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Forms of Art

  • Vorticism: The form of art developed by Percy Wyndham Lewis which used sharp angles and planes and bold lines to depict machines and the modern world. It was essentially two-dimensional and attempted to create movement by drawing the eye to a distant vortex.
  • Vorticist Artists (related to WWI)

  • Percy Wyndham Lewis
    Charles Nevinson
    William Roberts
  • Cubism: The form of art created in 1908 by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. It uses abstract concepts, combining shapes (normally cubes and cones) to create paintings and sculptures.
  • Cubist Artists (related to WWI)

  • Georges Braque
    Roger de la Fresnaye
    Fernand Leger
  • Expressionism: A variety of art forms that show the artist's opinions rather than reality.
  • Expressionist Artists (related to WWI)

  • Erich Heckel
    Max Beckmann
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
    Ernst Barlach