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 style of painting popular in France in the early years of the twentieth century, led primarily by the artists…
An art movement that emerged in early twentieth-century Germany, characterised by irregular brushstrokes and gestural marks which eschewed realist depictions…
Also known as Divisionism or Chromoluminarism, it is a technique in painting that involves applying small, distinct dots or strokes…
A type of Hindu temple architecture characterised by a door in each of the four cardinal directions of the sanctum.…
Representation of a deity or divine figure in a personified form or generally figurative mode, as opposed to aniconic representation…
Coined by French art critic and curator Michel Tapie in 1952, the term signifies French artistic and painting styles of…
A precursor of performance art, they are events or situations where the artwork is created by the conditions produced by…
A tendency in European and American modern art where artists explored the visual vocabulary of the cultures of Africa, Oceania…