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The Art Genome Project is the classification system and technological framework that powers Artsy. It maps the characteristics (we call them “genes”) that connect artists, artworks, architecture, and design objects across history. There are currently over 1,000 characteristics in The Art Genome Project, including art historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities.
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- '85 New Wave
- 1000 - 1400 CE Art
- 15th Century Art
- 16th Century Art
- 17th Century Art
- 18th Century Art
- 1900 - 1917 Art
- 1918 - 1939 (Interwar) Art
A
- Aboriginal Art
- Abstract Art
- Abstract Expressionism
- Abstract Illusionism
- Abstract Landscape
- Abstract Painting
- Abstract Photography
- Abstract Sculpture
- Abstract versus Figurative Art
- Abstraction-Création
- Action Painting
- Adolescence
- Advertising and Brands
- Aerial View
- African Art
- African Diaspora
- Afrofuturism
- Album, Folio and Fan Formats
- Allegory
- Allover Composition
- Altarpiece
- Altered and Substituted Canvases
- Aluminum
- American Impressionism
- American Mid-Century Design
- American Modern Design
- American Modernism
- American Prints 1880-1950
- American Realism
- American Regionalism
- American Sculpture 1830-1950
- American Studio Craft Movement
- American Works on Paper 1880-1950
- Americana
- Anatomy
- Ancient Art
- Ancient Egypt
- Andes Region Art
- Angular
- Animal Portrait
- Animals
- Animation
- Anthropomorphism
- Antiquity as Subject
- Appropriation
- Arabesque/Scroll
- Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain)
- Arabic/Farsi Calligraphy
- Archaeological Object
- Architecture
- Architecture in Art
- Architecture's Effects
- Armchair
- Arms and Armor
- Arrivals/Departures
- Art Brut
- Art Deco
- Art Informel
- Art Nouveau
- Art That Plays With Scale
- Art and Technology
- Art in Art
- Art of Burma
- Art of Tonga
- Art of the Congo
- Art of the Ivory Coast
- Art of the Upper Paleolithic
- Arte Povera
- Artist as Ethnographer
- Artist's Frame
- Artists' Books
- Arts and Crafts Movement
- Asante Art
- Ashcan School
- Asian Art
- Assemblage
- Asymmetrical
- Atmospheric Landscapes
- Attenuated Figure
- Australian and New Zealand Art
- Austrian Art
- Automatism
- Aztec Art
B
- "Bad Painting"
- Bamileke Art
- Barbizon School
- Baroque
- Bathers
- Bauhaus
- Bay Area Figurative Art
- Bed
- Bedrooms and Bathrooms
- Beijing Artists
- Beijing East Village
- Belgian Art
- Bench
- Bengal School of Art
C
- CAD (Computer Aided Design)
- CalArts
- California Art
- Calligraphic
- Cambodian Art
- Camera Obscura
- Canadian Art
- Capitalist Realism
- Caravaggesque
- Cardboard
- Caribbean Art
- Caricature / Parody
- Carving
- Caucasus Art
- Ceiling Light
- Celebrity
- Celtic Art
- Censorship
- Central American Art
- Central Asian Art
- Ceramic
- Ceremonial Object
- Chair
- Chaise Longue
- Chalk
- Chance
- Cheyenne Art
- Chiaroscuro
- Chicago Imagists
- Chicano Art
- Childhood
- Chinese Art
- Christian Art and Architecture
- Chrome-Plated
- Cinematic
- Circus/Carnival
- City Scenes
- Cityscapes
- Classical Figure
- Classical Mythology
- Clock
- Close-Up
- Cluj School
- CoBrA
- Colab
- Collaborations/Collectives
- Collage
- Collecting and Modes of Display
- Collective History
- Color Field Painting
- Color Gradient
- Color Photography
- Color Theory
- Columns and Totems
- Comic/Cartoon
- Computer-Aided Manufacturing
- Conceptual Art
- Concrete
- Concrete Art
- Conflict
- Constructivism
- Consumerism
- Container
- Contemporary Academic Realism
- Contemporary African Art
- Contemporary Archaeological
- Contemporary Art
- Contemporary Asian Art
- Contemporary British Art
- Contemporary Canadian Art
- Contemporary Ceramics
- Contemporary Chinese Art
- Contemporary Color Fields
- Contemporary Conceptualism
- Contemporary DIY
- Contemporary Design
- Contemporary Fact versus Fiction
- Contemporary Faux Naïf
- Contemporary Feminist
- Contemporary Figurative Drawing
- Contemporary Figurative Painting
- Contemporary Glass
- Contemporary Gothic
- Contemporary Graphic Realism
- Contemporary Grotesque
- Contemporary Indian Art
- Contemporary Latin American Art
