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Entropy
Entropy is the inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society
Environments
An alternative term for installation art; environments are mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for …
Euston Road School
The Euston Road School was a British realist group formed in 1938 of artists who either taught or studied at …
Experimental ethnography
Experimental ethnography is an approach to studying and interpreting the cultures of everyday life that uses the techniques of experimental …
Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) was a collective formed in 1967 in New York to promote collaboration between the …
Fairy painting
Fairy painting is particularly associated with the Victorian period, art that depicts fairies and other subjects from the supernatural
Fancy picture
Fancy picture refers to a type of eighteenth century painting that depict scenes of everyday life but with elements of …
Fantastic realism
The term fantastic realism refers to the work of a group of painters working in the late 1950s in Vienna …
Federal Art Project
The Federal Art Project was an American government programme to give work to unemployed artists during the Great Depression of …
Patron saint of lipstick and lavender feminism: by Germaine Greer
Exploring the 'lifelong performance' and legacy of artist Frida Kahlo
Filmaktion
Filamaktion were a loose-knit group of experimental British filmmakers who worked and performed together in the early 1970s
Foreshortening
Foreshortening refers to the technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture so as to produce an …
Form
In relation to art the term form has two meanings: it can refer to the overall form taken by the …
Format
Format is traditionally used to describe the shape or proportions of the support, for example the canvas, of a painting …
Formlessness
Formlessness is a concept, first introduced by French writer-philosopher Georges Bataille, who argued that art should be brought ‘down in …
Fresco
Fresco is a mural painting technique that involves painting with water-based paint directly onto wet plaster so that the paint …
Monoprint
The monoprint is a form of printmaking where the image can only be made once, unlike most printmaking which allows …
Monotype
A unique image printed from a polished plate, such as glass or metal, which has been painted with a design …
Montage
A montage is an assembly of images that relate to each other in some way to create a single work …
Mosaic
A mosaic is a picture made up of small parts which are traditionally tiny tiles made out of terracotta, pieces …