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used before the name of a famous artist to mean a picture by that artist
abstract
adjective
art abstract art expresses the artists ideas or feelings instead of showing the exact appearance of
people or things
accessible
adjective
aesthetic
adjective
artisan
adjective
artistic
adjective
relating to any form of art, including painting, music, literature, acting, and dancing
artistic
adjective
artistic
adjective
painted, arranged, or done in a way that shows skill and imagination and looks beautiful
artsy-craftsy
adjective
americaninformal made by someone who enjoys creating and decorating things themselves, but who
avant-garde
adjective
avant-garde music, art, etc. is very modern and may shock people because it is so different from
what has gone before
baroque
adjective
relating to the very detailed style of art, building, or music that was popular in Europe in the 17th and
early 18th centuries
camp
adjective
art or entertainment that is camp deliberately does not follow traditional ideas about what is
considered good in order toproduce a humorous effect
campy
adjective
camp
color
adjective
a color photograph, magazine, etc. consists of different colors rather than just black and white
cubist
adjective
relating to an early 20th-century style of painting in which the artist paints several different views of a
person or object in asingle painting, usually using straight lines
esthetic
an American spelling of aesthetic
evocative
adjective
formal an evocative work of art expresses something very clearly and makes you have a strong
reaction to it
figurative
adjective
art figurative art represents people, objects, and scenes, rather than representing feelings or ideas
folk
adjective
folk art, traditions, stories, etc. were developed by people in a particular region and have become
traditional there
folksy
adjective
made or done in a way that is intended to remind you of traditional art, customs, or stories
formal
adjective
relating to the form or structure of something such as a piece of writing, art, or music
freehand
adjective
Gothic
adjective
art Gothic styles of building and art were common in Europe between the 12th and 15th centuries
grandiose
adjective
graphic
adjective
relating to drawing
lifelike
adjective
literary
adjective
magisterial
adjective
a magisterial work is written by someone whose knowledge and opinions are respected
mature
adjective
the mature work of an artist, writer, etc. is produced when they are no longer young and have
developed their skill to a highlevel
minimalist
adjective
relating to minimalism
monochrome
adjective
art using different shades of a single color
naturalistic
adjective
artliterature a naturalistic painting, novel, etc. shows people and things as they are in real life
painterly
adjective
pictorial
adjective
consisting of pictures
postmodern
adjective
relating to postmodernism
pre-Raphaelite
adjective
typical of a style of art popular in late 19th century England that used a lot of detail and bright colors
and showed a very romanticized view of life
pulp
adjective
pulp books, magazines, and movies have not been written very well, and are often about sex or
violence
pure
adjective
a pure form of art does not have any practical purpose, such as selling something
realist
noun
artliterature relating to realism in art or literature
representational
adjective
art representational paintings and other works of art show things as they really are
Romantic
adjective
satirical
adjective
satirical writing or art uses humor to criticize people or things and make them seem silly
seminal
adjective
formal a seminal piece of writing or music is new and different and influences other literature or music
silk-screen
adjective
skeuomorphic
adjective
a skeuomorphic design includes features which make a new thing look older or more familiar
spacey
adjective
informalmainly british spacey music or art seems to have been created by someone who takes drugs
stereoscopic
adjective
a stereoscopic picture is designed so that when you look at it through a special piece of equipment,
it looks solid and real
stylized
adjective
surrealistic
adjective
artliterature connected with surrealism
three-D
adjective
a three-D movie, picture, etc. looks as if it has height, depth, and width
three-dimensional
adjective
untitled
adjective
an untitled poem, book, painting, etc. has not been given a title
wearable
adjective
aesthetically
adverb
artistically
adverb
expressionist
adjective
freehand
adverb
Impressionist
adjective
lithographic
adjective
modernist
adjective
mural
adjective
photorealist
adjective
pictorially
adverb
pointillist
adjective
postmodernist
adjective
satirically
adverb
scribbled
adjective
surrealist
adjective
three-D
noun
uncompromisingly
adverb
from life
if you draw, paint, etc. from life, you use a real object or person as your subject instead of copying a
photograph or picture