(Encyclopedia) Oceanic art, works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline,…
(Encyclopedia) Nepali art. In Nepal, art is traditional and largely religious in nature, with Hindu and Buddhist imagery dominant. As in India, artists were part of a guild structure; the discovery…
(Encyclopedia) art nouveauart nouveauärˌ n&oomacr;vōˈ [key], decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. It began in the 1880s as a reaction against the historical emphasis of mid-19th-…
(Encyclopedia) Assyrian art. An Assyrian artistic style distinct from that of Babylonian art (see Sumerian and Babylonian art), which was the dominant contemporary art in Mesopotamia, began to emerge…
(Encyclopedia) kinetic art, term referring to sculptured works that include motion as a significant dimension. The form was pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, Naum Gabo, and Alexander Calder. Kinetic art…
(Encyclopedia) art decoart decoärt dĕkōˈ; är dākōˈ, ärt [key] or art moderneart moderneär môdĕrnˈ, ärt [key], term that designates a style of design that originated in French luxury goods shortly…
