Visual Movements

Archive

Every movement on the map. Written and forthcoming, in chronological order within each cluster.

Foundations of Modern Visual Thinking
1860 – 1905
Arts & Crafts1860 – 1910Impressionism1872 – 1886Symbolism1886 – 1910Art Nouveau1890 – 1910
The Avant-Garde Explosion
1905 – 1933
Fauvism1905 – 1908Expressionism1905 – 1925Cubism1907 – 1922Futurism1909 – 1944Suprematism1915 – 1925Dada1916 – 1924De Stijl1917 – 1931Constructivism1919 – 1934Bauhaus1919 – 1933Surrealism1924 – 1966
Mid-Century Order
1933 – 1965
Abstract Expressionism1943 – 1965Mid-Century Modern1945 – 1969Swiss / International Style1950s – present
Pop & the Counter-Reactions
1955 – 1980
Brutalism (Architectural)1950s – 1980sPop Art1956 – 1972Minimalism (Art & Design)1960 – 1980Op Art1964 – 1972Psychedelia1965 – 1973
Postmodern Pluralism
1975 – 2000
Postmodernism (Design)1975 – 2000Punk Graphic Design1976 – 1984Memphis Group1981 – 1987Deconstructivism1988 – 2005Grunge Design1990 – 1998
Beyond the West
continuous
Islamic Geometric Design8th century – presentIndian Miniature Painting11th century – 19th centuryAdinkra & West African Textile Traditions17th century – presentUkiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock)1670s – 1900sMingei (Japanese Folk Craft)1920s – present
Digital Foundations
1995 – present
Skeuomorphism2007 – 2013 mainstreamFlat Design2013 – presentMaterial Design2014 – present
Surface & Texture (Digital)
2014 – present
Web Brutalism / Neo-Brutalism2014 – presentNeumorphism2019 – 2021Glassmorphism2020 – presentClaymorphism2021 – presentBento Grid2022 – present
Cultural & Critical (Digital)
2011 – present
Afrofuturism1950s – presentCyberpunk / Neon Futurism1982 – presentVaporwave2011 – presentThe New Aesthetic2011 – presentSolarpunk2014 – presentAnti-Design2018 – presentMaximalism / Acid Graphics2018 – presentY2K Revival2021 – presentAI-Generated Aesthetic2022 – present