horror vacui

(adjective)

From the Latin, "fear of empty space," it is a style of painting when the entire surface of a space is filled with patterns and figures.

Related Terms

Examples of horror vacui in the following topics:

  • Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period

    • For one, the entire vessel is decorated in a style known as horror vacui, a style in which the entire surface of the medium is filled with imagery.
    • Every empty space in these scenes is filled with geometric shapes—M's, diamonds, starbursts—demonstrating the Geometric painter's horror vacui.

  • Minoan Painting

    • The style is known as horror vacui, which is Latin for "fear of empty space."

  • Mexican Muralism

    • He never depicted the horrors of the war but what he perceived to be the social benefits from it.
    • The other two did fight, and both expressed the horrors of war in their work.
    • Unlike other artists, Orozco never glorified the Mexican Revolution, having fought in it, but rather depicted the horrors of this war.

  • The United Kingdom and Appeasement

    • Vivid memories of the horrors and deaths of the World War made Britain and its leaders strongly inclined to pacifism in the interwar era, exemplified by their policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany, which led to the German annexation of Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia.
    • As with many in Europe who had witnessed the horrors of the First World War and its aftermath, United Kingdom Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was committed to peace.

  • Ida B. Wells

    • The pamphlets "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases" and "A Red Record" documented her research on a lynching .

  • The Lost Generation

    • At the same time, Jazz and dancing rose in popularity, in opposition to the horrors of World War I.
    • In that same vein, but employing a perspective outside of the American viewpoint, the 1929 novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, recounts the horrors of World War I and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front.

  • Literature

    • All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque recounts the horrors of World War I and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front.

  • How Stress Impacts our Health

    • Sufferers of PTSD are confronted with feelings of helplessness, fear, or horror when experiencing their traumatic event.

  • Washington and DuBois

    • She published her findings in a pamphlet entitled "Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases".
    • In 1892 she published a pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, and A Red Record, 1892–1894, which documented research on a lynching.

  • Categorizing Art

    • For instance, well recognized genres in film are western, horror and romantic comedy.