Know your Art

Post Minimalism

Post minimalism is an art form used to describe an attempt to develop and go beyond minimalism. The term was coined by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971. 

Photorealism

The term ‘photorealism’ was coined in 1969 by art dealer and patron Louis K. Meisel. It was around this time, when the photorealism art movement st...

Photogravure

Photogravure is an intaglio printing process. The term ‘Intaglio’ is used to indicate a process of printing, where a photographic image is etched o...

Performance Art

The beauty of performance art is that it involves the onlooker and makes him/her feel a part of the art. It is simultaneously startling and banal, ...

Constructivism

The movement emphasized uniting building and science rather than artistic expression, and thus its goals went far beyond the realm of art.

Contemporary Art

It is commonly thought that contemporary art and contemporary art paintings were a response to the preceding modern art movement, and thus contempo...

Cubism

At the turn of the century, Post-Impressionism and Fauvism movements inspired by the Impressionists’ experimental approach to painting dominated Eu...

Dadaism

The Dada art movement was a protest yet it was enjoyable and amusing. It used sarcasm while being quirky and silly. For common folk who were unawar...

Digital Print: The New Age Art

A digital print art is only considered as an original print or work of art if it was intended as a unique piece of art, and is not a copy or reprod...

Diptych Art: Double Whammy!

It can also be used to express a lapse in time or activity and similarly show a sense of succession or progression.

Drawing Ideas

Here are 10 great ideas for you to get going. These are some easy-to-draw subjects that will help you develop into a great artist.  

Engraving

Engraving is the process of manually incising into an engraving plate using a burin- an engraving tool that is like a fine chisel. It has a lozenge...