Abstract- A term generally used to describe art, not representational.
Aesthetic- Characterised by a concern with beauty or good taste.
Appropriation- The intentional borrowing/ copying of visual things.
Assemblage- 3D composition made from non traditionally artistic materials and objects.
Avant garde- Innovative and new art that no one else has seen, peculiar and beyond us.
Allover painting- A canvas covered in paint edge- edge.
Bio-morphic- Living forms, abstract forms to turn things into living.
Bourgeois- Wealthy, expensive.
Chiaroscuro-The treatment of light and shade in art.
Classical/classicism- The principles embodied in architecture and literature.
Composition- Arrangement of elements, background, foreground and elements.
Conceptual Art- emphasising ideas and theoretical practices rather than visual form.
Consumerism- A preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of manufactured goods.
Cultural Icon- A person, symbol, object or place that represents a large group of people.
Diptych- Painting used in 2 halves.
Ephemera- Written things not meant to be kept.
Formal- Not concerned about the meaning, relating to shape and structure.
Genre- Certain type of style.
Globalization - Transformation of a local or regional phenomenon into a global one.
Hegemony-Dominance of one group or nation, things becoming the same.
Iconoclasm- The doctrine or practice of attacking settled beliefs or institutions.
Iconography- Adhering to typical conventions and imbued with symbolic meanings, etc cross and religion.
Irony- An expression that shows its own opposite for comedic value.
Motif- A distinctive and recurring theme in art.
Narrative- Story of the art.
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