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agit-prop

Art history; General art history

The term Agit-prop is a contraction of the Russian words 'agitatsiia' and 'propaganda' in the title of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda set up in 1920 by the Central Committee of the Soviet ...

Aesthetic Movement

Art history; General art history

Flourished in Britain 1870s, 1880s. Important equally in fine and applied arts. Critic Walter Hamilton published book The Aesthetic Movement in England 1882. Cult of pure beauty in art and design. ...

actionism

Art history; General art history

English version of general German term for Performance art, but was specifically used for the name of the Vienna-based group Wiener Aktionismus founded in 1962. The principal members of the group ...

acrylic paint

Art history; General art history

A dispersion of pigments in a synthetic acrylic resin produced from acrylates and/or methacrylates. Acrylic paint dries as the liquid vehicle evaporates, and the resulting polymer-chains then deform ...

academy

Art history; General art history

The first art academies appeared in Italy at the time of the Renaissance. They were groupings of artists whose aim was to improve the social and professional standing of artists, as well as to ...

Académie Julian

Art history; General art history

The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France, established in 1868 by Rodolphe Julian. It became a major alternative training centre to the official Ecole des beaux arts, especially for ...

Académie Colarossi

Art history; General art history

Art school in Paris, France, established in the nineteenth century as an alternative to the official Ecole des Beaux Arts. Comparable to and slightly less famous rival of the Académie Julian. Like ...