Neo
(-Classicism, -Expressionism, -Dada)
The
prefix 'neo', meaning 'new', refers to a revival of
previous trends or ideas.
Neo-Classicism, for example, was a
movement that developed in the latter half of the
eighteenth century; its aims were a return to
Classical values and a revival of the elegant styles
of Ancient Greek and Roman art. In art and
architecture it is characterized by a preference for
line and symmetry, and by its frequent borrowing from
Antique sources.
Neo-Expressionism refers to the
re-emergence of Expressionist
characteristics
in the work of artists in the United States and
Europe, especially Germany in the early 1980s. The
Neo-Expressionist works tend to be highly personal,
often executed with violent fervour.
Neo-Dada, for example, was used in
the late 1950s to describe the work of artists who
looked back to the original Dada movement,
incorporating found objects into paintings.
Representative
painters:
Neo-Classicism:
Alma-Tadema, Canova, David,
Ingres, Leighton, Mengs, Powers, Prud'horn;
Neo-Expressionism: Auerbach, Baselitz, Bomberg, Boyd,
Clemente, Fischl, Frink, Immendorff, Kiefer, Longo, R.Morris,
Otterness, Salle, Schnabel, C.Sherman;
Neo-Dada: Rauschenberg