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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Impressionism

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A 19th-century art movement, associated especially with French artists, whose works are characterized by relatively small, thin, visible brushstrokes that coalesce to form a single scene and ...

Inclined plane

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A flat slanting surface, connecting a lower level to a higher level. Examples include slides, ramps, and slopes.

Industrial design

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A field of design concerned with the aesthetics, form, functionality, and production of manufactured consumer objects.

Irony

Arts & crafts; Modern art

An expression or statement in language or imagery that signifies its own opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Biomorphic

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Derived from the Greek words bios (life) and morphe (form), a term referring to abstract forms or images that evoke associations with living forms such as plants and the human body.

Body language

Arts & crafts; Modern art

The gestures, facial expression, and postures that convey a person's physical, mental, or emotional state.

Bourgeois

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A person whose political, economic, and social values are believed to be determined mainly by concern for material wealth and conventional respectability (noun). Characteristic of those persons ...