Modern art

Modern art

A movement in fine arts (starting from the mid-1800s) in which the styles, attitudes and subject-matter began to differ from those of traditional art.

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Pop art

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A movement composed of initially British, then American artists in the 1950s and 1960s, which was characterized by references to imagery and products from popular culture, media, and advertising.

Primary color

Arts & crafts; Modern art

One of three base colors (blue, red, or yellow) that can be combined to make a range of colors.

Pulley

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A simple machine that uses grooved wheels and a rope to raise, lower, or move a load. Examples may be found on a flagpole or crane.

The relation between two similar values or objects with respect to the number of times the first contains the second. For example, having twice as much of an item is to have a ratio of two to one, ...

Rayograph

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A term invented by Man Ray to describe what is conventionally known as a photogram, or photographic print made by placing objects and other elements on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light.

Readymade

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe prefabricated, often mass-produced objects isolated from their functional context and elevated to the status of art by the mere act of an artist’s ...