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
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Analytical Cubism
- André Breton
- Andy Warhol
- Art Deco
- Art Investing
- Art Nouveau
- Austrian Expressionism
- Banksy
- Bauhaus
- Brushwork
- Claude Monet
- Colour Wheel
- Constructivism
- Cubism
- Dada
- Die Brücke (The Bridge)
- Digital Art
- Dorothy Grebenak
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Egon Schiele
- Elaine Sturtevant
- Elena Bulatova
- En Plein Air
- Evelyne Axell
- Expressionism
- Fauvism
- Georges Seurat
- Graffiti
- Gustav Klimt
- Henri Matisse
- Idelle Weber
- Impressionism
- Jackson Pollock
- Japonism
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Joan Miró
- Keith Haring
- Kiki Kogelnik
- Magenta LN
- Mandala
- Maria Qamar
- Marisol Escobar
- Marjorie Strider
- Mark Rothko
- Marta Minujin
- Maurits Cornelis Escher
- Modernism
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Pablo Picasso
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Pop Art
- Post-Impressionism
- René Magritte
- Rosalyn Drexler
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Salon de Paris
- Sister Mary Corita Kent
- Surrealism
- Symbolism
- Synthetic Cubism
- Thandiwe Muriu
- Vincent van Gogh
- Virginia Benedicto
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Yayoi Kusama