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 literary and artistic movement that originated in the works of late-nineteenth-century French poets who rejected the conventional emphasis on…
An art movement that emerged after World War II in reaction to academic aesthetics and in favour of obscene and…
A tendency in European and American modern art where artists explored the visual vocabulary of the cultures of Africa, Oceania…
In the Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism, manorath paintings were made as temple records or pilgrimage souvenirs, typically depicting individual devotees…
Similar to multimedia art, this is a term used to describe interdisciplinary works of art that collapsed existing genres of…
An abstract painting style categorised within American Expressionism, it is characterised by large-scale canvases painted expansively with flat, solid colour…
Also known as Divisionism or Chromoluminarism, it is a technique in painting that involves applying small, distinct dots or strokes…
A religious revival movement between c. tenth and eleventh centuries CE, credited with establishing Buddhism as a majority religion in…