harmonious and visually appealing. At the same time, Van Gogh and Gauguin moved away from representing the world as they saw and used their canvas to illustrate emotions and states of mind. This evolved into expressionism, where artists such as Munch expressed inner feelings. Other art movements, such as Symbolism, Fauvism, and Cubism, also influenced the 1900s, and led to an explosion of art in Europe and in the United States.
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