abstract art:抽象派藝術
A nonrepresentational style that emphasizes formal values overtherepresentation of subject matter.
強調形式至上，忽視內容的一種非寫實主義繪畫風格。
Kandinsky produced abstract art characterized by imagery thathada musicical quality.
康定斯基創作的抽象派作品有一種音樂美。
abstract expressionism:抽象表現派，抽象表現主義
A nonrepresentational style that emphasizesemotion,strongcolor,and giving primacy to the art of painting.
把繪畫本身作為目的，以表達情感和濃抹重塗為特點的非寫實主義風格。
Abstract expressionism was at its peak in the 1940s and1950s.
20世紀四五十年代是抽象表現主義藝術發展的頂峰時期。
action painting:動作畫派
A term used to describe aggressive methods of applying paint.
指使畫布產生強烈動作效果的繪畫風格。
Action painting often looks childish to the non-artist becauseofthe techniques used to be apply paint,such as throwing it onthecanvas.
在外行看來，動作畫派的作品通常是幼稚的，這主要是因為畫家採用的作畫方法，比如將顏料潑灑在畫布上。
acrylic:丙烯酸樹脂漆
A fast-drying sysnthetic pigment. 一種易幹的合成顏料。
Many artists like to use acrylic paint for technicalillustrationsbecause of its fast-drying nature.
因為丙烯酸樹脂漆的易乾性，很多藝術家喜歡用它製作工藝圖案。
Avant-garde:先鋒派
Innovative art in advance of popular ideasandimages,characterized by unorthodox and experimental methods.
不拘於現有的創作定式，勇於創作超前思維的藝術形式。
The avant-garde home of the famous actress sold for millions.
那個名演員的先鋒派住宅賣出了幾百萬美元的好價錢。
Baroque:巴洛克風格
An emotional,dramatic style of the 16th-18thcentury,anticlassicalin form and spirit.
流行於16至18世紀，以情感強烈，鋪張浮華為特點的反古典主義的藝術風格。
Statues and architecture from the Baroque haneadark,muscular,looming quality about them.
巴洛克風格的雕塑和建築雄偉、高大、格調陰暗。
Bauhaus:包浩斯建築風格
A design school that promoted nal and geometic elementsindesign.
指包浩斯造型學院倡導的強調實用和幾何學要素的建築風格。
The Bauhaus school of design in Germany changed the way thattheworld thought about design.
德國包浩斯造型學院倡導的藝術改變了世人的既定設計思維模式。
Byzantine:拜佔庭藝術風格的
A term used to describe a style of art with strongreligiouscontent.
藝術風格突出強烈宗教色彩的。
The Byzantine era extended from the 13th century and went intothe16th century and was characterized by art withreligiousinfluence.
拜佔庭藝術始於13世紀，一直延續到16世紀，其主要特點是濃鬱的宗教氣息。
calligraphy:書法藝術
Handwrititing or penmanship,esp.elegant or beautiful writingasa decorative art.
書寫的藝術，特別是優雅漂亮可做裝飾的筆跡。
Calligraphy has practically become a lost art in today『scomputersociety.
在今天的電腦時代，書法藝術差不多要消亡了。
collage:拼貼藝術
A composition of fond ts,newspaper,and cloth over othermaterialon a single surface.
把揀來的報紙、碎布等在畫面上粘貼成畫。
We used to made computer collages when I was in college byfirstpasting various items together and then using a video cameratotransmit the image onto a computer screen.
我們在大學時代曾經用電腦做拼貼畫。其步驟是，首先，將各種材料粘在一起，然後用攝象機將圖象傳送到電腦上。
Dada:達達主義
A style (1915--1925) with antirational approachandnihilistic,absurdist,and incongrous thems.
流行於1915--1925間的藝術流派。其特點是反理性的創作手段和虛無、荒誕、矛盾的主題。
Dadasim asked what is art? and used humor and shock valueascommunicative elements.達達主義設問「什麼是藝術？」並用幽默和讓人震驚的色彩和手法作答。
（實習編輯：顧萍）