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Arts
Visual arts
History of art
History of art
Pre-modern art
Modern art
Contemporary art
Non-Western art traditions
Abstract art
Art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
Abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
Academic art
Style of painting and sculpture
African art
Art from indigenous Africans or the African continent
Ancient art
Art by advanced cultures of ancient societies
Ancient Greek art
Art of Ancient Greece
Anglo-Saxon art
Art of the Anglo-Saxon period
Art Deco
20th-century architectural and art style
Art Nouveau
Style of art and architecture about 1890 to 1911
Artistic symbol
Late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin
Arts and Crafts movement
Design movement c. 1880–1920
Avant-garde
Works that are experimental or innovative
Baroque
Artistic style in Europe and colonies, c. 1600–1750
Bauhaus
Famous German art school that combined crafts and the fine arts
Byzantine art
Art of the Byzantine Empire
Carolingian art
Art of the Frankish empire, ca. 780–900
Cave painting
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
Celtic art
Art associated with Celtic peoples
Chinese art
Visual art that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists
Chinese ceramics
Pottery and porcelain from China
Chinese jade
Jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward
Chinese painting
Artistic tradition
Classicism
Art movement and architectural style
Conceptual art
Art movement
Confucian art
Art inspired by Confucius and his teachings
Constructivism (art)
Artistic and architectural philosophy originating in Russia
Contemporary art
Art of the present time
Cubism
Early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
DaDa
1983 studio album by Alice Cooper
De Stijl
Dutch art movement
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century form of Dutch painting
Empire style
19th-century Neoclassical art movement
Environmental art
Artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works
Etruscan art
Art movement
Expressionism
Modernist art movement
Feminist art
Art that reflects women’s lives and experiences
Fluxus
International network of artists, composers and designers
Futurism
Artistic and social movement
Geoglyph
Motif produced on the ground; observed only remotely or from space
Gothic art
Style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
Hellenistic art
Art movement
Ikebana
Traditional Japanese flower arranging
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
Indian art
Art from Indian Subcontinent cultures
Indigenous Australian art
Art made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia
Ink wash painting
East Asian painting style using black ink of different concentrations
Installation art
Three-dimensional work of art, usually from various materials and larger than a sculpture
Islamic art
Art associated with Muslims
Japanese art
Overview of art in Japan
Japanese pottery and porcelain
Ceramics from Japan
Japanese sculpture
Art of sculpture in Japan
Kinetic art
Genre of artworks that contains movement
Kitsch
Art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
Land art
A form of art creation
Mannerism
Style of European art
Medieval art
Epoch of European art
Migration Period art
Art movement
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
Picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript
Minimalism
Movements in various forms of art and design
Modern art
Artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
Modernism
Cultural and artistic movement
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
Neo-romanticism
Movements from the era of Romanticism
Op art
Art movement
Ottonian art
Art style in Germany under the Ottonian emperors
Outsider art
Art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
Persian art
Persian miniature
Small Persian painting on paper
Petroglyph
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
Photorealism
Art genre and movement
Pointillism
Technique of painting with small, distinct dots
Pop art
Art movement emerging in the mid 1950s
Post-Impressionism
Predominantly French art movement, 1886–1905
Postmodern art
Art movement
Postmodernism
A broad movement in the mid-to-late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism
Pre-Columbian art
Art of the Pre-Columbian civilizations
Prehistoric art
Art produced in preliterate cultures
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848
Realism (arts)
Artistic style of representing subjects realistically
Renaissance art
Visual arts produced during the European Renaissance
Rock art
Human-made markings on natural stone
Rococo
18th-century artistic movement and style
Roman art
Arts made in Ancient Rome in the territories of Rome
Romanesque art
Artistic style of Europe from 1000 AD to the 13c
Romanticism
Period of artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th-century Europe
Scytho-Siberian art
Art of the Scythians
Social realism
Art showing conditions of the working class
Suprematism
Early 20th-century art movement
Surrealism
International cultural movement (1920s–1950s)
Tang dynasty art
Art of the Tang dynasty
Ukiyo-e
Genre of Japanese art
Venus figurine
Prehistoric statuettes depicting women
Video art
Art form using electronic moving image technology
Viking art
Term for art of Scandinavia and Viking settlements of 8th-11th centuries CE
Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Art created by Indigenous peoples from the Americas
Whakairo
Traditional Māori form of art carving