art form

/ˌɑrt ˈfɔərm/

/ɑt fɔm/

Other forms: art forms

Definitions of art form

1. noun

   (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
   types:

   architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture

   architecture as a kind of art form

   sonata form

   a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony

   Bauhaus

   a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918

   Byzantine architecture

   the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics

   Greco-Roman architecture, classical architecture

   architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

   Gothic, Gothic architecture

   a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches

   Romanesque, Romanesque architecture

   a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

   Moorish, Moorish architecture

   a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches

   Victorian architecture

   a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation

   type of:

   form, kind, sort, variety

   a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality