#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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