Style

In the visual arts, style can refer either to the aesthetic values, after choosing the composition, by choosing the physical techniques employed to present the imagery such as the art medium and stroke method of hand rendering, computer generated filter, or image capturing effect. An aesthetic movement - such as Realism, Romanticism, Impressionism - can promote an entire world view, a way of interpreting reality and deciding which parts of it are worth observing and/or emphasizing, as well as to what extent the artists' emotions are expressed. Some of these movements are closely associated with certain techniques, such as Pointillism, while others are more flexible, but each has a characteristic "look" that becomes more and more distinctive as it develops until it reaches a saturation point, paving the way for the next style.
在視覺藝術裡面，style可以是指那些美感的價值，構圖、技巧、表現手法、媒材的使用選擇、不論是親手完成的、或由電腦製作，總總這些表現出來的，都可歸稱為各別的一個style。 藝術運動發展的歷史裡，有許多不同style的階段，寫實主義、浪漫主義、印象派，主導了整個世界的藝術觀點：由這些style的表現方法才能，解釋世界的觀點，描述現實，甚至也要透過於此藝術家才能適切的表達想要表達的情緒思想。這些代表的style多半與特定的技巧、表現手法有關；例如Pointllism點彩畫派，單一顏色的點構成一整幅畫，這些畫看起來有共同主要特色。

By changing the way they paint, apply colour, texture, perspective, or the way they see shapes and ideas, the artist establishes a certain set of "rules". If other artists see the rules as valid for themselves they might also apply these characteristics. The works of art then take on that specific "style". An artist may give the style a name such as "Expressionism", or a name may be applied later, as in the case of "abstract art".

style的轉變與型成，是藝術家在改變創作方式、繪畫方式時，色彩也好、質感也好、或者大小比例，任何他們的想法樣態，用特定的模樣方法a certain set of "rules"表現出來；假若別的藝術家也認同這特定的表現手法，覺得有價值便借來使用，逐漸地所有的這些作品都有共同的特徵，於是便形成一個style。藝術家們可能會為這些style作特定命名，或style型成之後，漸漸的被注意而命名。

Painting styles
'Style' is used in two senses: It can refer to the distinctive visual elements, techniques and methods that typify an individual artist's work. It can also refer to the movement or school that an artist is associated with. This can stem from an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with or it can be a category in which art historians have placed the painter. The word 'style' in the latter sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary painting, though it continues to be used in popular contexts.
特定的視覺元素、技巧、方法，可以用來分類識別一位藝術家的作品；也可以是連結藝術家與某種藝術運動、特定藝術學校相關的指稱。今日style這個字已被廣泛的使用，不再只是現代藝術繪畫的學術討論。