An art movement that emerged in twentieth-century France and aimed to express the creativity of the unconscious mind through the juxtaposition of unrelated images, producing a dream-like, irrational quality. It gradually expanded to become an intellectual and political movement that was influenced by the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud and the political ideas of Karl Marx.
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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 French style of abstract painting, characterised by random splotches and dabs, it gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s…
A philosophical strand in literature and art that draws on Romanticism’s emphasis on human emotion and sensuality as well as…
A term often used synonymously with minimalism, it refers to a style of art and literature characterised by the portrayal…
An avant-garde artistic movement that emphasised speed, technology, violence and youth. It originated in Italy in the early twentieth century,…
An artistic movement that derived from Abstract Expressionism and synthesised styles such as action painting, colour field painting and colourism…
Artistic mode which depicts visual forms derived from real-world objects — often, though not always, rendered through observation. Also called…
A painterly style where elements are depicted in their natural setting, without the use of ornamentation and idealised forms. Naturalist…