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Added Art
Added Art uses an existing piece of artwork for its canvas, just as traditional graffiti uses the wall of a building for the canvas.
Added Art uses an existing piece of artwork for its canvas, just as traditional graffiti uses the wall of a building for the canvas.
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product, or album.
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product, or album.
Algorithmic art
Algorithmic art, also known as algorithm art, is art, mostly visual art, of which the design is generated by an algorithm.
Algorithmic art, also known as algorithm art, is art, mostly visual art, of which the design is generated by an algorithm.
Allegorical sculpture
Allegorical sculpture refers to sculptures that symbolize and particularly personify abstract ideas as in allegory.
Allegorical sculpture refers to sculptures that symbolize and particularly personify abstract ideas as in allegory.
Altermodern
Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, is an attempt at branding art made in today's global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism.
Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, is an attempt at branding art made in today's global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism.
Animal style
Animal style art is characterized by its emphasis on animal and bird motifs, and the term describes an approach to decoration which existed from China to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, a...
Animal style art is characterized by its emphasis on animal and bird motifs, and the term describes an approach to decoration which existed from China to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, a...
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot.
An animated cartoon is a hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot.
Anti-clerical art
Anti-clerical art is a genre of art portraying clergy, especially Roman Catholic clergy, in unflattering contexts.
Anti-clerical art is a genre of art portraying clergy, especially Roman Catholic clergy, in unflattering contexts.
Antiquities
Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, ...
Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, ...
Arabesque (Islamic art)
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined...
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined...
Aspectism
Aspectism is a type of visual art which only attempts to represent outward appearances.
Aspectism is a type of visual art which only attempts to represent outward appearances.
Astronomical art
Astronomical art is the aspect of Space art devoted to visualizing the wonders of outer space.
Astronomical art is the aspect of Space art devoted to visualizing the wonders of outer space.
Autistic art
Autistic art is defined as art created by autistic artists or art which captures or conveys a variety of autistic experiences or demeanor.
Autistic art is defined as art created by autistic artists or art which captures or conveys a variety of autistic experiences or demeanor.
Bacchic art
Bacchic art refers, in general, to art honouring the god Bacchus, but in specific to representations, particularly sculpture, of his followers, such as satyrs, centaurs and hermaphrodites.
Bacchic art refers, in general, to art honouring the god Bacchus, but in specific to representations, particularly sculpture, of his followers, such as satyrs, centaurs and hermaphrodites.
BioArt
BioArt is an art practice where humans work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes.
BioArt is an art practice where humans work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes.
Biomechanical art
Biomechanical art (also called Biomech) is a surrealistic style of art that combines elements of machines with organics.
Biomechanical art (also called Biomech) is a surrealistic style of art that combines elements of machines with organics.
Bodegón
The derivative term bodegón is an augmentative that refers to a large bodega, usually in a derogatory fashion.
The derivative term bodegón is an augmentative that refers to a large bodega, usually in a derogatory fashion.
C & R Decor Arts
C & R Decor Arts is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
C & R Decor Arts is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers.
Cantastoria
Cantastoria (also spelled cantastorie, canta storia or canta historia) comes from Italian for "sung story" or "singing history" and is known by many other names around the world.
Cantastoria (also spelled cantastorie, canta storia or canta historia) comes from Italian for "sung story" or "singing history" and is known by many other names around the world.
Capriccio (art)
In painting, a capriccio (plural capricci, in older English works often anglicized as "caprice"), means especially an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological remain...
In painting, a capriccio (plural capricci, in older English works often anglicized as "caprice"), means especially an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological remain...
Castrum doloris
Castrum doloris (Latin for Castle of grief) is a name for the structure and decorations sheltering or accompanying the catafalque or bier that signify the prestige or high estate of the dec...
Castrum doloris (Latin for Castle of grief) is a name for the structure and decorations sheltering or accompanying the catafalque or bier that signify the prestige or high estate of the dec...
Character sketch
A character sketch is an abbreviated portrayal of a particular characteristic of people.
A character sketch is an abbreviated portrayal of a particular characteristic of people.
Chip art
Chip art, also known as silicon art, chip graffiti or silicon doodling, refers to microscopic artwork built into integrated circuits, also called chips or ICs. Since ICs are p...
