A Brief History of Art Movements | Behind the Masterpiece

Each video takes me about 2-3 months, so please consider supporting this channel through one of the ways below!

The first piece of visual art in history is from 40,000 years ago. The need to create is a part of being human. It’s as old as our species and as innate as any other desire. Exploring each of these western art movements makes such a vast topic digestible.

In this video, you'll see the evolution of western art through the ages. A linear timeline filled with talented individuals over the years that always moves forward; towards something more, something new, something that excites a generation.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Prehistoric Art
2:12 - Ancient Art
3:12 - Medieval art
3:50 - Renaissance Art
4:44 - Baroque Art
5:38 - Rococo
6:14 - Neoclassicism
6:56 - Romanticism
7:34 - Realism
8:26 - Impressionism
9:36 - Post-Impressionism
10:29 - Expressionism
11:31 - Art Nouveau
12:30 - Cubism
13:43 - Futurism
14:32 - Dadaism
15:21 - Surrealism
16:43 - Bauhaus
17:36 - Abstract Expressionism
18:34 - Pop Art
19:29 - Minimalism
20:17 - Contemporary Art
21:20 - Conclusion

WATCH MORE BEHIND THE MASTERPIECE:

______________________________________

Music:
Bounce by Steven Gutheinz
Flare by Chad Lawson
Traversing by Steven Gutheinz

CREDITS
All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing.

[BehindtheMasterpiece]

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in! If you liked this video, please show your support by giving it a thumbs up 👍 and sharing your thoughts in the comments below, even if just a few words 💬. Every like, comment, and share really helps support this channel♥

[adrianbourceanu]

As an introduction to Art History, this video was very good. It's certainly difficult to summarize such a broad topic in such a short span of time

[heroinedecheshire]

Thank you for adding the title and the author of each painting on the screen! It bugs me a bit when I see a painting but I cannot look it up. Amazing work, I loved the video!

[aanalshah]

It is a good summary of western art, it completely overlooks all artforms from the Indus valley to modern day south Asia.

[VeryLaw]

I didn't realize the video was 23 minutes long. It went by so quick, I wish it was almost longer so I can learn even more.

[JRPronto]

One of the most informative and easily digestible materials out there for someone with a newfound interest in art. Thank you!

[ovezmyrat]

The craftsmanship behind the artworks, the entrancing music, and the author's voice had me nearly hypnotized. The history of art truly comes alive through such masterful presentation 🎨

[thecreativemom]

The mention of the influence that rarely gets recognized was the icing on top of such a well produced video. Bravo😊

[uncomman]

Fantastic summary! Really gets the ball rolling for anyone who wants to take their first steps into learning about art history.

[gyyyici]

This was fantastic I appreciate you mentioning towards the end the margarinalized communities that influenced these movements and artists. I would love to see a full video on that, if you haven't created it already. Thanks for sharing

[andrezalisboa]

I want to thank you not only for the video but also for the accessible English. As an English language beginner, the fact that you used slower English and the subtitles was really great to help me understand the content. Thank you very much.

[kehana]

i think this might be the best youtube video i have watched in a long time

[Elpou-nlmp]

Bro you know this is good when even my teacher uses it to teach us! Incredible work

[flowtry]

I really enjoyed this video and the fact that you actually noted the artists and locations. I also appreciated the mention of other not-so-celebrated artists who influenced these movements

[murtazaarif]

Nice summary of the history of Art Movements. Having a BA in 'Arts Management' and having been born and grown up in the West Flanders region of Belgium in the 1970s and 1980s I realize that I can express my personal life experiences through the most appropriate techniques from various art movements e.g., in 1970 film cameras produced photos that made the image seem somewhat warmer because they lacked vibrancy, clarity, and saturation, while others lacked pixels, which I can express through the technique of Pointillism from the Impressionism movement. I can also express the joy of my experiences that I encountered in objects, society, and the environment through Art Nouveau techniques to express the elements of nature such as in posters of outdoor public events and performances, and its people's enriched materialistic bourgeois roots and class, architecture, and its rivers and streams that drain water from the ocean to form the gentle curve of the smooth landscape of the low land country that lies at the lower end of the ocean. This provides a taste of my childhood growing up In West Flanders Belgium that I can express through various techniques in art movements.

[mollynyman]

I can't believe this video only has 8000 views, I have a test in art history tomorrow and this summarized everything so well! It was straight forward, interesting and really well done. tysm!!

[juliarbelaez]

This is the greatest YouTube channel for anyone who loves art!

[Taraclellandjones]

It was my dream to learn more about art history. This fills that need when my life had taken a different direction ❤️

[ARTyHaG]

I went to art College 40 years ago and considered myself informed … – only at 56 now looking back at the art history I used to bunk off am I realising how important it is to understand it …. better late than never 😊– this video was brilliant in that the jigsaw puzzle of knowledge I thought I had was put together with a far better linked understanding than I had before – thank you so much – I now know what I didn’t know that I didn’t know 😂 ❤thanks 👍

[priyasarda]

fun fact about the venus of willendorf! i don't remember where i read this unfortunately, but it has been theorised that the reason the features of the body are so exaggerated is because the (assumably) women making these sculptures were using their own bodies as references and the only way they could view their bodies was by looking down, which creates a similar image to that of the sculpture. so the sculpture could definitely be a symbol of fertility, but it could also just be a sculpture of a woman looking down at her own body