Naturalism: Those who practice naturalism adhere as closely as possible to the appearance of the natural world.

-Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Negative Space: The area on a composition where nothing exists. Often it could be the sky, or a color field, where the subject of the piece is not. They function as design shapes in the overall composition, often having very defined borders.

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Neo-Abstraction: Neo-Abstractionists are hard-core abstract artists that create abstract art outside of the designated, historical period of the Abstract Art Movement.

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Neo-Expressionism: Neo-Expressionism reaffirmed the psychic emotionalism of the early twentieth-century Expressionism. It became the most distinctive direction within Post-Modernism, occurring during the 1980's.

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Neoclassicism: Neoclassicism reintroduced the Classic Greek and Roman forms of art, as understood at the time period, which became the foundation for the "official" art style in France. The main figures of this movement were Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

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Neolithic Art: The Neolithic period in art history is generally agreed to be between 7,000BC and 3,000BC. Neolithic art contain human themes about dominating and controlling nature. They typically depicted humans in profile view, a distinction from the Paleolithic artists who depicted humans in front view. Their technique laid the foundation of the Egyptian method of depicting people, in profile with twisted hips.

-Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Nonobjective Art: Nonobjective or nonrepresentational art is entirely imaginative and not based on anything visually perceived by the artist. The elements of the art, how they're organized, and how the artists treats them is deeply personal, and not associated with anything the observer has experienced in the natural world.

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