Art Terms (O)

Question 1

Objective Abstraction

Answer 1

The term objective abstraction refers to a non-geometric style of abstract art developed by a group of British artists in 1933

Question 2

Offset Lithography

Answer 2

Offset lithography is a variation of the printing technique lithography

Question 3

Oil Print

Answer 3

Oil paint is form of a slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil that forms a tough, coloured film on exposure to air

Question 4

Olympians

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Op Art

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Orientalist

Answer 6

The term orientalist is used to describe the artists who travelled to the Middle East during the Victorian era in search of new and exotic subjects

Question 7

Orphism

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Outsider Art

Answer 8

Outsider art is used to describe art that has a naïve quality, often produced by people who have not trained as artists or worked within the conventional structures of art production