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Black box

Relating to performance art, the black box is the name for a square room painted black in which artists …

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Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group

The Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group was a short-lived progressive art group founded in 1947 in Bombay by a group of …

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Bricolage

Bricolage refers to the construction or creation of an artwork from any materials that come to hand

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Bristol school

Bristol school refers to artists associated with Bristol in the early 1800s and inspired by local scenery especially the River …

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µþ°ùü³¦°ì±ð

µþ°ùü³¦°ì±ð was a German expressionist group founded in Dresden in 1905 which developed a radical anti-traditional style characterised by vivid …

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Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse)

Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse) is a collaborative drawing approach first used by surrealist artists to create bizarre and intuitive drawings

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Canvas

Canvas is a strong, woven cloth traditionally used by artists as a support (surface on which to paint)

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Caricature

A caricature is a painting, or more usually drawing, of a person or thing in which the features and form …

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Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square)

Cercle et Carré was an artist group formed in Paris in 1929 which strongly supported new developments in abstract art …

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Chalk

Chalk is a soft powdery white or off-white writing or drawing material in crayon form, generally used on a blackboard …

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Charcoal

Charcoal is a black crumbly drawing material made of carbon and often used for sketching and under-drawing for paintings, although …

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Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro is an Italian term which translates as light-dark, and refers to the balance and pattern of light and shade …

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Círculo y Cuadrado

Círculo y Cuadrado is an artist group formed in Paris in 1929 which strongly supported new developments in abstract art …

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Classicism

The term classicism is used to describe art that makes reference to ancient Greek or Roman style

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Collective

Loosely defined, an art collective is a group of artists working together to achieve a common objective

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Colour field painting

The term colour field painting is applied to the work of abstract painters working in the 1950s and 1960s characterised …

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Comic strip art

Comic strip art is art that imitates the style, commercial printing techniques and subject matter of comic strips

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Complementary colours

Complementary colours are pairs of colours that contrast with each other more than any other colour, and when placed side-by-side …

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Composition

Composition is the arrangement of elements within a work of art

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Constructionism

Constructionism was an extension of constructivism in Britain from about 1950, with artists using naturally occurring proportional systems and rhythms …

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