kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater

prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

form - an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"

poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses

classical music, serious music - traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

crossover - the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album"

church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies

marching music, march - genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"

popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)

expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

abstract art, abstractionism - an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"

chinoiserie - a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned

folk art - genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society

genre painting - a genre depicting everyday life

landscape painting, landscape - a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery

magic realism - genre of meticulously realistic painting of imaginary scenes and fantastic images

modernism - genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

naive art, outsider art, primitive art, self-taught art, vernacular art - a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

pointilism - a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France

postmodernism - genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism

primitivism - a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children

synthetism - a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas