Lanscape: a painting or photograph of land forms and scenery
noun lanscapes painted in watercolors are very popular
open-air: taking place out of doors
adjective we went to an open-air exhibition in the park
portrait: a picture especially a painting of a person´s face head and shoulders
noun the artist painted a portrait of his mother
site-specific: of artwork created for a particular location
adjective the artist made a site.specific statue of a waiting passenger at the old train station
still life: a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of motionless objects such as fruit or flowers
verb do you want to go to the still life exhibit?
abstract: art that involves shapes and colors and not images of real people or things
noun I really like abstract art but i´m not sure what most of it means
cubism: a style of art that originated in the early twentieth century in which objects are shown as geometric shapes
noun Pablo Picasso was one of the founders of cubism
expressionism: a style of art originally from the 1900s that expresses extreme feelings
noujn expressionism originated in Germany
impressionism: an artistics movement that began in France in about 1870 in which painters attempted to creat impressions of scenes objects and people rather yhan exact likenesses
noun the term impressionism comes from a painting by Claude Monet
pop art: art that features common objects from popular culture
noun warhol´s pictures of soup tins are a well-know example of pop art
surrealism: a twentieth century art movement in which artists combine unrelated images or events in a strange and fantastic way
noun surrealism flourished between World War I and World War ll
mythology: a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
noun greek mythology is very interesting
inspired: of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse
adjective an inspired performance
pretentious: attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed
adjective art is pretentious
critics: a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something
noun Critics maintain that it places too
