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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Canvas

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Cotton or linen woven cloth used as a surface for painting.

Caricature

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A rendering, usually a drawing, of a person or thing with exaggerated or distorted features, meant to satirize the subject.

Cartes-de-visite

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Small handheld photographic cards, first popularized in the 1850s. Inexpensive and mass-produced, these cards depicted individual or celebrity portraits, and were popularly traded or collected in ...

Photographs made from a positive color transparency or a negative. The color is achieved in the print by the layering of silver salts sensitized to the three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. ...

City planner

Arts & crafts; Modern art

An individual who helps guide and shape the future development of a community. A city planner considers environmental and social issues, and what kinds of resources are needed to improve the quality ...