Art Encyclopedia

In this section, we would like to introduce you to some of the most important and common terms from the world of art.

Théâtre d'Opéra Spatial - AI Art Painting by Jason M. Allen / Midjourney

AI Art – How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Concept of Art

3 years ago

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our world and also bringing movement to the arts. AI technologies can open up new and exciting avenues…

The Artprice100® Index since 2000, image source: artprice.com

What is the Artprice100© Index?

3 years ago

The Artprice100© is designed as a portfolio of artworks representing the one hundred most important artists in the art market (see composition below).…

Art of prehistory and early history: Germanic art; Viking ship in the Oseberg style

Art of prehistory and early history: Germanic art; Oseberg style

4 years ago

The Oseberg style is the first of several overlapping art styles of the Viking Age; it emerged around the end of the 8th century…

Charlottenburg Palace with the South Portal in Berlin-Charlottenburg

Architecture in Germany – The magnificent Baroque, albeit a little delayed in our country

4 years ago

Germany's late start to the Baroque period: The Baroque architectural era is actually considered to span a period from approximately 1575 to 1770…

Art of Prehistory and Early History: Germanic Art; Lombard Art

4 years ago

The Lombard kingdom is long gone (it existed from 568 to 774), but it left us a rich artistic legacy. The Germanic…

The Dream (Le Rêve, 1910) by Henri Rousseau. Available as an art print on canvas, photo paper, watercolor paper, natural paper or Japanese paper.

Naive painting – Important representatives of the self-taught art movement

5 years ago

You may be familiar with the phenomenon of questioning the seriousness of certain works of art or even considering them not to be artistically valuable. There are…

Tape art collage by the Russian artist Nikolay

Tape Art: When strips become pictures

5 years ago

The noise races ceaselessly through the air. The same monotonous sound over and over again, only the intervals vary, and perhaps the…

Jo Niemeyer, sculpture in the Kunsthalle Villa Kobe in Halle, built by Jesus Perez Franco

Concrete Art – The Significance of Mathematics, Geometry and Proportions for Aesthetics and Artistic Creation

5 years ago

There are many sources of inspiration for art. Beauty, anger, grief, and religion are responsible for an endless abundance of works of art…

Art of prehistory and early history: Germanic art; the rise of the Lombard kingdom

5 years ago

The name of the Lombards is already enigmatic: one well-known theory suggests they may have been named after their long beards…

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller - Portrait of Adalbert Stifter

Art History – Modern Art – Artist: Adalbert Stifter

5 years ago

1805–1868, the Austrian writer is considered one of the most important authors of the Biedermeier period. Generations of students would rather think of him as…

Art of Prehistory and Early History: Period of Consideration

5 years ago

Anyone approaching a field of knowledge first wants to know the basics: What is it about? It's about art, however you want to define it…

Modern ensembles make their own decisions regarding articulation, ornamentation, and dynamics in Baroque scores before each performance

Baroque music – Characteristic features of the classical music era

5 years ago

The Baroque style was not limited to painting, sculpture, and architecture. Besides masters of Baroque painting, such as Caravaggio and Peter the Great…

Goldgubber finds in the settlement of Sorte Muld on the Danish island of Bornholm

Art of Prehistory and Early History: Germanic Art – Guldgubbe

5 years ago

Guldgubbe or Guldgubbar, Swedish for "little golden men", were so named by the farmers who lived in the dunes of the Scandinavian province of Scania…

Art of Prehistory and Early History: Germanic Art – Berdal Style

5 years ago

Early examples of the Oseberg style are sometimes distinguished in art historical literature as a separate Berdal style; also named after its place of discovery,…

Art of Prehistory and Early History: Germanic Art

5 years ago

Germanic art belongs entirely to the prehistory and early history of art and not to the actual art history of the Nordic peoples. Because…

Art Dictionary and Glossary

Like any subject area, art a wealth of subject-specific terminology, expressions, abbreviations and foreign words.

In this section, we would like to introduce you to some of the most important and common terms from time to time.

Here you will learn and deepen your understanding of a range of information, definitions, liturgical terms, notes, common technical terms and their abbreviations, as well as concepts from art theory, art history and art philosophy

In our continuously expanding "Art Encyclopedia" category, we provide answers to questions such as "What is meant by Art Brut, Tape Art, Macramé, Performance Art or Conceptual Art?"