Explore art by genres, styles and movements, materials and techniques.
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Genres
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Image credit: By permission of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Genre painting -
Image credit: The National Gallery, London
History painting -
Image credit: The National Gallery, London
Landscape -
Portraiture -
Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Seascape -
© the estate of Mary Fedden / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Durham University
Still life
Materials and techniques
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© Peter Blake. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Assemblage -
Image credit: The National Gallery, London
Canvas -
© Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Carving -
© Bowness. Image credit: Tate
Casting and bronze -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Adamson Collection
Ceramics -
Image credit: Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Chalk - View all 31
Places
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© estate of Jack B. Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: National Museums NI
Irish art and artists -
Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
London: An Artistic Crossroads -
© The Great Tapestry of Scotland. Image credit: Alex Hewitt / The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Scottish art and artists -
© the artist. Image credit: Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament
Welsh art and artists
Styles and movements
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© ARS, NY and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Tate
Abstract Expressionism -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Abstraction -
Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts
Academy -
Image credit: Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library
Aestheticism -
Altarpiece -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Art Deco - View all 74
Theories and ideas
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© the copyright holders. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK
Visual literacy
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