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Babylonian art

(Encyclopedia)Babylonian art: see Sumerian and Babylonian art. ...

National Museum of the United States

(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the United States: see Smithsonian Institution. ...

Dutch art

(Encyclopedia)Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a political entity and dev...

modern art

(Encyclopedia)modern art, art created from the 19th cent. to the mid-20th cent. by artists who veered away from the traditional concepts and techniques of painting, sculpture, and other fine arts that had been prac...

abstract art

(Encyclopedia)abstract art: see abstract expressionism; modern art. ...

cave art

(Encyclopedia)cave art: see Paleolithic art; rock carvings and paintings. ...

Egyptian art

(Encyclopedia)Egyptian art, works of art created in the geographic area constituting the nation of Egypt. It is one of the world's oldest arts. The art of the New Kingdom (1570–1342 b.c.) can be viewed as th...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation: see National Museum of the American Indian. ...

Japanese art

(Encyclopedia)Japanese art, works of art created in the islands that make up the nation of Japan. In the mid-19th cent. a few print designers attained distinction, but no masters appeared to equal their p...

Tatum, Art

(Encyclopedia)Tatum, Art tāˈtəm [key], 1910–56, American jazz pianist, b. Toledo, Ohio. Born with cataracts in both eyes, Tatum remained virtually blind for life. He read music in Braille, but his sensitive ea...