{"id":3423,"date":"2025-12-11T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:09:20","slug":"discover-the-growing-colossal-art-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"Discover the Growing Colossal Art Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ruysch-5.jpg\" alt=\"Discover the Growing Colossal Art Glossary\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s somehow been more than a year already since we launched Colossal\u2019s new site design, and it\u2019s spectacular to hear your feedback about how you peruse and use the site. Whether you click on things of interest in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/newsletter\/\">newsletters<\/a> or encourage your students to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/explore\/\">explore thousands of articles<\/a> about artists, nature, science, and visual culture, we want you to keep coming back\u2014and learning\u2014again and again. That\u2019s why we\u2019re continuing to build out the Colossal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/glossary\/\">Art Glossary<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This month, we\u2019ve added 10 new entries:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/activist-art\">Activist Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/bauhaus\">Bauhaus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/brutalism\">Brutalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/community-art\">Community Art \/ Social Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/dutch-golden-age-painting\">Dutch Golden Age painting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/land-art\">Land Art \/ Environmental Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/magical-realism\">Magical Realism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/tondo\">Tondo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/vanitas\">Vanitas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/wpa-federal-art-project\">WPA \/ Federal Art Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teachers frequently cite Colossal as a useful classroom resource from K-12 to university settings, and education is one of our core values. To make art more accessible, our glossary aims to help explain and provide examples of some of the most common art-related terms and techniques.<\/p>\n<p>From Afrofuturism to <em>kintsugi <\/em>to Vincent van Gogh\u2014and a bunch in-between\u2014the list of terms is a constant work in progress. As it grows, we\u2019re increasingly incorporating links to the definitions\u2014and related articles\u2014so they\u2019re easier than ever to discover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/glossary\">Art Glossary<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. 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