An approach to art which emphasises aspects of form, such as line, shape and colour. Formalism engages with the visual qualities of a work of art as opposed to its narrative or symbolic contents.
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A genre of painting that focused predominantly on buildings and their interiors rather than treating them as background. Architectural painting…
A modern art movement developed in the twentieth century by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque which rejected…
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A design style that emerged in the early decades of the eighteenth century in France, influencing painting, sculpture, architecture and…
A cultural and philosophical movement that originated in western Europe and sought new paradigms in art and socio-cultural discourse to…
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