…the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power…
…a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and colour, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents…
…a car or other four-wheel motor vehicle decorated as a work of art…
…art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values…
…the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colours and used most notably in household objects and in architecture…
…a conventionally established form of artistic composition, such as the novel, sonata, or sonnet…
…a cinema which specializes in showing films that are artistic or experimental rather than merely entertaining…
…high-quality paper coated with china clay or a similar substance to give it a smooth surface…
…a song written to be sung in recital, typically with piano accompaniment and often set to a poem…
…simple pictures and symbols made available for computer users to add to their documents…
…creative art, especially visual art whose products are to be appreciated primarily or solely for their imaginative, aesthetic, or intellectual content…
…(1910–56), American jazz pianist; full name Arthur Tatum. Born with cataracts in both eyes, he was almost completely blind. He became famous in the 1930s for his solo and trio work…
…the academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the other visual arts…
…a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the USA from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms…
…a form of psychotherapy involving the encouragement of free self-expression through painting, drawing, or modelling, used as a remedial or diagnostic activity…
…(1919–90), American jazz drummer, a pioneer of the bebop movement known for his group the Jazz Messengers; full name Arthur Blakey…
…(1918–2003), US actor; full name Arthur William Matthew Carney. Best known for his role as Ed Norton in the 1950s television series The Honeymooners, he also appeared in such movies as Harry and Tonto (1974) and Going in Style (1979)…
…a form of art that depends on movement for its effect. The term was coined by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner in 1920 and is associated with the work of Alexander Calder…
