Art terms
This glossary explains some of the techniques, mediums, art movements, and other terms you’ll encounter on our website, along with links to examples in the collection.
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Neo-Impressionism
A term coined by French art critic Fénéon in 1886, applied to an avant-garde art movement that flourished principally in France from 1886 to 1906. Led
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Neon
A form of lighting used especially on advertising signs, consisting of glass tubes filled with neon or other gases that emit colored light when subjected
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Neo-Plasticism
An artistic philosophy that called for the renunciation of naturalistic representation in favor of a stripped-down formal vocabulary principally consisting
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Neue Sacklichkeit
A modern movement that developed in Weimar Germany in the 1920s. It offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on the objective world, as opposed
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New Art
An international artistic movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that emphasized the unity of the arts and sought to reflect the intensive
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New Objectivity
A modern movement that developed in Weimar Germany in the 1920s. It offered a return to unsentimental reality and a focus on the objective world, as opposed
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NFT
NFT stands for “non-fungible token,” a totally unique digital asset that is certified on a digital ledger, or blockchain. An NFT cannot be exchanged with
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