ENCYCLOPEDIA
Art & Design
300 selected long-form articles across twenty chapters, from prehistoric image-making to digital tools and modern CSS.
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01
Prehistoric Art & First Images
15 selected articles
The First Human MarksRed Ochre and Early Symbolic ColorApollo 11 Cave StonesWonderwerk Cave Mark-MakingBlombos Cave EngravingsChauvet Cave PaintingsLascaux Cave PaintingsAltamira Cave PaintingsTassili n'Ajjer Rock ArtAustralian Aboriginal Rock Art TraditionsPetroglyphs and Engraved StonePaleolithic Hand StencilsAnimal Imagery in Ice Age ArtVenus FigurinesBone Antler and Ivory Carving
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Ancient Civilizations & Early Visual Systems
15 selected articles
Sumerian Cylinder SealsMesopotamian Relief SculptureThe Standard of UrAssyrian Palace ReliefsBabylonian Glazed BrickAncient Egyptian Wall PaintingEgyptian Hieroglyphs as Visual DesignEgyptian Funerary SculptureFayum Mummy PortraitsAmarna ArtAncient Persian Palace ReliefsPersepolis DesignIndus Valley SealsHarappan SculptureShang Dynasty Bronze Design
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Greek, Hellenistic & Roman Art
15 selected articles
Archaic Greek Kouros SculptureGreek Black-Figure PotteryGreek Red-Figure PotteryClassical Greek ContrappostoPolykleitos and CanonPhidias and Monumental SculptureParthenon ArchitectureGreek Architectural OrdersPraxiteles and the Classical BodyHellenistic Drama in SculptureLaocoön and Hellenistic ExpressionWinged Victory of SamothraceRoman Portrait BustsRoman VerismPompeian Wall Painting
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Asian Art Traditions
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Chinese Landscape PaintingFan Kuan and Monumental LandscapeChinese Calligraphy as Visual ArtSeal Carving in ChinaBlue-and-White PorcelainJapanese Ukiyo-eHokusai and Woodblock DesignHiroshige and Landscape PrintsJapanese Sumi-e Ink PaintingJapanese Screen PaintingBuddhist Sculpture in IndiaAjanta Cave PaintingMughal Miniature PaintingSouth Indian Bronze SculptureAngkor Wat Visual Design
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Islamic, African, Indigenous & Oceanic Art
15 selected articles
Islamic Geometric PatternArabic Calligraphy in Visual DesignPersian Miniature PaintingIznik Ceramic DesignMughal Architecture and OrnamentWest African Bronze CastingBenin Court BronzesIfe Portrait SculptureYoruba Carving TraditionsKente DesignMaori CarvingPolynesian Tapa ClothNorthwest Coast Formline DesignInuit PrintmakingNavajo Weaving
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Byzantine, Medieval & Gothic Art
15 selected articles
Byzantine MosaicIcon PaintingHagia SophiaIlluminated ManuscriptsThe Book of KellsRomanesque SculptureGothic Cathedral ArchitecturePointed Arches and Gothic StructureFlying ButtressesGothic Stained GlassChartres CathedralRose WindowsThe Bayeux TapestryGiotto and the Proto-RenaissanceMedieval Workshop Systems
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Renaissance Art & Humanism
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Linear PerspectiveBrunelleschi and PerspectiveAlberti on PaintingMasaccio and Spatial PaintingBotticelli and Florentine LineLeonardo da Vinci and SfumatoMichelangelo and DisegnoRaphael and Classical HarmonyTitian and Venetian ColorJan van Eyck and Layered Oil TechniqueAlbrecht Dürer and Print DesignRenaissance SculptureDonatello and BronzeRenaissance ArchitectureRenaissance Engraving
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Baroque, Rococo & Court Culture
15 selected articles
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Neoclassicism, Romanticism & Realism
15 selected articles
Jacques-Louis DavidJean-Auguste-Dominique IngresAntonio CanovaFrancisco GoyaThéodore GéricaultEugène DelacroixJ. M. W. TurnerJohn ConstableCaspar David FriedrichGustave CourbetJean-François MilletThe Sublime in Romantic ArtNeoclassical ArchitectureRealism and Modern LifePhotography and Painting in the 1800s
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Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
15 selected articles
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Modern Art Movements 1900-1970
15 selected articles
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Artists, Painters & Sculptors
15 selected articles
Leonardo da Vinci: Artist ProfileMichelangelo: Artist ProfileAlbrecht Dürer: Artist ProfileCaravaggio: Artist ProfileRembrandt van Rijn: Artist ProfileJohannes Vermeer: Artist ProfileFrancisco Goya: Artist ProfileJ. M. W. Turner: Artist ProfileClaude Monet: Artist ProfileVincent van Gogh: Artist ProfilePaul Cézanne: Artist ProfilePablo Picasso: Artist ProfileFrida Kahlo: Artist ProfileGeorgia O'Keeffe: Artist ProfileAndy Warhol: Artist Profile
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Architecture, Sculpture & Spatial Design
15 selected articles
Bronze CastingLost-Wax CastingSite-Specific ArtClassical ArchitectureGothic ArchitectureRenaissance ArchitectureBaroque ArchitectureArt Nouveau ArchitectureBauhaus ArchitectureInternational Style ArchitectureBrutalismPostmodern ArchitectureDeconstructivist ArchitectureParametric ArchitectureAdaptive Reuse
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Materials, Brushes, Pigments & Studio Tools
15 selected articles
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Printmaking, Photography, Film & Image Reproduction
15 selected articles
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Graphic Design, Typography & Visual Communication
15 selected articles
18
Industrial, Product, Interior & Exhibition Design
15 selected articles
Arts and Crafts Product DesignArt Nouveau FurnitureBauhaus FurnitureCharles and Ray EamesDieter Rams and FunctionalismBraun Product DesignScandinavian Modern DesignErgonomicsHuman FactorsAffordance in Product DesignInjection-Molded PlasticBent PlywoodFurniture PrototypingUniversal DesignSustainable Product Design
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Digital Design Tools & Creative Software
15 selected articles
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Web Design, UI/UX & Modern CSS
15 selected articles
The First Web Page and Early HTMLThe Rise of CSSWeb Standards and Semantic HTMLResponsive Web DesignFlexboxCSS GridContainer Size QueriesCSS Custom PropertiesCascade LayersThe :has() Relational SelectorAnchor PositioningCSS View TransitionsScroll-Driven AnimationsOKLCH ColorWebGPU and Browser Graphics