Cross-cultural
Terms & glossaries
Every glossary of Ukrainian culture — art, fashion, music, cuisine and literature — in one place. The language of each strand, together.
MusicA cappellaA cappella is singing without instrumental accompaniment, by voices alone.Photo: Pavel Danilyuk · Pexels License — https://www.pexels.com/license/
FashionA-lineThe A-line is a garment shape that fits closely at the top (shoulders, bust or waist) and widens smoothly toward the hem, tracing the outli…Photo: Pexels
ArtAbbaye de CréteilAbbaye de Créteil was a short-lived utopian community of French writers, artists, and composers founded in the autumn of 1906 in the town o…
ArtAbject artAbject art comprises works that explore themes disturbing and threatening to our sense of cleanliness, integrity and decency, in particular…ArtAbstractAbstraction is an artistic language that abandons the recognizable depiction of the material world and constructs the image from the pure m…
Photo: Василь Кандинський · Public domain
ArtAbstract artAbstract art comprises works that do not attempt to represent visual reality accurately but instead use forms, colours, lines, volumes and…
ArtAbstract expressionismAbstract Expressionism is a term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American artists in the 1940s and 1950s.
ArtAbstraction-CréationAbstraction-Création was an association of abstract artists founded in Paris in 1931 to promote abstract art through group exhibitions and…ArtAcadémie ColarossiThe Académie Colarossi was a private art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, founded in the second half of the nineteenth century…
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ArtAcadémie JulianThe Académie Julian was a private art school founded in Paris in 1868 by the painter Rodolphe Julian.
Photo: Марія Башкирцева · Public domain
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