Chip art, also known as silicon art, chip graffiti or silicon doodling, refers to microscopic artwork built into integrated circuits, also called chips or ICs. Since ICs are p...
Cityscape
A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape.
A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape.
Color realism (art style)
Color realism is a fine art style where accurately portrayed colors create a sense of space and form.
Color realism is a fine art style where accurately portrayed colors create a sense of space and form.
Combine painting
A combine painting is an artwork that incorporates various objects into a painted canvas surface, creating a sort of hybrid between painting and sculpture.
A combine painting is an artwork that incorporates various objects into a painted canvas surface, creating a sort of hybrid between painting and sculpture.
Commercial art
Commercial art is historically a subsector of creative services, referring to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising.
Commercial art is historically a subsector of creative services, referring to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising.
Commercial graffiti
Commercial graffiti (also known as aerosol advertising or graffiti for hire) is the commercial practice of graffiti artists being paid for their work.
Commercial graffiti (also known as aerosol advertising or graffiti for hire) is the commercial practice of graffiti artists being paid for their work.
Community arts
Community arts, also sometimes known as "dialogical art", "community-engaged" or "community-based art," refers to artistic activity based in a community setting.
Community arts, also sometimes known as "dialogical art", "community-engaged" or "community-based art," refers to artistic activity based in a community setting.
Cutup
Cutup is a group of London based artists, whose work mainly revolves around the manipulation of billboard advertisements.
Cutup is a group of London based artists, whose work mainly revolves around the manipulation of billboard advertisements.
Danse Macabre
Dance of Death, also variously called Danse Macabre (French), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danza Macabra (Italian), '...
Dance of Death, also variously called Danse Macabre (French), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danza Macabra (Italian), '...
Death mask
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death.
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death.
Decorative arts
The decorative arts is traditionally a term for the design and manufacture of functional objects.
The decorative arts is traditionally a term for the design and manufacture of functional objects.
Desco da parto
A painted desco da parto (a birth tray or birth salver) was an important symbolic gift on the occasion of a successful birth in late medieval and Early Modern Florence and Siena.
A painted desco da parto (a birth tray or birth salver) was an important symbolic gift on the occasion of a successful birth in late medieval and Early Modern Florence and Siena.
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process.
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process.
Digital Live Art
Digital Live Art is the intersection of Live Art, Computing and Human Computer Interaction.
Digital Live Art is the intersection of Live Art, Computing and Human Computer Interaction.
Digital painting
Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc.
Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc.
Diorama
The word diorama ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə
Can either refer to a nineteenth-century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glas...
The word diorama ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə
Can either refer to a nineteenth-century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glas...
Dream art
Dream art is any form of art directly based on material from dreams, or which employs dream-like imagery.
Dream art is any form of art directly based on material from dreams, or which employs dream-like imagery.
Eclecticism in art
Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts: "the borrowing of a variety of styles from different sources and combining them" (Hume 1998, 5).
Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts: "the borrowing of a variety of styles from different sources and combining them" (Hume 1998, 5).
Egyptian revival decorative arts
Egyptian revival decorative arts is an early nineteenth century movement in which Egyptian motifs were applied to a wide variety of Decorative arts objects.
Egyptian revival decorative arts is an early nineteenth century movement in which Egyptian motifs were applied to a wide variety of Decorative arts objects.
Electronic art
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media.
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media.
Environmental art
The term environmental art is used in two different contexts: it can be used generally to refer to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural, such as the formal, the political, the h...
The term environmental art is used in two different contexts: it can be used generally to refer to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural, such as the formal, the political, the h...
Ero guro
Ero guro nansensu, characterized as a "prewar, bourgeois cultural phenomenon that devoted itself to explorations of the deviant, the bizarre, and the ridiculous," manifested in the popular cultu...
Ero guro nansensu, characterized as a "prewar, bourgeois cultural phenomenon that devoted itself to explorations of the deviant, the bizarre, and the ridiculous," manifested in the popular cultu...
Fan art
Fan art or fanart is artwork that is based on a character, costume, item, or story that was created by someone other than the artist, such as a fan, from which the word is derived from.
Fan art or fanart is artwork that is based on a character, costume, item, or story that was created by someone other than the artist, such as a fan, from which the word is derived from.
Fancy pictures
Fancies was a term coined in 1737 by the art critic and historian George Vertue to describe genre scenes that also incorporated invented or imagined elements, or a storyline.
