User:Sparkit/capitalization

I'm going with the Oxford Dictionary of Art capitalization. -->>sparkit|TALK<< 01:21, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Capitalization comparisons

  • The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Art 1988 ISBN 0192800221
  • Grove Dictionary of Art and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms: both available on Oxford Art Online
  • Association of Art Editors Style Guide (2006, rev. 2013)
  • Ritter, R. M. (2005). New Hart's Rules: The Handbook of Style for Writers and Editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Art movements/styles

Note: I've gone with capitalizing art movement names. It just seems clearer.

Wikipedia
(as of 11-01-2015)
Encyclopædia BritannicaAmerican Heritage DictionaryOxford DictionaryCambridge DictionaryOxford Dictionary of ArtGrove Dictionary of ArtThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art TermsAssociation of Art Editors Style Guide
Abstract expressionismAbstract Expressionismabstract expressionismabstract expressionism(not found)Abstract ExpressionismAbstract ExpressionismAbstract ExpressionismAbstract Expressionism
Art DecoArt Decoart decoart decoart decoArt DecoArt DecoArt DecoArt Deco or art deco
Art NouveauArt Nouveauart nouveauart nouveauart nouveauArt NouveauArt NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau
Arts and Crafts movementArts and Crafts MovementArts and Crafts Movement(not found)(not found)Arts and Crafts MovementArts and Crafts MovementArts and Crafts MovementArts and Crafts movement or Arts and Crafts Movement
Ashcan SchoolAshcan SchoolAshcan school(not found)(not found)Ash-can SchoolAshcan schoolAshcan SchoolAshcan school or Ashcan School
avant-gardeavant-gardeavant-gardeavant-gardeavant-garde(not found)(not found)(not found)avant-garde
Barbizon schoolBarbizon schoolBarbizon school(not found)(not found)Barbizon SchoolBarbizon schoolBarbizon School(not found)
BauhausBauhausBauhaus(not found)(not found)BauhausBauhausBauhausBauhaus
classicismClassicismclassicismclassicismClassicismclassicism (except for Greek Classicism of the fifth century)
Color Fieldcolour-field paintingcolor-field(not found)(not found)Colour Field paintingColour field paintingColour Field paintingColor Field painting or color field painting or color-field painting
conceptual artconceptual artconceptual art(not found)(not found)Conceptual artconceptual artConceptual artConceptual Art or Conceptual art or conceptual art
CubismCubismcubismcubismCubismCubismCubismCubismCubism / Cubist
DadaDadaDadaismDadaism(not found)-- Dada (and Dadaists)Dada / (Dadaism not found) / Dadaist(s)Dada / (Dadaism not found) / (Dadaists not found)Dada / Dadaism
De StijlDe Stijlde Stijl(not found)De Stijl (but listed under Stijl, De)De stijl (with italics) in running text; listed under Stijl, DeDe Stijlde Stijl
ExpressionismExpressionismexpressionismexpressionismExpressionismExpressionismExpressionismExpressionism for the movement; expressionism noted as a "term which implies heightened subjectivity or emotion"expressionism / Expressionism / expressionist
FauvismFauvismfauvismfauvism(not found)FauvismFauvismFauvismFauvism
FuturismFuturismfuturismFuturism(not found)FuturismFuturismFuturismFuturism / Futurist
Hudson River SchoolHudson River schoolHudson River school(not found)(not found)Hudson River SchoolHudson River schoolHudson River SchoolHudson River school
ImpressionismImpressionismimpressionism or ImpressionismImpressionismImpressionismImpressionismImpressionism
Magic realismMagic Realismmagic realismmagic realism(not found)Magic(al) RealismMagic RealismMagic realism(not found)
MannerismMannerismMannerismMannerismMannerismMannerism
NeoclassicismNeoclassicismNeoclassicismNeo-classicismNeoclassicismNeoclassic(ism) / Neoclassical
neo-expressionistNeo-Expressionismneo-expressionism(not found)(not found)(not found)Neo-ExpressionismNeo-Expressionism(not found)
(N/n)eo-impressionism and Neo-Impressionism(not found)neoimpressionismneo-Impressionism(not found)Neo-ImpressionismNeo-ImpressionismNeo-ImpressionismNeo-Impressionism
(no article)(not found)Neo-Surrealism or neo-surrealism(not found)(not found)(not found)(no dedicated entry; neo-Surrealism (×2) and neo-surrealism (×1) both appear in articles)(not found)(not found)
neoplasticismneoplasticism and Neoplasticismneoplasticism(not found)(not found)Neo-PlasticismNeo-plasticismNeo-Plasticism(not found)
OrphismOrphismorphism(not found)(not found)Orphism (or Orphic Cubism)OrphismOrphism(not found)
Pointillismpontillism (×3) and Pointillism (×1)pointillismPointillismPointillism(not found)
pop artPop artpop artpop artpop artPop artPop artPop artPop Art or Pop art
Post-ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismpostimpressionismPost-Impressionism / Post-ImpressionistPost-ImpressionismPost-Impressionism
Realismrealismrealismrealism (but Superrealism)RealismRealism / SuperrealismRealism (for the 19th-century movement)
RenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissanceRenaissance
RomanticismRomanticismromanticismromanticismRomanticismRomanticismRomanticismRomanticismRomantic period; Romantic(ism)
SurrealismSurrealismsurrealismsurrealismSurrealismSurrealismSurrealism / Surrealist(s)SurrealismSurrealism / Surrealist
symbolismSymbolismSymbolismSymbolismSymbolismSymbolismSymbolismSymbolism (specific style)
VorticismVorticismVorticismVorticism / VorticistVorticism(not found)
  • New Hart's Rules: "Capitalize the names of institutions, organizations, societies, movements, and groups"... e.g. "the Ashcan School"... "The tendency otherwise is to use lower case unless it is important to distinguish a specific from a general meaning"... "Classicists... will often capitalize Classical to define, say, sculpture in the fifth century BC as opposed to that of the Hellenistic era" (p. 92).
  • The Guardian and Observer Style Guide: "art movements are generally lowercase, eg art deco, art nouveau, cubism, dadaism, expressionism, gothic, impressionism, pop art, surrealism, etc, but note Bauhaus, Modern (in the sense of Modern British, to distinguish it from "modern art", pre-Raphaelite, Romantic (to differentiate between a romantic painting and a Romantic painting)".[1]

Name spelling

Guillaume Apollinaire

Frédéric Bazille

Georges Braque

André Breton

Eugène Boudin

Paul Cézanne

Gustave Courbet

Salvador Dalí

Edgar Degas

André Derain

Marcel Duchamp

Raymond Duchamp-Villon

Rrose Sélavy

Jules Dupré

Antoni Gaudí

Marcel Janco

Édouard Manet

Henri Matisse

Joan Miró

Claude Monet

Gustave Moreau

Berthe Morisot

Edvard Munch

Georgia O'Keeffe

Francis Picabia

Camille Pissarro

Auguste Rodin

Georges Rouault

Théodore Rousseau

Georges-Pierre Seurat

Sophie Täuber

J. M. W. Turner

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

James Turrell

Tristan Tzara

Jacques Villon

Artwork names

Le déjeuner sur l'herbe - The Luncheon on the Grass

Impression, soleil levant - Impression, Sunrise


Other

Musée National d'Art Moderne

plein air

Salon d'Automne

Salon des Indépendants

Salon des Refusés - Salon of the Refused

Société des Artistes Indépendants