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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

social group go
people sharing some social relation

movement, front, social movement go
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

artistic movement, art movement
a group of artists who agree on general principles

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27 Subcategories

Abstract Expressionism, action painting go
a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions
Ash Can, Ashcan school go
early 20th-century United States painting
Impressionism go
a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
Pop Art go
a school of art that emerged in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and became prevalent in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s
Ashcan School, Eight go
a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
pointillism go
a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye
deco, art deco go
a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
art nouveau go
a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s
van, vanguard, avant-garde, new wave go
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
constructivism go
an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I
suprematism go
a geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism
cubism go
an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
dada, dadaism go
a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century
expressionism go
an art movement early in the 20th century
fauvism go
an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms
futurism go
an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
Hudson River school, romantic realism go
the first coherent school of American art
imagism go
a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality
lake poets go
English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it
luminism go
an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school
minimalism, minimal art, reductivism go
an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
realism, naturalism go
an artistic movement in 19th century France
neoromanticism go
an art movement based on a revival of Romanticism in art and literature
New Wave, Nouvelle Vague go
an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
secession, sezession go
an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
surrealism go
a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams
symbolism go
an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images