Roman Provinces
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
At the height of its power in the 2nd century CE, the Roman Empire stretched from England to Egypt, and from Spain to Syria. Roman law united this vast territory, and Roman culture infiltrated the farthest points of the Empire.
Pop (style)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the incorporation of images from popular culture and everyday life came to complete fruition in the movement known as pop art.
Neoclassical (style)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The tumultuous political events at the end of the 18th century found their visual counterpoint in the cool precision of the era’s dominant visual style, neoclassicism.
Impressionism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The impressionist movement was born when a small group of artists, frustrated by their exclusion from the state-sponsored exhibitions of contemporary art, arranged to show their work together privately.
Genre Painting (European)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From the Renaissance to the beginning of the modern period, European paintings were classified according to genre, or subject matter, and each genre had its rank.
Fauvism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1905, a group of artists led by Henri Matisse and including André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Albert Marquet, Georges Rouault, and Kees van Dongen exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne. A critic quickly labeled them the "Fauves" (Wild Beasts). Their paintings were stylistically linked by the pure colors of the neo-impressionist movement as well as an agressive brushstroke and subjective, nonrealistic palette.
Abstract Expressionism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although it is often considered the most prominent art movement to have emerged in postwar America, abstract expressionism remains resistant to sweeping definitions.
1920-1929, United States, "1920s America"
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Few moments in American cultural history are as readily recognized as the "roaring" twenties—their mere mention conjures dynamic images of flappers, Fords, and skyscraper cities. And yet, American artists responded to this dizzying new modern world with art that evoked stillness, clarity, and order.
Twentieth-century European Sculpture
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During the first part of the 20th century, European sculpture was radically transformed. No longer anchored within a singular, classical tradition, sculptors experimented with diverse combinations of volumes, materials, colors, and spaces. Relinqui
Gelatin silver print
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The primary black-and-white process since the late 1880s, gelatin silver prints involve three layers: paper, baryta, and gelatin. The paper is prepared with a layer of baryta, or barium sulfate. The gelatin layer is an emulsion of light-sensitive silver compounds that captures the image after the exposure and development of the negative. Gelatin silver prints are characterized by a smooth and even surface.