| Artlike | Works that possess some characteristics of works of art but lack revelatory power.
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| Conceptual art | Works that bring the audience into direct contact with the creative concepts of the artist; a de-emphasis on the medium.
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| Avant-garde | Innovators, the "advance guard"—those who break sharply with traditional conventions and styles.
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| Illustration | Images that closely resemble objects or events.
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| Craft | Skilled making.
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| Craftwork | The product of craft, usually utilitarian and beautiful.
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| Pop Art | Art that realistically depicts and sometimes incorporates mass-produced articles, especially the familiar objects of everyday life.
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| Performance art | Generally site-specific events often performed with little detailed planning and leaving much to chance; audience participation may ensue. See shock art.
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| Propaganda | Political persuasion.
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| Virtual art | Computer-created, imaginary, three-dimensional scenes in which the participant is involved interactively.
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| Kitsch | Works that realistically depict objects and events in a pretentious, vulgar manner.
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| Shock art | Attention-grabbing works intended to shock or repel, which usually fail to hold attention.
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| Idea art | Works in which ideas or concepts dominate the medium, challenging traditional presuppositions about art, especially embodiment. In an extreme phase, ideas are presented in diagram or description rather than in execution. See embodiment.
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