Art genres Art genres Aleatory means "pertaining to luck", and derives from the Latin word alea, the rolling of dice. Aleatoric, indeterminate, or chance art is that which exploits the principle of randomness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aleatory"
The Algorists are a group of digital artists who create works of art in a way that includes a process based on their own algorithms. For their purposes, an algorithm is simply a detailed recipe for execution of an artwork, which may include computer code, functions, expressions, or other input which ultimately determines the form the art will take. This input may be mathematical, computational, or generative in nature. Some artists also work with organically based gestural input which is then modified by an algorithm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algorists"
Animal style is a type of imagery used in Northern Europe during the ancient and medieval periods, characterized by animals or animal-like forms arranged in intricate patterns or combats. See also Migration Period art. Animal Style Art consists of intircate, ribbonlike traceries of line that suggest wild and fantastic beasts. The animal style was used not only in England, but also in Scandinavia, Germany, and France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Animal style"
An animated cartoon is a moving picture generated by photographing drawings frame-by-frame, as opposed to a normal movie, which is produced by shooting 24 frames a second of actual moving persons or objects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Animated cartoon"
Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. It is sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Japanimation. Anime is characterized by character and background styles which may be created by hand or may be assisted by computers. Storylines may feature a variety of characters and may be set in different locations and in different eras. Anime is aimed at a broad range of audiences because there are a wide range of different genres that any series may be categorised under. Anime may be broadcast on television, distributed on media, such as DVDs, or published as console and computer games. Anime is often influenced by Japanese comics known as manga. Anime may also be adapted into live action television programs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anime"
The Arabesque, an aspect of Islamic art usually found decorating the walls of mosques, is an elaborate application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals. The choice of which geometric forms are to be used and how they are to be formatted is based upon the Islamic view of the world. To Muslims, these forms, taken together, constitute an infinite pattern that extends beyond the visible material world. To many in the Islamic world, they in fact symbolize the infinite, and therefore uncentralized, nature of the creation of the one God ( Allah). Furthermore, the Islamic Arabesque artist conveys a definite spirituality without the iconography of Christian art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arabesque"
Art destruction involves the damaging or destruction of art work. This can happen through a natural process or human invovlement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Art destruction"
Artistic nationalism is a form of art mainly in the form of large paintings or murals in public spaces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Artistic nationalism"
Auto-destructive art is a term invented by the artist Gustav Metzger in the early 1960s and put into circulation by his article 'Machine, Auto-creative and Auto-destructive Art' in the summer 1962 issue of the journal Ark. From 1959 he had made work by spraying acid onto sheets of nylon as a protest against nuclear weapons. The procedure produced rapidly changing shapes before the nylon was all consumed, so the work was simultaneously auto-creative and auto-destructive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auto-destructive art"
Bad art can be either: ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad art"
A bridge can play many roles in art, for example ...more on Wikipedia about "Bridges in art"
A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cartoon"
Castrum doloris ( Latin for Castle of pain) is a name for decorations accompanying the catafalque for increase the prestige of the funeral and signifying the importance of the deceased. Castrum doloris would include the most common candles and flowers, and in special cases allegorical statues, coats of arms, epitaphs and baldachimes. Most extensive castrum doloris can be traced to the customs of 17th century and 18th century. A specific tradion in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the coffin portrait (Polish: portret trumienny). ...more on Wikipedia about "Castrum doloris"
A Cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cityscape"
Comics (or, less common, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. Originally used to illustrate caricatures and to entertain through the use of amusing and trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comics"
Commercial art refers to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising. The term is somewhat obsolete and is currently being replaced in many colleges with the now 'it' term Visual Communication. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commercial art"
La Danse Macabre, also called Dance of death, La Danza Macabra, or Totentanz, is a late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the dance of death united all. La Danse Macabre consists of the personified death leading a row of dancing figures from all walks of life to the grave—typically with an emperor, king, pope, monk, youngster, beautiful girl, all in skeleton-state. They were produced under the impact of the Black Death, reminding people of how fragile their lives were and how vain the glories of earthly life were. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danse Macabre"
A death mask is a plaster or wax cast made of a person's face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or be used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been painted from death masks, because of the characteristic slight distortions of the features caused by the weight of the plaster during the making of the mould. ...more on Wikipedia about "Death mask"
The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. The field includes furniture, furnishings, interior design, and architecture. The decorative arts are often categorized in opposition to the fine or high arts (or just art), namely, painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale sculpture. Some distinguish between decorative and fine art based on functionality, intended purpose, importance, status as a unique creation, or single artist production. ...more on Wikipedia about "Decorative art"
Dream art is any form of art directly based on material from dreams, or using dream-like qualities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dream art"
Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts, in which features are borrowed from various sources and styles. Significantly, Eclecticism hardly ever constituted a specific style in art: it is characterized by the fact that it was not a particular style. In general, the term describes the combination in a single work of a variety of influences — mainly of elements from different historical styles in architecture, painting, and the graphic and decorative arts. In music the term used may be either eclecticism or Crossover music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eclecticism in art"
Erotic art covers any artistic work including paintings, sculptures, photographs, music and writings that is intended to evoke erotic arousal or that depicts scenes of love-making. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erotic art"
Eye candy is an expression used to describe something that is most remarkable by its visual appeal. It can serve several different purposes, including: ...more on Wikipedia about "Eye candy"
Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. The first "fantastic" artist is generally believed to be Hieronymous Bosch. Other artists who have been labeled fantastic include Brueghel, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Matthias Grünewald, Hans Baldung Grien, Francisco de Goya, Gustave Moreau, Henry Fuseli, Odilon Redon, Max Klinger, Arnold Böcklin, William Blake, Gustave Doré, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Salvador Dali. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantastic art"
Fetish art is art that depicts people in fetishistic situations such as bondage, BDSM, transvestism, transsexuality, domination/submission scenarios etc. -- sometimes in combination. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fetish art"
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