This document defines and provides examples of different art styles including realism, impressionism, expressionism, and abstract art. Realism attempts to depict realistic scenes or people, impressionism uses blurred colors and shapes, and expressionism expresses emotions without attempting realistic depictions. Abstract art does not resemble anything in particular but can represent feelings. Artists have choices in how they portray ideas or emotions through techniques like lines, colors, shapes, and brush strokes.

2. TYPES OF ART STYLES
What are art styles?
The way an artist creates a piece of work.
An artist’s technique. Seurat: Pointilism
Long, brushy strokes with their paint brushes
Or short, pointed dots with their brushes
Rembrandt: Realism

3. REALISM
Art that looks like real life.
Sometimes they look so real, they look like photos!
Leonardo DaVinci: Mona Lisa, Realism

4. IMPRESSIONISM
Uses blurred colors and imperfect shapes
Fuzzy, hard to see
Claude Monet: Sunrise, Impressionism

5. EXPRESSIONISM
Is not supposed to look real
Expresses meaning or emotions

6. ABSTRACT
Art that doesn’t really resemble anything
Can represent a feeling or emotion without even looking like anything

7. ARTIST’S CHOICES
Why might an artist choose to paint abstractly instead of
realistically?
What kinds of choices do artists make when painting?
Imagine yourself as a painter. How would you use paint to
represent an idea or emotion?
What kinds of lines would you use?*

8. LINES CAN MOVE LIKE THE WIND

9. LINES CAN MOVE LIKE A VIBRATION

10. LINES CAN REPEAT AND MOVE

11. LINES CAN HIT A BASEBALL

12. LINES CAN MAKE BODIES MOVE