Fancies was a term coined in 1737 by the art critic and historian George Vertue to describe genre scenes that also incorporated invented or imagined elements, or a storyline.
Figure drawing
In art, a figure drawing is a study of the human form in its various shapes and body postures - sitting, standing or even sleeping, positions.
In art, a figure drawing is a study of the human form in its various shapes and body postures - sitting, standing or even sleeping, positions.
Figure painting
Figure painting is a form of the visual arts in which the artist uses a live model as the subject of a two-dimensional piece of artwork using paint as the medium.
Figure painting is a form of the visual arts in which the artist uses a live model as the subject of a two-dimensional piece of artwork using paint as the medium.
Fine art photography
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist.
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist.
Fine-art photography
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist.
Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist.
Folk art
Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople.
Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople.
Forensic arts
Forensic art is any art used in law enforcement or legal proceedings.
Forensic art is any art used in law enforcement or legal proceedings.
Formalism (art)
In art theory, formalism is the concept that a work's artistic value is entirely determined by its form--the way it is made, its purely visual aspects, and its medium.
In art theory, formalism is the concept that a work's artistic value is entirely determined by its form--the way it is made, its purely visual aspects, and its medium.
Funerary art
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
Fête galante
Fête galante is a French term referring to some of the celebrated pursuits of the idle, rich aristocrats in the 18th century—from 1715 until the 1770s.
Fête galante is a French term referring to some of the celebrated pursuits of the idle, rich aristocrats in the 18th century—from 1715 until the 1770s.
Generative art
Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system.
Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system.
Genre works
Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domes...
Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domes...
Gesamtkunstwerk
A Gesamtkunstwerk is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
A Gesamtkunstwerk is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
Gifted art
Gifted art (or Free art) is any form or piece of art that is given freely, whether to a city, a group of people, a community or an individual.
Gifted art (or Free art) is any form or piece of art that is given freely, whether to a city, a group of people, a community or an individual.
Glitch art
Glitch art is the aestheticization of digital or analog errors, such as artifacts and other “bugs”, by either corrupting digital code/data or by physically manipulating electronic devices.
Glitch art is the aestheticization of digital or analog errors, such as artifacts and other “bugs”, by either corrupting digital code/data or by physically manipulating electronic devices.
GPS drawing
GPS Drawing combines art, travelling (walking, flying and driving) and technology and is a method of drawing that uses GPS to create large-scale artwork.
GPS Drawing combines art, travelling (walking, flying and driving) and technology and is a method of drawing that uses GPS to create large-scale artwork.
Graffiti
Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.
Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.
Grotesque
The word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow.
The word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow.
Hardstone carving
Hardstone carving is a general term in art history and archaeology for the carving for artistic purposes of semi-precious stones, also known as gemstones, such as jade, rock crystal, agate, onyx...
Hardstone carving is a general term in art history and archaeology for the carving for artistic purposes of semi-precious stones, also known as gemstones, such as jade, rock crystal, agate, onyx...
Hierarchy of genres
A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different genres in an art form in terms of their prestige and cultural value.
A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different genres in an art form in terms of their prestige and cultural value.
History painting
History painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait.
History painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait.
Hybrid arts
Hybrid arts is a contemporary art movement in which artists work with frontier areas of science and emerging technologies.
Hybrid arts is a contemporary art movement in which artists work with frontier areas of science and emerging technologies.
Idyll
An idyll or idyl is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
An idyll or idyl is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
Immersion (virtual reality)
Immersion is the state of consciousness where an immersant's awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment; often artificial.
Immersion is the state of consciousness where an immersant's awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment; often artificial.
Infiltration Art
Infiltration Art is a branch of Intervention Art in which artists collaborate with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures outside of the traditional a...
Infiltration Art is a branch of Intervention Art in which artists collaborate with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures outside of the traditional a...
Information art
Information art is an emerging field of electronic art that synthesizes computer science, information technology, and more classical forms of art, including performance art, visual art, new medi...
Information art is an emerging field of electronic art that synthesizes computer science, information technology, and more classical forms of art, including performance art, visual art, new medi...
Inscape (visual art)
Inscape, in visual art, is a term especially associated with certain works of Chilean artist Roberto Matta, but it is also used in other senses within the visual arts.
