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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Consumerism

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of manufactured goods.

Contrast (photography)

Arts & crafts; Modern art

In photography, the range of light to dark areas in the composition. An image with high contrast will have a greater variability in tonality while a photograph with low contrast will have a more ...

Cor-Ten steel

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A steel alloy that develops a rust-like appearance when exposed to weather for several years, eliminating the need for repainting. Because of this quality, it is also called weathering steel.

Curator

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A person whose job it is to research and manage a collection and organize exhibitions.

Daguerreotype

Arts & crafts; Modern art

A photographic technique invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in 1839. A daguerreotype uses a silver or silver-coated-copper plate to develop an image in a camera obscura. The image is formed ...

De Stijl (The Style)

Arts & crafts; Modern art

Meaning “the style” in Dutch, a term describing a group of artists and architects whose style is characterized by the use of primary colors, rectangular shapes, and asymmetrical compositions. The ...

Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)

Artist group active in Munich, Germany, from 1911 to 1914, and closely associated with the development of Expressionism. The group’s aim was to express their own inner desires in a variety of forms, ...