Art movement glossary

Art movement glossary

Please refer to this Art Movement Glossary to complete the Art Movement field for your item within the Artwork Template in the Victorian Collections CMS.


Abstract Art
Abstract Expressionism
Aestheticism
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts
Baroque
Bauhaus
Classicism
Conceptual Art
Contemporary Art
Cubism
Dada
Expressionism
Folk Art
Futurism
Gothic Art
Happenings
Heidelberg School
Hyperrealism
Impressionism
Kinetic Art
Land Art
Mannerism
Minimalism
Modern Art
Modernism
Naïve Art
Neoclassicism
Performance
Symbolism
Photorealism
Pop Art
Post-Minimalism
Postmodernism
Primitivism
Public Art
Realism
Rococo
Romanticism
Street Art
Surrealism





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