Inscape, in visual art, is a term especially associated with certain works of Chilean artist Roberto Matta, but it is also used in other senses within the visual arts.
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Interactive art
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose.
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose.
Interstitial art
Interstitial art is a term first coined in the 1990s, and increasingly popularized in the early 2000s, that refers to any work of art whose basic nature falls between, rather than within, the fa...
Interstitial art is a term first coined in the 1990s, and increasingly popularized in the early 2000s, that refers to any work of art whose basic nature falls between, rather than within, the fa...
Intervention art
Intervention Art is art which enters a situation and attempts to change the existing conditions there.
Intervention Art is art which enters a situation and attempts to change the existing conditions there.
IPhone art
iPhone art is a form of Interactive art that takes place on the screen of the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
iPhone art is a form of Interactive art that takes place on the screen of the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
Islamic art
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally I...
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally I...
Kinechromatic art
Kinechromatic art is a form of art in which the image, particularly in reference to the colour perceived by the viewer, changes due to some form of movement.
Kinechromatic art is a form of art in which the image, particularly in reference to the colour perceived by the viewer, changes due to some form of movement.
Kitsch
Kitsch (, loanword from German) is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value.
Kitsch (, loanword from German) is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value.
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its el...
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its el...
Lath art
Lath art is a folk art using old lath wood from "plaster and lath" walls to create rustic wooden pictures and sculptures.
Lath art is a folk art using old lath wood from "plaster and lath" walls to create rustic wooden pictures and sculptures.
Line art
Line art is any image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color) to represent two-dime...
Line art is any image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color) to represent two-dime...
Los Angeles Pop Art
Los Angeles Pop Art is an American company, founded by Joseph Leibovic, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Los Angeles Pop Art is an American company, founded by Joseph Leibovic, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ludic Interfaces
Ludic Interfaces is the name for a new discipline and for an innovative type of interfaces.
Ludic Interfaces is the name for a new discipline and for an innovative type of interfaces.
Lumia
Lumia is the term coined by 20th Century Artist Thomas Wilfred to refer to art created from light.
Lumia is the term coined by 20th Century Artist Thomas Wilfred to refer to art created from light.
Lumino kinetic art
Lumino Kinetic art involves, as the name suggests, light and movement.
Lumino Kinetic art involves, as the name suggests, light and movement.
Mail art
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system.
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system.
Marine art
Marine art or maritime art is any form of figurative art that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea.
Marine art or maritime art is any form of figurative art that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea.
Massurrealism
Massurrealism is a portmanteau word coined in 1992 by American artist James Seehafer, who described a trend among some postmodern artists that mix the aesthetic styles and themes of surrealism a...
Massurrealism is a portmanteau word coined in 1992 by American artist James Seehafer, who described a trend among some postmodern artists that mix the aesthetic styles and themes of surrealism a...
Memento mori
Memento mori is a Latin phrase translated as "Remember your mortality", "Remember you must die" or "Remember you will die".
Memento mori is a Latin phrase translated as "Remember your mortality", "Remember you must die" or "Remember you will die".
Micrography
Micrography (from Greek, literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity...
Micrography (from Greek, literally small-writing – "Μικρογραφία"), also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish form of calligrams developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity...
Miniature art
Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art (especially painting, engraving and sculpture) in much-smaller-than-usual sizes.
Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art (especially painting, engraving and sculpture) in much-smaller-than-usual sizes.
Modello
A modello, from the Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron.
A modello, from the Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron.
Modern allegorism
Modern Allegorism is a school of fine art in which the artist uses contemporary elements in an allegorical style to communicate a positive and uplifting message to the viewer.
Modern Allegorism is a school of fine art in which the artist uses contemporary elements in an allegorical style to communicate a positive and uplifting message to the viewer.
Modernisme
Modernisme (Catalan for modernism) also known, in English, as Catalan modernism, was a Catalan cultural movement.
Modernisme (Catalan for modernism) also known, in English, as Catalan modernism, was a Catalan cultural movement.
Moving panorama
The moving panorama was a relative, more in concept than design, to panoramic painting, but proved to be more durable than its fixed and immense cousin.
The moving panorama was a relative, more in concept than design, to panoramic painting, but proved to be more durable than its fixed and immense cousin.
Multicultural art
Multicultural art concentrates on pieces of creativity that have an essence of a certain cultural theme.
