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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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Gender

Arts & crafts; Modern art

The socially constructed identity assigned to a person as a result of their sex.

Geometric

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Resembling or using the simple rectilinear or curvilinear lines used in geometry.Resembling or using the simple rectilinear or curvilinear lines used in geometry.

Globalization

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The transformation of a local or regional phenomenon into a global one.

Gouache

Arts & crafts; Modern art

An opaque watercolor paint; a painting produced with such paint.

Happening

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A performance, event, or situation considered as art, especially those initiated by the artists group Fluxus in the early 1960s. Such events are often planned, but involve elements of improvisation, ...

Harlem

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A neighborhood in northern Manhattan, New York City. In the 1920s and 1930s, the area was epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and intellectual movement in which arts, literature, and ...

Harlequin

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A clown figure, traditionally presented in a mask and multicolored costume.

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