- Contemporary Middle Eastern Art
- Contemporary Minimalist
- Contemporary Modernist-Type Photography
- Contemporary Participation
- Contemporary Photography
- Contemporary Pop
- Contemporary Portrait Painting
- Contemporary Portrait Photography
- Contemporary Re-creations
- Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography
- Contemporary Scandinavian Art
- Contemporary Surrealistic
- Contemporary Traces of Memory
- Contemporary Turkish Art
- Contemporary Use of Textiles
- Contemporary Vintage Photography
- Contour Line
- Contrapposto
- Costume Accessory
- Craftsmanship and Design
- Creased Crinkled Wrinkled
- Crime
- Cross-Cultural Dialogue
- Cuban Art
- Cubism
- Cultural Commentary
- Curvilinear Forms
- Cut/Ripped
- Cynical Realism
D
- Dada
- Danube School
- Dark Colors
- Dau Al Set
- De Stijl
- Decay
- Deconstructivism
- Deep Time
- Deities and Holy Figures
- Delicate Materials
- Dense Composition
- Densely Textured or Haptic Surface
- Design
E
- Early Computer Art
- Early Medieval Art
- Early Renaissance
- Earrings
- Earth Tones
- East Asian Calligraphy
- East Asian Ink-and-Wash Painting
- East German Art
- East Village Art
- East African Art
- East European Art
- Eastern Zhou Dynasty
- Edo Art
- Egyptian Art
- Embossed Paper
- Emerging Art
- Emerging Design
- Emphasis on Linear Perspective
- En plein air
- Enamel
- Encaustic
- Endurance Art
- Engaged with Byzantine and Medieval Art
- Engaged with European Old Masters
- Engaged with Traditional African Art
- Engaged with Traditional Chinese Art
- Engaged with Traditional Islamic Art
- Engaged with Traditional Japanese Art
F
- Face
- Family
- Fashion Design and Wearable Art
- Fashion Photography
- Fauvism
- Feminist Art
- Fertility/Pregnancy/Birth
- Figurative Art
- Figurative Painting
- Figurative Sculpture
- Figure Studies
- Figures in Nature
- Figures of the Art World
G
- Gemstone
- Gender
- Generative Art
- Geometric
- German Expressionism
- German Art
- German, Austrian and Swiss Art
- Gestural
- Glamour
- Glass Objects
- Glass as Material
- Glitch Aesthetic
H
- Han Dynasty
- Handscroll
- Hanging Scroll
- Happenings
- Hard-Edged
- Harlem Renaissance
- Hatching
- Haze
- Heavily-layered Painting
I
- Iban Art
- Iconic Works of Art History
- Identity Politics
- Igbo (Ibo) Art
- Illustration/Art
- Imitated Material
- Immersive
- Impasto
- Implied Narrative
- Impressionism
- Improbable Physics
- Indian Art
- Individual Portrait
- Indonesian Art
J
L
- Laminated
- Land Art
- Landscape Photography
- Landscapes
- Language
- Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork
- Large-Scale Photography
- Large-Scale Sculpture
- Late 19th Century Art
- Art of Latin America and the Caribbean
M
- Machines
- Madonna and Child
- Mail Art
- Manga
- Manipulated Photography
- Mannerism
- Manuscript
- Maps/Networks
- Maranao Art
- Marble
- Marbleized
- Mask
- Masonry Construction
- Math
- Mayan Art and Architecture
- Mbole Art
- Mediated View
- Medical/Health
- Medieval Art
- Meiji Art
- Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian Art
- Mende Art
- Mesopotamian Art
- Metal
- Metallic
- Mexican Muralism
- Mexican Art
- Middle African Art
- Middle Eastern Art
- Migration
- Mimicking Ruined Materials
- Ming Dynasty
- Miniature and Small-Scale Paintings
- Minimalism
- Minoan Art
- Mirror
- Mirrored
- Mixed-Media
- Moche Art
- Model/Maquette
- Modern
- Modern Photography
- Modern and Contemporary Design
- Modern and Contemporary Fashion Design
- Modern/Impressionist Art
- Modernizing of Traditional Technique
- Modes of Transportation
- Molecular
- Mono-ha
- Monochrome Painting
- Monotype/Monoprint
- Mortality
- Mosaics
- Mourning and Commemoration
- Movement
- Mughal Art
- Multiple Exposure
- Multiple Screens
- Multiple Styles
- Murals and Wall Drawings
- Musical Instrument
- Mutated Bodies
- Mycenaean Art
- Myth/Religion
N
- Nabis
- Narrative
- Native American, First Nations, and Alaska Native Art
- Natural Fibers
- Natural History
- Nature
- Nautical
- Necklaces
- Negative Image
- Neo-Conceptualism
- Neo-Concrete Art
- Neo-Dada
- Neo-Expressionism
O
P
- Painting
- Painting and Writing Tools
- Pakistani Art
- Panorama
- Paper Cut-Outs
- Papua New Guinea Art
