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 paintings associated with the Patna School, which depicted people engaged in caste-based occupations. Frequently produced and sold…
A literary and artistic movement that originated in the works of late-nineteenth-century French poets who rejected the conventional emphasis on…
In the Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism, manorath paintings were made as temple records or pilgrimage souvenirs, typically depicting individual devotees…
A modern art movement developed in the twentieth century by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque which rejected…
An early twentieth century artistic and architectural movement that was started in Russia by painter and architect Vladimir Tatlin and…
Sculptural art characterised by the merging of Indian and Hellenistic traditions, it overlaps with the reign of the Indo-Greeks in…
The European interpretation of Chinese and East Asian decorative arts, design, literature and culture, characterised by extreme decoration, stylised objects…
A term for an architectural style primarily associated with medieval-era temples in the Deccan region, especially north Karnataka. Derived from…