Art History

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5 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Art History.

• Czech Informel — A Czech current of materially expressive structural abstraction around the late 1950s and early 1960s that rejected official aesthetic compromise through dense, damaged and unconventional surfaces.
• Garland bearers — An ornamental motif of small figures supporting an oversized continuous or segmented floral garland.
• Opus vermiculatum — An ancient mosaic technique using very small tesserae laid in flowing, worm-like courses around figures to create fine outlines, shading and pictorial detail.
• Paranoiac-critical method — Salvador Dalí's surrealist method of deliberately cultivating associative, paranoia-like interpretations and then critically organizing them into double images and other controlled artworks.
• Pedimental sculpture — Architectural sculpture composed for the bounded tympanum of a pediment.