Showing 20 art terms
Dada
Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and …
Dansaekhwa: The Korean monochrome movement
This was a formidable movement formed in Korea in the 1950s in an effort to reconcile the influence of Western …
Decadence
Decadence generally refers to an extreme manifestation of symbolism which appeared towards the end of the nineteenth century and emphasised …
Decalcomania
Decalcomania is a blotting process whereby paint is squeezed between two surfaces to create a mirror image
Décollage
Décollage is a French word meaning literally to unstick, generally associated with a process used by artists of the nouveau …
Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a form of criticism first used by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1970s which asserts that there …
Degenerate art
Degenerate art is the English translation of the German phrase Entartete Kunst which is the label the National Socialist (Nazi) …
Der Blaue Reiter
Der Blaue Reiter was a German expressionist group originating in Munich in 1909
De Stijl
De Stijl was a circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry …
Diaspora
Diaspora is a term used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in …
Digital art
Digital art is a term used to describe art that is made or presented using digital technology
Direct carving
Direct carving is an approach to making carved sculpture where the actual process of carving suggests the final form rather …
Divisionism
Divisionism is a late nineteenth century painting technique that involved using tiny adjacent dabs of primary colour to create the …
Documentary art
Documentary art is a term associated with the artists who documented the harsh realities of British life during the Depression …
Documentary photography
Documentary photography is a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events, …
Drawing
Drawing is essentially a technique in which images are depicted on a surface by making lines, though drawings can also …
Drypoint
Drypoint is a printmaking process in which a design is drawn on a plate with a sharp, pointed needle-like instrument
Dusseldorf School of Photography
The Dusseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid …
Dye destruction print
A dye destruction print (Cibachrome print, Ilfochrome print) is a print made using a photographic printing process in which colour …