Multicultural art concentrates on pieces of creativity that have an essence of a certain cultural theme.
Narrative art
Narrative art is art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time.
Narrative art is art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time.
National personification
A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation or its people; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation or its people; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
Neo-minimalism
Neo-minimalism is an amorphous art movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Neo-minimalism is an amorphous art movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
New Aesthetic
The New Aesthetic is a term used to refer to the increasing appearance of the visual language of digital technology and the Internet in the physical world, and the blending of virtual and physical.
The New Aesthetic is a term used to refer to the increasing appearance of the visual language of digital technology and the Internet in the physical world, and the blending of virtual and physical.
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century that refers to on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as in...
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century that refers to on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as in...
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, ...
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, ...
Nocturne (painting)
In visual arts, nocturne painting is a visual language that is often used within realistic treatments (such as Realism and Impressionism) to depict scenes evocative of night or subjects as th...
In visual arts, nocturne painting is a visual language that is often used within realistic treatments (such as Realism and Impressionism) to depict scenes evocative of night or subjects as th...
Nose art
Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.
Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.
Nouvelle tendance
Nouvelle Tendance was an art movement founded in Yugoslavia in 1961.
Nouvelle Tendance was an art movement founded in Yugoslavia in 1961.
Old master print
Old Master Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as wel...
Old Master Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as wel...
Outsider art
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (, "raw art" or "rough art"), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to...
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (, "raw art" or "rough art"), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to...
Painted enigma
Originally used by Jesuits as a learning aid for students, painted enigmas are visual riddles - generally speaking, a picture with an easily understood superficial subject that contains a hidden...
Originally used by Jesuits as a learning aid for students, painted enigmas are visual riddles - generally speaking, a picture with an easily understood superficial subject that contains a hidden...
Panoramic painting
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event.
Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event.
Participatory art
Participatory art is an approach to making art in which the audience is engaged directly in the creative process, allowing them to become co-authors, editors, as well as observers of the work.
Participatory art is an approach to making art in which the audience is engaged directly in the creative process, allowing them to become co-authors, editors, as well as observers of the work.
Pastoral
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and past...
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and past...
Perceptual art
Perceptual art is a form of art that can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptualism as well as to twentieth century inventions of conceptual art and performance art.
Perceptual art is a form of art that can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptualism as well as to twentieth century inventions of conceptual art and performance art.
Personal imaging
Personal imaging is the continuous realtime capturing, archiving, recording, and sharing of personal experience through images.
Personal imaging is the continuous realtime capturing, archiving, recording, and sharing of personal experience through images.
Physical art
Physical art, as contrasted with conceptual art, refers to art that concretely exists in physical reality, in space and time.
Physical art, as contrasted with conceptual art, refers to art that concretely exists in physical reality, in space and time.
Pittura infamante
Pittura infamante (Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and ce...
Pittura infamante (Italian for "defaming portrait"; plural pitture infamanti) is a genre of defamatory painting and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and ce...
Pleorama
The best-known pleorama was a 19th century moving panorama entertainment where the viewers sat in a rocking boat while panoramic views on painted canvas rolled past.
The best-known pleorama was a 19th century moving panorama entertainment where the viewers sat in a rocking boat while panoramic views on painted canvas rolled past.
Popular print
Popular Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well a...
Popular Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well a...
Portrait
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.
Portrait painting
Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject.
Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject.
Post-postmodernism
Post-postmodernism is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture which are emerging from and reacting to post...
Post-postmodernism is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture which are emerging from and reacting to post...
Problem picture
A problem picture is a genre of art popular in the late Victorian era, characterised by a deliberately ambiguous narrative that can be interpreted in several different ways, or which portrays an...
A problem picture is a genre of art popular in the late Victorian era, characterised by a deliberately ambiguous narrative that can be interpreted in several different ways, or which portrays an...
Protest art
Protest art refers to the signs, banners, and any other form of creative expression used by activists to convey a particular cause or message.
Protest art refers to the signs, banners, and any other form of creative expression used by activists to convey a particular cause or message.
Pseudorealism
Pseudorealism, also spelled pseudo-realism, is a term used in a variety of discourses connoting any artistic and dramatic technique, or work of art, film and literature perceived as superf...
