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General art history
Dusseldorf School of Photography
Art history; General art history
A group of students at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid 1970s who studied under the influential photographers Bernd and Hiller Becher, known for their rigorous devotion to the 1920s German ...
Spazialismo
Art history; General art history
Italian movement (Movimento Spaziale—spacialist movement, or spacialism) started by the Argentine-born Italian artist Lucio Fontana after his return to Italy from Argentina in 1947. The movement was ...
St Ives School
Art history; General art history
Term referring to the artists associated with the fishing town of St Ives in West Cornwall, Britain. The town became a particular magnet for artists following the extension to West Cornwall of the ...
St. John’s Wood Clique
Art history; General art history
In the second half of the nineteenth century the St John's Wood area of London became a popular location for artists, giving rise to the St John's Wood Clique, a loose association of painters at its ...
Still life
Art history; General art history
One of the principal genres (subject types) of Western art. Essentially, the subject matter of a still life painting or sculpture is anything that does not move or is dead. So still life includes all ...
Street art
Art history; General art history
Street art is genre related to graffiti writing, but separate and with different rules and traditions. Where modern-day graffiti revolves around 'tagging' and text-based subject matter, Street art is ...
Stuart
Art history; General art history
Dynasty founded by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Usually refers to reigns of Charles I (reigned 1625-49) and Charles II, although James I was first Stuart king (Jacobean). Charles I was greatest ...