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In the [[visual arts]], '''style''' refers to the appearance of a [[Artwork|work of art]] that relates it to other works.

== Description ==

''Style'' refers to the visual appearance of a [[Artwork|work of art]] that relates it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period, training, location, "school", art movement or archaeological culture.

== Quotations ==

Style is:

"... [A] distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories."

Or, style is::

"... any distinctive, and therefore recognizable, way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made."

Style is important:

<blockquote>
"The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art".
</blockquote>

== See also ==

* [[Composition (visual arts)]]
* [[Design elements and principles]]
* [[Elements of art]]
* [[Visual arts]]

==  External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_(visual_arts) Style (visual arts)] @ Wikipedia