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Modernism
A cultural movement that emphasizes the break from traditional forms of art and embraces new approaches.
Paradigm of the window
A Renaissance term referring to a naturalistic approach in art as if looking through an actual window.
Trompe l’œil
An art technique that creates a visual illusion to trick the viewer's eye.
Métier
The elements and competencies that constitute a trade, craft, or art.
Medium specificity
Identifying the unique aspects of each artistic medium, focusing on its essential characteristics.
Color field painting
An abstract painting style emphasizing large expanses of color.
Hard edge painting or formal abstraction
An art style where any sense of gesture is minimized, resulting in a highly formalized and abstract composition.
Gestural abstraction
An art style, exemplified by Pollock, where the artist’s gestures are visible in the paint on the canvas.
Abstract expressionism
An art movement characterized by expressive and spontaneous brushwork and an emphasis on the act of painting.
Avant-garde
Art that disrupts conventions, promoting originality, creativity, and a critical focus on the medium.
Epistemology
A branch of philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge.
Dialectic
Philosophical argumentation defined as a dialogue involving thesis, antithesis, and resolution.
Modularity
The concept of creating art from standardized, interchangeable units that can be rearranged into different compositions.
Seriality
Art composed of repeating units, envisioning the potential for infinite extrapolation. It seeks to break the boundaries of the frame and even recede into the space of the viewer
Specific object
A term referring to art that’s characteristics are in line with a painting through the flatness and opticality, but it comes off the wall and appears as a sculpture. engaging with the viewer's space and coming off the wall.
Phenomenology
The study of how we produce meaning through our sensory experiences.
Conceptual art
art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work are prioritized equally to or more than traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns.
Minimalism
A primarily American artistic movement of the 1960s, characterized by simple geometric forms devoid of representational content. HARD EDGED SHAPES! Extending that art should be its own reality and not imitate anything else.
Objet trouve or found object
An everyday object that is used in an artwork, often without alteration, highlighting its original function.
Dada
An art movement of the early 20th century that challenged established norms and conventions, often through absurdity and anti-art sentiments. critical response of artists in the conditions of modernity in relation to WWI.
Neo-Dada
An art movement that emerged in the 1950s, combining elements of Dada and contemporary art practices. It often involves the use of everyday objects and embraces absurdity, challenging traditional artistic values. Response to post WW2 consumer culture.
Pastiche
a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it.
Spectacle
Social structure in which aesthetic value has been transformed into commercial value
Nouveau realism
A french art movement that emerged in the 1960s, characterized by the use of everyday materials and objects to create works that reflect contemporary life and consumer culture. Responding to pop art movement
