Category: Art Guides

  • How to Understand and Interpret Abstract Art

    How to Understand and Interpret Abstract Art

    This article discusses the basics of abstract art, common misconceptions, and tips for how to understand abstract art whenever you encounter it.

  • A Guide to Islamic Art

    A Guide to Islamic Art

    Discover the fascinating group of styles we call Islamic art. It’s a wide-ranging area, not a closed group with a set of singular characteristics.

  • What is History Painting?

    What is History Painting?

    History painting was once an important genre in European art. Learn about its characteristics and why all the most ambitious artists wanted to pursue it.

  • A Guide to Romanticism

    A Guide to Romanticism

    Learn about the different themes and stylistic attributes of Romanticism in painting, sculpture, and architecture.

  • A Guide to Pre-Raphaelite Painting

    A Guide to Pre-Raphaelite Painting

    Learn about Pre-Raphaelite painting – major artists, their ideas, and how you can identify the works? Find out how it relates to the industrial revolution.

  • A Guide to Romanesque Architecture

    A Guide to Romanesque Architecture

    Romanesque was a style of medieval architecture popular in Western Europe in the 1000s and 1100s. Here’s everything you need to know about Romanesque.

  • A Guide to Classical Roman Architecture

    A Guide to Classical Roman Architecture

    Understand the major ideas and components of classical Roman architecture. What was its context, and what later monuments did it influence?

  • A Guide to Classical Greek Architecture

    A Guide to Classical Greek Architecture

    Ancient or classical Greek architecture formed the basis for so much of Euro-American architecture. Learn about its main forms and ideas.

  • A Guide to Renaissance Architecture

    A Guide to Renaissance Architecture

    A guide to recognizing and appreciating Renaissance architecture. Includes background, key ideas, important architects, and examples.

  • A Guide to Fauvism

    A Guide to Fauvism

    Understand the painting style Fauvism. Learn about its key artists and works, underlying ideas, historical background, and how to recognize it.

  • A Guide to Cubism

    A Guide to Cubism

    How to recognize and understand Cubism. Learn about the key artists, underlying ideas, and background.

  • A Guide to Post-Impressionist Painting

    A Guide to Post-Impressionist Painting

    The Post-Impressionist movement started in Paris around 1880. Post-Impressionism can be seen in painting and other two-dimensional art forms like drawings and prints. Artists such as Cezanne, van Gogh, Matisse, and Gauguin were its stars.

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