Pseudorealism, also spelled pseudo-realism, is a term used in a variety of discourses connoting any artistic and dramatic technique, or work of art, film and literature perceived as superf...
Punk visual art
Punk visual art is artwork which often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk shows, and punk zines.
Punk visual art is artwork which often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk shows, and punk zines.
Radio art
Radio art refers to the use of radio for art.
Radio art refers to the use of radio for art.
Religious art
Sacred art is imagery associated with a religion, usually with purposes more than merely decorative.
Sacred art is imagery associated with a religion, usually with purposes more than merely decorative.
Religious image
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection.
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection.
Remodernism
Remodernism revives aspects of modernism, particularly in its early form, and follows postmodernism, to which it contrasts.
Remodernism revives aspects of modernism, particularly in its early form, and follows postmodernism, to which it contrasts.
Rinceau
Rinceau, from the French, meaning foliage.
Rinceau, from the French, meaning foliage.
Royal Entry
The Royal Entry, also known by various other names, including Triumphal Entry and Joyous Entry, embraced the ceremonial and festivities accompanying a formal entry by a ruler or his...
The Royal Entry, also known by various other names, including Triumphal Entry and Joyous Entry, embraced the ceremonial and festivities accompanying a formal entry by a ruler or his...
Sacred art
Sacred art is imagery associated with a religion, usually with purposes more than merely decorative.
Sacred art is imagery associated with a religion, usually with purposes more than merely decorative.
Santo (art)
Santo (from the Spanish word meaning "saint") is a traditional New Mexican genre of religious sculpture.
Santo (from the Spanish word meaning "saint") is a traditional New Mexican genre of religious sculpture.
Scenic painting
Theatrical scenic painting includes wide-ranging disciplines, encompassing virtually the entire scope of painting and craft techniques.
Theatrical scenic painting includes wide-ranging disciplines, encompassing virtually the entire scope of painting and craft techniques.
Self-portrait
A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.
A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.
Serial imagery
Serial imagery is a central idea of modern and contemporary art.
Serial imagery is a central idea of modern and contemporary art.
Skyscape art
Skyscape art depicts representations of the sky, especially in a painting or photograph.
Skyscape art depicts representations of the sky, especially in a painting or photograph.
Sound art
Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus.
Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus.
Southern art
Southern art is a broad term that applies to art of, about, and from the American South.
Southern art is a broad term that applies to art of, about, and from the American South.
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made.
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made.
Straw marquetry
Straw marquetry is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry, except that straw replaces the wood veneer.
Straw marquetry is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry, except that straw replaces the wood veneer.
Street art
Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government...
Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government...
Street painting
Street painting, also commonly known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering original and non-original artistic designs on pavement s...
Street painting, also commonly known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering original and non-original artistic designs on pavement s...
Street poster art
Street poster art is a kind of graffiti, more specifically categorized as "street art".
Street poster art is a kind of graffiti, more specifically categorized as "street art".
Stuckism
Stuckism is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art.
Stuckism is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art.
Studio art
Studio art is made of art and studio, and the term has several implications depending on the context used.
Studio art is made of art and studio, and the term has several implications depending on the context used.
Surveillance art
Surveillance Art is the use of technology intended to record human behavior in a way that offers commentary on the process of surveillance or the technology used to surveil.
Surveillance Art is the use of technology intended to record human behavior in a way that offers commentary on the process of surveillance or the technology used to surveil.
Sustainable art
The expression sustainable art has been promoted recently as an art term that can be distinguished from environmental art that is in harmony with the key principles of sustainability, which incl...
The expression sustainable art has been promoted recently as an art term that can be distinguished from environmental art that is in harmony with the key principles of sustainability, which incl...
Tanbo art
Tanbo art is a Japanese project in which people use rice of various types and colors to create a giant picture in rice fields.
Tanbo art is a Japanese project in which people use rice of various types and colors to create a giant picture in rice fields.
Textile arts
Textile arts are those arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.
Textile arts are those arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.
Tradigital art
Tradigital art most commonly refers to art that combines both traditional and computer-based techniques to create an image.
Tradigital art most commonly refers to art that combines both traditional and computer-based techniques to create an image.
Transfer art
Transfer art (or Transferkunst) is a form of artistic work that focuses on the artist as a person of competence and on his or her qualification in questions on (visual) aesthetics.
