Art history
Buddhist art
Buddhist art is the artistic practices that are influenced by Buddhism. It includes art media which depict Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and…
Art of the Upper Paleolithic
The art of the Upper Paleolithic is amongst the oldest art known (sometimes called prehistoric art). Older possible examples include…
Art of the Middle Paleolithic
The earliest undisputed evidence of prehistoric art dates to the Upper Paleolithic, some 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. Visual art…
Prehistoric art
In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late…
Western painting
The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity until the present time. Until the mid-19th…
Eastern painting
The history of Eastern painting includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Developments in Eastern painting…
Art criticism
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticise art in the context of aesthetics…
Altermodern
Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, is an attempt at contextualizing art made in today's global context as…
Religious image
A religious image is a work of visual art that is representational and has a religious purpose, subject or connection.…
Animalier school
Animalier school or animalier movement was a roughly late 18th century to late 19th century movement and school of art,…
Old master print
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term…
Hierarchy of genres
A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which ranks different genres in an art form in terms of their prestige…
Music and mathematics
Music theory has no axiomatic foundation in modern mathematics, yet the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (in…
Mathematics and Art
Mathematics and art are related in a variety of ways. Mathematics has itself been described as an art motivated by…