Art lexicon

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

The picture in the focus: How a frame supports the image statement

5 years ago

A work of art often stands for itself. So that it also has a place on the wall, there are numerous options ...

New category in the Kunstplaza Blog: Wtawt

Wtawt or the opposite: a category with and for fun

5 years ago

Wtawt - that stands for: "What the artist wants to tell" or "What the artist wants to tell us", and the ...

The beginnings of German literature

5 years ago

Anyone who loves books wants to know at some point how the book world builds up, and that means for thorough people - back ...

Codex Abrogans (1st page) 8th Century Glossary

The Abrogans - our first German book

5 years ago

As stated in the contribution to the beginnings of German literature, the first written traditions of German literature were created ...

Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival, start prologue

German literature in the High Middle Ages: exciting stories and tender minessing

5 years ago

Right at the beginning: Literature in the crisis We are around 1000, and the Germans were just ...

DJs as master of ceremonies of electronic music

Crossover in music - Electronics meets acoustics and classical

8 years ago

It is time to devote us to an article in music again. Finally, the focus of our publications was available ...

Klabund - German literary history in an hour

What is literature?

12 years ago

For most educated people, good books are clearly part of the wide field of art, and good authors belong to ...

Membership directory of the AKM from 1937

Degenerate art- the dark chapter of the German museum and art history

13 years ago

“Degenerate art” is art works and cultural currents that did not correspond to their ideology during the National Socialist dictatorship in Germany ...

"Art as an idea" or "Where does art begin?"

13 years ago

What is art? One of the main reasons that can prevent the “normal” people from dealing with art is uncertainty.…

Art lexicon and glossary

Like every topic, art a wealth of subject -specific terms, expressions, abbreviations and foreign words.

In this section we would like to bring you closer to a few of the most important and common terms.

able to get to know and deepen a number of information, definitions, definitions, liturgical terms, common specialist expressions and their abbreviations as well as terms of the concepts of art theory, art history

In our continuously expanding category "Kunstlexikon" we provide you with answers to questions such as "What is art brood , tape art , macrame , performance type or concept art ?"