Glossary of Modern Art & Essentials
In Pigment Pool’s glossary, you’ll discover key terms from the Modern Art periods of the 19th and 20th centuries, along with a selection of art techniques and styles. It further includes essential information about art supplies for beginners, making it an invaluable tool for those new to the field.
Whether you’re a student delving into modernist art movements, an artist, or simply an art enthusiast, this glossary offers explanations to enhance your understanding of art terms. Serving as an art history essentials guide, it’s a starting point for anyone interested in the basics of art and its history. Additionally, it acts as a quick reference for familiarizing yourself with common and not-so-common art jargon, enriching your artist’s toolkit and serving as a fundamental art education resource.
- Abstract Art
- Abstract Expressionism
- Académie des Beaux-Arts
- Acrylics
- Agnes Martin
- Ai Weiwei
- Albert Henry Munsell
- Albert Lebourg
- Albrecht Dürer
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Analytical Cubism
- André Breton
- Andy Warhol
- Anselm Kiefer
- Anti-Expressionism
- Aristotle
- Armand Guillaumin
- Art Deco
- Art Investing
- Art Nouveau
- Art Supplies
- Art-Tattoo
- Austrian Expressionism
- Automatism
- Bamboo Painting
- Banksy
- Barnett Newman
- Bauhaus
- Binders
- Bridget Riley
- Brushes
- Brushwork
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Calligraphy
- Carl Andre
- Ceramics
- Charcoal
- Chinese Art
- Chromolithography
- Claude Monet
- Clyfford Still
- Collage
- Color Field Painting
- Color Palette
- Color Psychology
- Color Theory
- Colored Pencils
- Colour Wheel
- Conceptual Art
- Concerning the Spiritual in Art
- Constructivism
- Cubism
- Dada
- Dan Flavin
- Die Brücke (The Bridge)
- Digital Art
- DIY
- Donald Judd
- Dorothy Grebenak
- Drawing
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Edvard Munch
- Egon Schiele
- Elaine Sturtevant
- Elena Bulatova
- Ellsworth Kelly
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- En Plein Air
- Eva Gonzalès
- Evelyne Axell
- Expressionism
- Fan Kuan
- Fauvism
- Feng Shui
- Figurative Art
- Folk Art
- Folklore
- Franciscus Aguilonius
- Frank Stella
- Frédéric Bazille
- Frida Kahlo
- Gao Qifeng
- Georges Seurat
- Georgia O’Keeffe
- Giuseppe Castiglione
- Glazing
- Gouache
- Graffiti
- Guo Xi
- Guohua
- Gustav Klimt
- Gustave Caillebotte
- Gustave Loiseau
- Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Henri Matisse
- Henri Rouart