A term often used synonymously with minimalism, it refers to a style of art and literature characterised by the portrayal of subjects in a direct and exact manner without using devices that suggest an additional or hidden meaning, such as metaphor, symbolism, idealism and stylisation.
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A twentieth century avant-garde art movement in Russia founded by artist Kazimir Malevich that emphasised the principles of geometry and…
Artistic mode which depicts visual forms derived from real-world objects — often, though not always, rendered through observation. Also called…
In the Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism, manorath paintings were made as temple records or pilgrimage souvenirs, typically depicting individual devotees…
Meaning “in open air” in French, it is the style of creating a finished landscape painting outdoors. Before the practice…
Sculptures which have an opening and are not a solid mass. These sculptures are usually made with intersections of lines…
A cultural movement in Britain during the 1930s and '40s which was influenced by eighteenth-century Romanticism and emphasised individualism and…
A tendency in early Modernist painting in India, marked by the presence of both narrative and figuration and deviating from…
Representation of a deity or divine figure in a personified form or generally figurative mode, as opposed to aniconic representation…