Browse 461 Art Terms
a Abbaye de Créteil
Established in 1906, the Abbaye de Créteil was a group of French writers, artists and composers who were inspired by …
c Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse)
Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse) is a collaborative drawing approach first used by surrealist artists to create bizarre and intuitive drawings
f Fairy painting
Fairy painting is particularly associated with the Victorian period, art that depicts fairies and other subjects from the supernatural
g Generative art
Generative art is art made using a predetermined system that often includes an element of chance – is usually applied …
h Hackney Flashers
Hackney Flashers was a women’s arts collective active between 1974 and 1980. Most of the group were photographers and defined …
k Khartoum School
The Khartoum School was a modernist art movement formed in Sudan in 1960 that sought to develop a new visual …
l Laboratoire Agit’Art
Founded in Dakar in 1974, Laboratoire Agit’Art was a revolutionary and subversive art collective that sought to combine traditional African …
m Magic realism
The term magic realism was invented by German photographer, art historian and art critic Franz Roh in 1925 to describe …
o Objective abstraction
The term objective abstraction refers to a non-geometric style of abstract art developed by a group of British artists in …
u Underground art
First used in relation to the cultural phenomenon of the 1960s and early 1970s where groups of artists, writers and …
v Vanishing point
The point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge
w War artists
War artists are artists who are commissioned through an official scheme to record the events of war
y Young British Artists (YBAs)
The label Young British Artists (YBAs) is applied to a loose group of British artists who began to exhibit together …
