Movements that rocked the art world

The entirety of the impressionist movement, similar to Jim Andrews' Aleph Null, made audiences question what counted as art.

Impressionists such as Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne painted quickly as if to capture fleeting moments in their paintings, like early morning or evening light.

The results were frequently panned by conservative art critics of the time, who thought the scenes looked sloppy and unfinished.

The Impressionist movement was all about breaking hyperrealistic and academic tradition within art of the period.

The movement rejected traditional subjects, such as scenes from history, religion, and mythology, in favour of capturing middle-class urban scenes and landscapes.

Historically, they weren't the only ones to get push back. In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submit - ted a urinal to the Society of Independent Artists. Fountain is a 'readymade', an everyday object considered art simply because the artist said it was.

Baffled audiences of the day wondered what the evaluation process was for submitted art, and asked whether Fountain and other readymades should be even called art. Regardless, the piece shaped the direction of art created in the 20th century.