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4	-> ''"Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, {{painters}}, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality. Those who have the gift of creative expression in unusually large measure disclose the meaning of the individuality of others to those others. In participating in the work of art, they become artists in their activity. They learn to know and honor individuality in whatever form it appears. The fountains of creative activity are discovered and released. The free individuality which is the source of art is also the final source of creative development in time."''
5	-->-- '''John Dewey'''
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7	Tropes that occur in or are related to art of the sort you would find in a museum or gallery -- anywhere from the Louvre to DVD Extras. See {{Art}} for an index of works. For tropes that have to do with art supplies and utensils, see WritingAndDrawingIndex.
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9	!!Movements:
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11	[[index]]
12	[floatboxright:
13	'''Sub-indices:'''
14	+ {{Artists}}
15	+ ArtSubjects
16	+ PhotographyAndIllustration
17	]
18
19	* Abstraction
20	* {{Academicism}}
21	* ArtDeco
22	* ArtNouveau
23	* {{Classicism}}
24	* MediaNotes/{{Dada}}
25	* DigitalArt
26	* {{Expressionism}}
27	** GermanExpressionism
28	* FantasyArt
29	* {{Impressionism}}
30	* {{Neoclassicism}}
31	* PopArt
32	* {{Postmodernism}}
33	* PreRaphaelite
34	* PrehistoricArt
35	* {{Romanticism}}
36	* SequentialArt
37	* {{Surrealism}}
38	[[/index]]
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40	!!Tropes:
41	[[index]]
42	* AnomalousArt: Art with Supernatural Properties.
43	* ArtAttacker: Art with combat applications.
44	* ArtCourse: Art-Based [[VideoGameSettings Video Game Level]].
45	* ArtEvolution: Art-style changes over time.
46	* ArtImitatesArt: {{Homage}}s to works of art.
47	* ArtInitiatesLife: Art comes to life.
48	* ArtReflectsPersonality: An artist's personality is reflected in their work.
49	* ArtShift: A sudden change in art style.
50	* ArtShiftedSequel: The sequel has a different art style than the original.
51	* ArtStyleDissonance: The art-style clashes with what's actually happening.
52	* ArtsyBeret: Berets are the hats of artists and artsy types.
53	* ArtistDisillusionment: An artist disowns their art and its fans.
54	* ArtisticLicenseArt: Fine-art in RealLife isn't like how you see it on TV.
55	* ArtisticStimulation: Artists are junkies.
56	* ArtistsAreAttractive: Chicks dig artsy types.
57	* AsciiArt: Pictures "drawn" via typing letters and other characters into place.
58	* BackToCameraPose: A StockPose where a person looks to the audience behind them.
59	* BobRossRib: StockParodies of [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]].
60	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Censorship into a family-friendly version.
61	* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: StockParodies of Creator/SandroBotticelli's ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus\|Botticelli}}''.
62	* CaninesGamblingInACardGame: StockParodies of Creator/CassiusMarcellusCoolidge's ''Art/DogsPlayingPoker''.
63	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Indication through coloring.
64	* ConceptArt: First-draft drawings and models.
65	* ConceptArtGallery: A collection of ConceptArt.
66	* CopeByCreating: Working through trauma via art therapy.
67	* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Art sells better when its creator dies.
68	* DeathAndTheMaiden: Artistic motif of Death is accompanied by a maiden.
69	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: TrueArt is really busy visually.
70	* DrosteImage: An image with a copy of the image with a copy of the image, etc., etc.
71	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: A character's appearance looks different after the first episode.
72	* EccentricArtist: Artists act weird.
73	* FaceOnTheCover: A main character's face in close-up.
74	* FanArt: Art made by fans.
75	* GiftedlyBad: Someone, typically an artist, who plies their trade with intense passion, infinite drive, supreme self-confidence, and absolutely no talent whatsoever.
76	* GoodColorsEvilColors: CharacterAlignment is ColourCodedForYourConvenience.
77	* GoodWingsEvilWings: CharacterAlignment indicated via wing design.
78	* GratuitousSpecialEffects: Superfluously used effects.
79	* IntimateArtistry: You can tell that the model and artist are close through a depiction.
80	* ItsNotPornItsArt: Nudes are treated as Art instead of UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}.
81	* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Everyone likes this work of art, so therefore it's overrated.
82	* IronicallyDisabledArtist: An artist's handicap contradicts their art's medium.
83	* LazyArtist: An artist who doesn't put any detail into his work.
84	* MadArtist: Art Villain.
85	* MismatchedAtomicExpressionism: An art and animation style associated with the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by cheaply-made geometric stylization.
86	* MinimalisticCoverArt: The less you have on the cover, the artsier it gets.
87	* MistakenForExhibit: A regular object or event is mistaken for an art installation.
88	* MuseAbuse: Using a person in their art without consent.
89	* MustacheVandalism: Violating a work of art by drawing or painting a mustache on it.
90	* MyArtMyMemory: An amnesiac recovering lost memories by depicting them.
91	* OneTrackMindedArtist: An artist is obsessed with creating only a single specific subject.
92	* OurAlebrijesAreDifferent: [[Creator/PedroLinaresLopez Pedro Linares Lopez's]] Alebrijes depicted as living, breathing creatures.
93	* PawprintStamping: Pawprints as artwork.
94	* PietaPlagiarism: StockParodies of [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti's]] ''Pietà''.
95	* PlayingPictionary: An artist wannabe's drawings are indecipherable to other people.
96	* PosthumousPopularityPotential: DeadArtistsAreBetter in RealLife.
97	* PublicMediumIgnorance: When TheThemeParkVersion is believed to be the RealLife version.
98	* {{Putto}}: Those naked toddlers you see in {{paintings}} and {{sculptures}}.
99	* RecliningVenus: StockPose of naked ladies lying back.
100	* ReclusiveArtist: Artists that willingly are shut-ins and lack a strong public persona.
101	* SavingTheWorldWithArt: Heroes saving the day via making something to inspire the masses.
102	* TheScreamParody: StockParodies of Creator/EdvardMunch's ''Art/{{The Scream\|Munch}}''.
103	* SensitiveArtist: Artists are emotional and intuitive.
104	* SequentialArtist: InUniverse fiction artists.
105	* SistineSteal: StockParodies of [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti's]] ceiling fresco in the Art/SistineChapel.
106	* StarvingArtist: Artists are poor.
107	* {{Tableau}}: A static image.
108	* TerribleArtist: This guy is GiftedlyBad at [[StylisticSuck making art]].
109	* TooUpsetToCreate: An artist loses their will to make art due to emotional distress.
110	* TheTreacheryOfImages: Playing on the ambiguity between an image of an object and the object itself.
111	* TrueArt: What is this "art" thing, anyway?
112	** TrueArtIsAncient: The best art is old.
113	** TrueArtIsAngsty: The only art worth investing in is {{Wangst}}y
114	** TrueArtIsBoring: The only art worth investing in is bland and uninteresting.
115	** TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The only art worth investing in is ambiguous.
116	* TheWalrusWasPaul: Being [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible Incomprehensible]] was the whole point.
117	[[/index]]

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