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Objective abstraction

The term objective abstraction refers to a non-geometric style of abstract art developed by a group of British artists in …

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Offset lithography

Offset lithography is a variation of the printing technique lithography

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Oil paint

Oil paint is form of a slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil that …

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Olympians

The term Olympians was often used to describe certain Victorian artists whose work emphasised the classical in both style and …

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Omega Workshops

Founded in 1913 by the painter and art critic Roger Fry, the Omega Workshops was an English applied arts company …

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Op art

Op art was a major development of painting in the 1960s that used geometric forms to create optical effects

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Orientalist

The former definition of this art term was outdated and misrepresented important and factual perspectives, so this text has been …

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Orphism

Orphism was an abstract, cubist influenced painting style developed by Robert and Sonia Delaunay around 1912

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Outsider art

Outsider art is used to describe art that has a naïve quality, often produced by people who have not trained …