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 twentieth century avant-garde art movement in Russia founded by artist Kazimir Malevich that emphasised the principles of geometry and…
Representation of a deity or divine figure in a personified form or generally figurative mode, as opposed to aniconic representation…
An art movement that originated in the 1950s and 1960s in Britain and the United States of America, it challenged…
A style of abstraction where paintings are produced through vigorous and spontaneous application of paint over the canvas, in sweeping…
An eighteenth century cultural movement that drew inspiration from the arts and culture of classical antiquity. It embraced classical themes…
A type of Hindu temple architecture characterised by a door in each of the four cardinal directions of the sanctum.…
A style of painting that was influenced by European academies of art from the sixteenth century onwards. It was characterised…
A style of painting popular in France in the early years of the twentieth century, led primarily by the artists…