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tudor

Art history; General art history

Family name of dynasty that from 1485 to 1603 provided five British monarchs from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (Elizabethan). As cultural term tends most usually to refer specifically to reign of Henry ...

ugly realism

Art history; General art history

A style of painting developed in the 1970s that combined fine draughtsmanship with images that were considered ugly. These were rendered with a chilling photographic clarity designed to highlight the ...

underground art

Art history; General art history

First used in relation to the cultural phenomenon of the 1960s and early 1970s, exemplified in what was called the underground press, magazines like Oz, International Times, East Village Otherand The ...

Unit One

Art history; General art history

British group formed by Paul Nash in 1933 to promote modern art, architecture and design. At this point the two major currents in modern art were seen as being abstract art on the one hand and ...

vellum

Art history; General art history

Vellum and parchment are made from the skins of calves, goats and sheep. While there is no sharp distinction between the two, vellum is generally a finer quality than parchment, since it is made from ...

verism

Art history; General art history

From Italian term verismo, meaning realism in its sense of gritty subject matter. Was originally applied around 1900 to the violent melodramatic operas of Puccini and Mascagni. In painting also has ...

Victorian

Art history; General art history

Blanket term referring to almost every aspect of British life and culture during Queen Victoria's long reign from 1837 to 1901. In relation to social behaviour, art and design however, it carries ...