Showing 20 art terms

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Dada

Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and …

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Dansaekhwa: The Korean monochrome movement

This was a formidable movement formed in Korea in the 1950s in an effort to reconcile the influence of Western …

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De Stijl

De Stijl was a circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry …

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Decadence

Decadence generally refers to an extreme manifestation of symbolism which appeared towards the end of the nineteenth century and emphasised …

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Decalcomania

Decalcomania is a blotting process whereby paint is squeezed between two surfaces to create a mirror image

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Décollage

Décollage is a French word meaning literally to unstick, generally associated with a process used by artists of the nouveau …

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction is a form of criticism first used by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1970s which asserts that there …

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Degenerate art

Degenerate art is the English translation of the German phrase Entartete Kunst which is the label the National Socialist (Nazi) …

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Der Blaue Reiter

Der Blaue Reiter was a German expressionist group originating in Munich in 1909

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Diaspora

Diaspora is a term used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in …

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Digital art

Digital art is a term used to describe art that is made or presented using digital technology

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Diptych

A diptych is an artwork consisting of two painted or carved panels

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Direct carving

Direct carving is an approach to making carved sculpture where the actual process of carving suggests the final form rather …

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Divisionism

Divisionism is a late nineteenth century painting technique that involved using tiny adjacent dabs of primary colour to create the …

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Documentary art

Documentary art is a term associated with the artists who documented the harsh realities of British life during the Depression …

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Documentary photography

Documentary photography is a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events, …

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Drawing

Drawing is essentially a technique in which images are depicted on a surface by making lines, though drawings can also …

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Drypoint

Drypoint is a printmaking process in which a design is drawn on a plate with a sharp, pointed needle-like instrument

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Dusseldorf School of Photography

The Dusseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid …

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Dye destruction print

A dye destruction print (Cibachrome print, Ilfochrome print) is a print made using a photographic printing process in which colour …