Styles

Abstract

applies to art in which the artist has started with some visible object and abstracted elements from it to arrive at a more or less simplified form. This also applies to forms/image that have no source at all in external reality

Architecture

applies to images based on manmade buildings or structures

Figurative

refers to images that retain strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure. Figures can be abstract, idealized or realistic

Floral

refers to images representing nature, particularly flowers. May reference the real world or an abstracted form

Landscape

applies to art in which the artist has established a horizon line as separation between earth and sky. The landscape may be naturalistic, a reflection of the natural world, idealized or abstracted. Landscapes may feature trees, water, buildings etc

Modernism / Modern Art

applies to works of art that reflect a criticism of the concept of art, asking the question 'what is art'

Still Life

refers to the subject matter being anything that does not move or is dead. A still life includes all kinds of man-made or natural objects