Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and …

This was a formidable movement formed in Korea in the 1950s in an effort to reconcile the influence of Western …

De Stijl was a circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry …

Decadence generally refers to an extreme manifestation of symbolism which appeared towards the end of the nineteenth century and emphasised …

Decalcomania is a blotting process whereby paint is squeezed between two surfaces to create a mirror image

Décollage is a French word meaning literally to unstick, generally associated with a process used by artists of the nouveau …

Deconstruction is a form of criticism first used by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1970s which asserts that there …

Degenerate art is the English translation of the German phrase Entartete Kunst which is the label the National Socialist (Nazi) …

Der Blaue Reiter was a German expressionist group originating in Munich in 1909

Diaspora is a term used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in …

Digital art is a term used to describe art that is made or presented using digital technology

A diptych is an artwork consisting of two painted or carved panels

Direct carving is an approach to making carved sculpture where the actual process of carving suggests the final form rather …

Divisionism is a late nineteenth century painting technique that involved using tiny adjacent dabs of primary colour to create the …

Documentary art is a term associated with the artists who documented the harsh realities of British life during the Depression …

Documentary photography is a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events, …

Drawing is essentially a technique in which images are depicted on a surface by making lines, though drawings can also …

Drypoint is a printmaking process in which a design is drawn on a plate with a sharp, pointed needle-like instrument

The Dusseldorf School of Photography refers to a group of photographers who studied at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in the mid …

A dye destruction print (Cibachrome print, Ilfochrome print) is a print made using a photographic printing process in which colour …