#genre a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
supertype: fine_art__art the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
subtype: abstract_expressionism a New York genre of painting characterized by freely created abstractions
subtype: abstract_art__abstractionism an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
subtype: op_art a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
subtype: ashcan_school early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
subtype: chinoiserie a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
subtype: expressionism a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves
subtype: Fauvism a genre of painting characterized by vivid colors and simplified forms that gave a decorative effect
subtype: folk_art genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
subtype: genre_painting__genrepainting a genre depicting everyday life
subtype: impressionism a genre of French painting that pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
subtype: landscape_painting__landscapepainting__landscape a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
subtype: magic_realism__magicrealism genre of meticulously realistic painting of imaginary scenes and fantastic images
subtype: modernism.genre genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
subtype: pointilism a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
subtype: pop_art a genre of modern art that imitates the techniques of commercial art and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
subtype: postmodernism genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
subtype: primitivism a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
subtype: realism.genre genre of art and literature that represents events and social conditions as they actually are (without idealization)
subtype: surrealism genre of art and literature attempting to express the working of the subconscious and characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
subtype: synthetism a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas
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