Art Terms (G)

Question 1

Generative Art

Answer 1

Generative art is art made using a predetermined system that often includes an element of chance – is usually applied to computer based art

Question 2

Genre Painting

Answer 2

The term genre painting refers to paintings which depict scenes of everyday life

Question 3

Genres

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Genres are types of painting. These were codified in the seventeenth century as (in descending order of importance) history, portrait, genre (scenes of everyday life), landscape and still life

Question 4

Georgian

Answer 4

Georgian is the term applied to the style of architecture, art and design prevalent through the reigns of the four King Georges in Britain from 1714 to 1830

Question 5

German Expressionism

Answer 5

German expressionism was an early twentieth century German art movement that emphasized the artist’s inner feelings or ideas over replicating reality, and was characterised by simplified shapes, bright colours and gestural marks or brushstrokes

Question 6

Gestural

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Gestural is a term used to describe the application of paint in free sweeping gestures with a brush

Question 7

Gouache

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Gouache is a type of water-soluble paint that, unlike watercolour, is opaque so the white of the paper surface does not show through

Question 8

Graffiti Art

Answer 8

Graffiti art as a term refers to images or text painted usually onto buildings, typically using spray paint

Question 9

Grand Manner

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Grand manner is an English term used widely from the eighteenth century to describe what was considered to be the highest style of art in academic theory – a style based on an idealised, classical approach

Question 10

Graphite

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Graphite is a metallic grey writing and drawing material most commonly used in pencil form – though graphite powder is also used by artists as a drawing material

Question 11

Grattage

Answer 11

Grattage is a surrealist painting technique that involves laying a canvas prepared with a layer of oil paint over a textured object and then scraping the paint off to create an interesting and unexpected surface

Question 12

Guerrilla Girls

Answer 12

The Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous American female artists who seek to expose sexual and racial discrimination in the art world and the wider cultural arena