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Post-WWII (Mid-20th Century) - Coggle Diagram
Post-WWII (Mid-20th Century)
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM / ACTION PAINTING (1940s–1950s - USA)
Main Idea
Focusing on the physical act of painting as an expression of raw emotion.
Technique:
Dripping, splashing, or throwing paint onto massive canvases (dripping).
Key Figures
Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko.
POP ART (1950s–1960s)
Main Idea:
turning everyday commercial culture, ads, comic books, and celebrities into art.
Technique
Screen printing, bright synthetic colors, and image repetition.
Key Figures:
Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein.
MINIMAL ART (1960s)
Main Idea:
Reducing art to clean, basic geometric forms with no emotional distraction.
Technique:
Using industrial materials, simple lines, and monochromatic colors.
Key Figures
Donald Judd, Dan Flavin.
LAND ART (1960s)
Main Idea:
Moving art out of galleries and into natural landscapes.
Technique
Building large-scale installations directly in nature using rocks, dirt, sand, and water.
Key Figures:
Robert Smithson, Walter De Maria.