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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Artistic mode which depicts visual forms derived from real-world objects — often, though not always, rendered through observation. Also called…
A modern art movement developed in the twentieth century by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque which rejected…
A style of painting popular in France in the early years of the twentieth century, led primarily by the artists…
The style of cave temple architecture developed under the patronage of the Pallava king Mahendravarman I, characterised by simplicity of…
An art movement that developed in New York in the 1940s and led to the formation of the New York…
Architectural style that adapts Modernist architectural principles and materials for thermal comfort in the hot and humid climate of the…
An art movement that emerged in early twentieth-century Germany, characterised by irregular brushstrokes and gestural marks which eschewed realist depictions…
A modernist art movement that emerged in Europe in the early twentieth century, particularly Germany, in response to the dominant…