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artistic movement
UK/ɑːˈtɪstɪk ˈmuːvmənt/US/ɑrˈtɪstɪk ˈmuvmənt/ar·TIS·tic MOVE·ment
a style or tendency in art that is shared by a group of artists during a particular period
Examples
“Impressionism was an influential artistic movement in the 19th century.”
“Each artistic movement reflects social and political changes of its time.”
“Students should be able to name at least one artistic movement when discussing art history.”
Band 8 sentence
“When writing about Impressionism, it's useful to explain how the artistic movement challenged established techniques of painting.”
Collocations
- influential artistic movement
- artistic movement emerged
Word family
Common mistakes
art movementS (as singular idea)→artistic movement
creative movement→artistic movement
Say it for a higher band
5art trend→6art movement→7+artistic movement
Synonyms
art movement
Easily confused
art movement
“The art movement spread quickly among young painters.”
avant-garde
“The gallery featured works from several avant-garde artists.”
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