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VISUAL REFERENCE / 21 items

Regional, Cultural & Traditional Visual Styles

Classifies visual traditions, craft conventions, and artistic expressions rooted in regions and cultures.

Japanese Visual Traditions Chinese & East Asian Ink Traditions Korean Visual Traditions South Asian Visual Traditions Islamic & Persian Visual Traditions African Visual Traditions Indigenous American Visual Traditions Oceanic & European Folk Traditions

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Aboriginal Australian art · Cat

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Aboriginal Australian art

A broad art-historical context associated with diverse Aboriginal Australian communities.

African Folk Art · Cat

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African Folk Art

A broad discovery expression spanning diverse African regions and communities.

Indigenous American Art · Cat

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Indigenous American Art

A broad discovery expression for diverse Indigenous communities in the Americas.

Islamic Art · Cat

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Islamic Art

A broad art-historical context across differing regions, periods, materials, and uses.

Korean minhwa · Cat

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Korean minhwa

A historical Korean folk-painting tradition.

Korean Traditional Painting · Cat

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Korean Traditional Painting

A broad painting-historical context across periods and making conditions on the Korean peninsula.

Literati painting · Cat

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Literati painting

A historical painting tradition developed through literati practice.

Madhubani painting · Cat

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Madhubani painting

A historical painting tradition associated with the Madhubani region of India.

Māori Art · Cat

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Māori Art

A broad context for diverse making practices associated with Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mexican folk art · Cat

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Mexican folk art

A broad expression for folk arts connected with different communities and making practices across Mexico.

Mughal miniature painting · Cat

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Mughal miniature painting

A historical courtly tradition of finely detailed painting.

Ndebele art · Cat

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Ndebele art

A historically situated visual-art tradition associated with Ndebele communities.

Nihonga · Cat

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Nihonga

A modern Japanese painting form.

Persian miniature painting · Cat

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Persian miniature painting

A historical miniature-painting form developed in Persianate contexts.

Rinpa · Cat

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Rinpa

A Japanese lineage of decorative painting.

Scandinavian Folk Art · Cat

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Scandinavian Folk Art

A broad expression that can refer to folk arts across several countries and regions.

Tibetan thangka · Cat

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Tibetan thangka

The making and use of scroll paintings associated with Tibetan Buddhism.

Ukiyo-e · Cat

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Ukiyo-e

A historical visual tradition characterized by clear contours, planar color, asymmetric framing, and Edo-period floating-world subjects.

Warli painting · Cat

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Warli painting

A historically situated painting practice associated with Warli communities.

Wixárika visual traditions · Cat

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Wixárika visual traditions

Wixárika visual expression connected to community and contexts of making and use.

Zen painting · Cat

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Zen painting

A historical East Asian painting form associated with Zen.