A modern art movement developed in the twentieth century by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque which rejected perspective and three-dimensional modelling and emphasised the flat, two-dimensional nature of the picture plane.
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A tendency in European and American modern art where artists explored the visual vocabulary of the cultures of Africa, Oceania…
An abstract painting style categorised within American Expressionism, it is characterised by large-scale canvases painted expansively with flat, solid colour…
A philosophical strand in literature and art that draws on Romanticism’s emphasis on human emotion and sensuality as well as…
Representation of a deity or divine figure in a personified form or generally figurative mode, as opposed to aniconic representation…
A movement originating in France in the 1840s, which rejected then-prevalent ideals of Romanticism in French art and literature in…
An aesthetic category accorded to pictures that have an agreeable and appealing visual quality, and is particularly used for idealised…
A modernist art movement that emerged in Europe in the early twentieth century, particularly Germany, in response to the dominant…
Architectural philosophy emphasising site-specific design that draws on local topography and climate, social and cultural influences, and traditional building knowledge…