Western art

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Western art is the visual artistic tradition that developed in Europe and later North America, encompassing styles from classical antiquity through the Renaissance to modern and contemporary movements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Western art canonical 11
European art 2
European Renaissance art 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art tradition ⓘ
cultural phenomenon ⓘ
visual art tradition ⓘ
contrastsWith non-Western art traditions ⓘ
hasCanonicalText Giorgio Vasari’s "Lives of the Artists" ⓘ
Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s writings on classical art ⓘ
hasCharacteristic development of naturalistic representation ⓘ
emphasis on individual artists and authorship ⓘ
frequent use of oil painting ⓘ
institutionalization in academies and museums ⓘ
use of linear perspective (from the Renaissance onward) ⓘ
hasGeographicExpansion North America ⓘ
hasGeographicOrigin Europe ⓘ
hasHistoricalScope classical antiquity to contemporary period ⓘ
hasInstitution art academy ⓘ
art museum ⓘ
commercial art gallery ⓘ
hasKeyConcept aesthetics ⓘ
autonomy of art ⓘ
mimesis ⓘ
the avant-garde ⓘ
hasMarket art market ⓘ
hasRegionVariant American art ⓘ
British art ⓘ
Dutch art ⓘ
Flemish art ⓘ
French art ⓘ
German art ⓘ
Italian art ⓘ
Spanish art ⓘ
includesMedium architecture ⓘ
digital art ⓘ
drawing ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
painting ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
photography ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
video art ⓘ
includesStylePeriod Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Ancient Greek art ⓘ
Ancient Roman art ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ
Baroque art ⓘ
linked to: Baroque

Byzantine art ⓘ
Conceptual art ⓘ
Contemporary art ⓘ
Cubism ⓘ
Dada ⓘ
Expressionism ⓘ
Fauvism ⓘ
Futurism ⓘ
Gothic art ⓘ
Impressionism ⓘ
Mannerism ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
Pop art ⓘ
Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Postmodern art ⓘ
linked to: Postmodernism

Realism ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
Romanesque art ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
influencedBy Christianity ⓘ
Enlightenment thought ⓘ
Greco-Roman culture ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
usesPrimaryReligionContext Christian iconography (for many historical periods) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classical period → influenced → Western art ⓘ
Negro Period → associatedWith → Western art ⓘ
Kinuko Y. Craft → influencedBy → European Renaissance art ⓘ
linked to: Western art
Four Evangelists → hasInfluenceOn → Western art ⓘ
MASP → hasCollectionType → European art ⓘ
linked to: Western art
Oriental art → hasInfluenceOn → Western art ⓘ
A Dash for the Timber → genre → Western art ⓘ
The Fall of the Cowboy → genre → Western art ⓘ
Venusberg → depictedIn → European art ⓘ
linked to: Western art
Charles Marion Russell → genre → Western art ⓘ