Phycedelic 60's
The Phycedelic 60's was all based around drugs and hallucinations, believe it or not. It was seen as 'funky art' for some. The main drug that initiated the whole psychedelic era was LSD, this basically caused people to alternate between states of consciousness, causing them to hallucinate and paint what they see. When other drugs were used this cased people to have different experiences, causing the art to be slightly different.
The design idea is still used but very rarely, for example, some Music Festivals sometimes use the idea. It is also used on a popular youtube channel, known as Good Mythical Morning.
Post Modernism:
Post Modernism was very popular around the time of 1960's and onward. It was a move by a lot of artists to try something different and breaks some rules to create a great new movement of art. It doesn't strictly follow any structure either so the possibilities are endless. Well-known people such as Banksy, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Jackson Pollcock all use this style of art in the modern age.
Futurism started in the 20th Century in Italy.It appeared to be based off of the concept of the future, such as speed and technology, often empathized with objects such as cars or a plane and the industrial city. It was also about geometrical shapes, curves and jagged edges. The 'main players' of this movement were David Bomberg, Gino Severini and Primi Conti.
Soviet Realism
This is a realistic style of art that was developed in the Soviet Union, it became a dominant style in other countries too. This was an officially approved type of art in the Soviet Union for nearly 60 years. The whole purpose of it was to enhance the goals of socialism and communism.
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, used in many places across the world and influenced the design of man-made items such as furniture jewelry and so on. It was one of the most popular art styles from 1890-1910 and because in 1880. From then it spread around Europe. It then even went onto being used in art and craft forms/movement. It also has no political references and is easily recognizable.
Swiss Style started back in the 1950's and is mainly a graphic design style designed in Switzerland (big hint in the name). It likes to show cleanliness, readability and objectivity. The font style was sans serif. Interestingly the style is also associated with photography in place of illustrations or drawings, that's something I never knew! The main players of this art movement was Josef Muller-Brockmann.
Even 60 years on Swiss Style is still very relevant, you see it all over the place where that being big block colours on posters or websites. Ikea is also heavily know for using it with their designs of furniture.
Bauhaus:
Bauhaus was actually a an art school in Germany that focused on design. It was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius. It later closed in 1933. At the time 'Bauhaus' in German literally meant 'House of Construction'. Bauhaus became on of the most influential design styles in modern design and art. It had a big influence on developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design and even typography. Bauhaus appears to be very neat with it's layout, everything lines up and is all the same angle, typically 45 degrees.
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