- Paris Artists
- Parties and Celebrations
- Passage
- Pastel
- Pastel Colors
- Patinated/Oxidized/Verdigris
- Pattern and Decoration
- Patterns
- People at Home
- Performance Art
- Performing Arts
- Personal Histories
- Personal Writing Systems
- Personification
- Phoenician Art
- Photogram
- Photograph as Material
- Photographic Source
- Photographs of Surfaces
- Photography
- Photojournalism
- Photomontage
- Photorealistic
- Picassoesque
- Pictorialism
- Piles/Stacks
- Pittura Metafisica
- Pixelated
- Plastic
- Pointillism
- Political
- Political Events
- Political Figures
- Political Minimalism
- Political Pop
- Polychrome Sculpture
- Pop Art
- Popular Culture
- Porcelain
- Portfolios and Books
- Portrait
- Portraits without a Face
- Portugese Art
- Post-'70s Ego Generation
- Post-Impressionism
- Post-Internet Art
- Post-Painterly Abstraction
- Post-War American Art
- Post-War European Art
- Post-World War I European Classicism
- Post-World War II School of Paris
- Post-war French Design
- Poster
- Postminimalism
- Postmodern Architecture & Design
- Poured
- Pre-Columbian Art
- Pre-Raphaelites
- Pre-World War II School of Paris
- Precisionism
- Prehistoric Art
- Primary Abstraction
- Primary Colors
- Printed Matter
- Prints
- Process Art
- Process-Oriented
- Progressive Artists' Movement
- Provocative
- Psychedelic
- Pulled/Scraped
- Purism
R
- Racial and Ethnic Identity
- Radiating Lines
- Raw vs Finished
- Recycled
- Reduced-Scale Architecture
- Reflections
- Reinforced Concrete Construction
- Related to Fashion
- Related to Film
- Related to Games
- Related to Hip-Hop
- Related to Literature
- Related to Music
S
- Saints
- San Francisco Artists
- Scandinavian Art
- Scandinavian Design
- Scattered Composition
- Scenes of Everyday Life
- School of London
- Science
- Science Fiction
- Screen Format
- Sculpture
- Sculpture-Based Photography
- Seating
- Seduction and Courtship
- Self as Subject
- Self-Portrait
- Sexual Identity
- Sfumato
- Shadows
- Shallow Depth of Field
- Shang Dynasty
- Sharp/Prickly
- Shiny/Glossy
- Side Chair
- Side Table
- Silhouettes
- Silkscreen
- Silver
- Single Object
- Site Specific Art
- Skyscapes
- Slender
- Slumped/Draped
- Smooth Surface
- Snapshot Aesthetic
- Social Action
- Social Realism
- Socialist Realism
- Sofa
- Soft Sculpture
- Song Dynasty
- Sound Art
- South African Art
- South Asian Art
- Southeast Asian Art
- Southeast European Art
- Southern Cone Art
- Southern Gothic
- Spaces of the Art World
- Spanish Art
- Sparse
- Spatialism
- Spiral Group
- Splattered/Dripped
- Sports/Athletics
- Spray Paint
- Staged Photography
- Stained Glass
- Stained Glass Effect
- Stains/Washes
- Steel
- Steel/Iron Frame Construction
- Still Life
- Stolen Moments
- Stone
- Stool
- Storage
- Street Photography
- Striped
- Study
- Suburbia
- Sui Dynasty
- Suprematism
- Surrealism
- Surveillance
- Suspended/Hanging
- Sustainable Design
- Swiss Art
- Symbolic Composition
- Symbolism
- Symmetrical
- Synchromism
T
- Table
- Table Lamp
- Tablet/Stele
- Tableware
- Talismanic
- Tang Dynasty
- Tangled Forms
- Tapestry and Wall Hanging
- Taxidermy
- Tempera
- Terracotta
- Text
- Textile Arts
- Thai Art
- The Abject
- The Aesthetic Movement
- The American West
- The Art Market
- The Artist's Studio
- The Blue Rider
- The Body
- The City
- The Elements
- The Environment
- The Fantastic
- The Mundane
- Dutch Art
- The New Fauves
- The Pictures Generation
- The Seasons
- The Stars Art Group (Xing Xing)
- The Sublime
- Tibetan Art
- Timber Frame Construction
- Time-Lapse Cinematography
- Timekeeping
- Times of Day
- Tokyo Artists
- Tonalism
- Tondo
- Tool
- Topographic Photography
- Traditional African Art
- Traditional Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Traditional Oceanic Art
- Traditional Photography Prints
- Traditional Scroll Painting
- Transavanguardia
- Transfer
- Transparent/Translucent Medium
- Trauma and Struggle
- Travel/Tourism
- Tray
- Trompe l’oeil
- Turkish Art
- Typography
- Typologies
U
V
W
- Wall Sculpture and Installation
- Wallpaper
- War and Military
- Washington Color School
- Watches
- Water
- Watercolor
- Waterscapes
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