Transfer art (or Transferkunst) is a form of artistic work that focuses on the artist as a person of competence and on his or her qualification in questions on (visual) aesthetics.
Transgressive art
Transgressive art refers to art forms that aim to transgress; i.e. to outrage or violate basic mores and sensibilities.
Transgressive art refers to art forms that aim to transgress; i.e. to outrage or violate basic mores and sensibilities.
Trompe-l'œil
Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English as trompe l'oeil, is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion th...
Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English as trompe l'oeil, is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion th...
Tronie
A tronie (Dutch for a "face") is a common type, or group of types, of works of Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that shows an exaggerated facial expression or a stock chara...
A tronie (Dutch for a "face") is a common type, or group of types, of works of Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that shows an exaggerated facial expression or a stock chara...
Underground art
Underground art, as with underground music and underground film, is a term that seeks to describe art forms that are aloof to the mainstream art world, are illegal, taboo, unconventional, rebell...
Underground art, as with underground music and underground film, is a term that seeks to describe art forms that are aloof to the mainstream art world, are illegal, taboo, unconventional, rebell...
Urban art
Urban art (from Latin urbanus, itself from urbs (“city”)) is a style of art that relates to cities and city life often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life.
Urban art (from Latin urbanus, itself from urbs (“city”)) is a style of art that relates to cities and city life often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life.
Vanitas
In the arts, vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with Northern European still life painting in Flanders and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, thoug...
In the arts, vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with Northern European still life painting in Flanders and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, thoug...
Velvet Elvis
A Velvet Elvis is a painting of Elvis Presley on velvet, sometimes known as a Velvis, a portmanteau originally coined in 1984 by David Knechel.
A Velvet Elvis is a painting of Elvis Presley on velvet, sometimes known as a Velvis, a portmanteau originally coined in 1984 by David Knechel.
Victimless Leather
Victimless Leather - a prototype of a stitch-less jacket, grown in a technoscientific "body".
Victimless Leather - a prototype of a stitch-less jacket, grown in a technoscientific "body".
Video game art
Video game art involves the use of patched or modified video games or the repurposing of existing games or game structures.
Video game art involves the use of patched or modified video games or the repurposing of existing games or game structures.
Viral art
According to the author Malcolm Miles, viral art originated as a contemporary visual art practice, which used shock tactics to draw attention to environmentalism and the flaws within the concept...
According to the author Malcolm Miles, viral art originated as a contemporary visual art practice, which used shock tactics to draw attention to environmentalism and the flaws within the concept...
Visionary art
Visionary art is art that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual or mystical themes, or is based in such experiences.
Visionary art is art that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual or mystical themes, or is based in such experiences.
Visionary environments
Visionary environments ("fantasy worlds") are extensive/large-scale artistic installations (buildings, sculpture parks, etc) intended to capture intense subjective/personal experiences (dreams, ...
Visionary environments ("fantasy worlds") are extensive/large-scale artistic installations (buildings, sculpture parks, etc) intended to capture intense subjective/personal experiences (dreams, ...
Wearable art
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art to wear", refers to individually designed pieces of (usually) hand-made clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art.
Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art to wear", refers to individually designed pieces of (usually) hand-made clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art.
Wildlife art
Wildlife art is one of humanity's earliest art forms, dating back to prehistoric cave paintings such as those found at the grotto of Lascaux in France.
Wildlife art is one of humanity's earliest art forms, dating back to prehistoric cave paintings such as those found at the grotto of Lascaux in France.
Wire art
Wire art is a typical Zimbabwean form of art and craft, encompassing the sculpting and crafting of works of art using wire, beads, tin cans and other recycled goods.
Wire art is a typical Zimbabwean form of art and craft, encompassing the sculpting and crafting of works of art using wire, beads, tin cans and other recycled goods.
Xerox art
Xerox art (sometimes, more generically, called electrostatic art or copy art) is created by putting objects on the glass, or image area, of a copying machine and by pressing "start" ...
Xerox art (sometimes, more generically, called electrostatic art or copy art) is created by putting objects on the glass, or image area, of a copying machine and by pressing "start" ...
Yarn bombing
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays ...
Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays ...
Yokohama-e
Yokohama-e (literally “Yokohama pictures”) are ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints depicting foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.
Yokohama-e (literally “Yokohama pictures”) are ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints depicting foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.