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Art Mollner

Art Mollner (Arthur Owen Mollner, 1912-1995), American basketball player, gold medalist with the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the first Olympic basketball tournament; Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox AAU player, LAPD sergeant.

Art Monk

Art Monk (James Arthur Monk), Washington Redskins wide receiver 1980-1993, later Jets and Eagles; Hall of Fame 2008; 940 catches, 12,721 yards, three Super Bowls, then-NFL record 106 catches in 1984; No. 81 retired in 2025.

Art movement

Art movement: a shared style and philosophy followed by a group of artists over a defined period, from Renaissance (1400–1600) to Pop Art; also called artistic movements or styles.

Art museum

Art museum: a not-for-profit permanent institution collecting, conserving, researching, and exhibiting art, defined by ICOM in 2022; distinct from commercial galleries; includes Kunsthallen, public, private, and hybrid forms.

Art Museum by the Zoo (미술관 옆 동물원)

Art Museum by the Zoo (미술관 옆 동물원) is Lee Jeong-hyang's 1998 South Korean romantic comedy debut, 108 minutes, starring Shim Eun-ha and Lee Sung-jae as cohabiting strangers who co-write a screenplay; 413,216 admissions and multiple 1999 awards.

Art music

Art music, also called classical or serious music, is cultivated music by trained musicians, transmitted through notation, contrasted with folk and popular music, with parallel traditions in India, China, and the Middle East.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (New Art; Jugendstil, Sezessionstil, Stile Liberty) was an international decorative style of about 1890–1914, marked by whiplash curves, organic plant forms, and total interior design, named after Siegfried Bing's 1895 Paris gallery.

Art Nouveau glass

Art Nouveau glass is art glass produced in the Art Nouveau style of roughly 1890 to 1914, with its leading center in Nancy, France, under Émile Gallé.

Art of Anarchy

Art of Anarchy: American hard rock supergroup formed 2014 by the Votta brothers, Disturbed's John Moyer, and Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot; three albums with singers Scott Weiland (2015), Scott Stapp (2017), and Jeff Scott Soto (2024).

Art of ancient Egypt

Art of ancient Egypt: painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor arts of the lower Nile Valley, c. 3100 BCE unification to Roman Period 395 CE; conventions, polychromy, faience amulets, colossal statuary, and the Amarna style.

Art of Europe

Art of Europe, or Western art, is the visual art of European countries and European-derived traditions, running from classical Greece and Rome through medieval Christian, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern periods to today, now studied through global approaches.

Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳) (video game)

Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳, Ryuuko no Ken) is SNK's 1992 Neo Geo fighting game where Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia rescue kidnapped Yuri, introducing the spirit gauge, zoom camera, and first super special move; sequels 1994 and 1996.

Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior

Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior (Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden) is SNK's 1996 Neo Geo fighting game, the series' final entry, set in Glasshill Valley with only Ryo and Robert returning, motion-captured sprites, parries, and a 2026 remaster adding King and Yuri.

Art of Living Foundation

The Art of Living Foundation is a non-profit educational and humanitarian organization founded in 1981 by Indian spiritual teacher Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, known for Sudarshan Kriya breathing.

Art of Mesopotamia

Art of Mesopotamia: visual art and architecture of the Tigris-Euphrates land, also called Mesopotamian art, from 8000 BCE to about AD 100, defined by temple, palace, and cemetery patronage, conceptual conventions, cylinder seals, and monuments such as the Warka Vase and Naram-Sin stele.

Art of Noise

Art of Noise (The Art of Noise), English electronic group formed in London in 1983 by Langan, Jeczalik, Dudley, Horn, and Morley; Fairlight CMI sampling pioneers on ZTT, known for Into Battle, Moments in Love, and In Visible Silence.

Art of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom

Fan-created visual art of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (bronies fandom), spanning drawings, animation, comics, and crafts, centered on the Mane Six and organized through Equestria Daily, DeviantArt, Fimfiction, and conventions like BronyCon.

Art Pepper

Art Pepper (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr., 1925–1982) was an American alto saxophonist of West Coast jazz, second to Charlie Parker in DownBeat's 1952 poll, whose heroin-driven imprisonments interrupted a career resumed with 1975's Living Legend and the autobiography Straight Life.

Art pop

Art pop: a loosely defined pop music style emerging mid-1960s in the UK and US, influenced by pop art and art-school culture, emphasizing imagery and style over personal expression; associated with Warhol, the Velvet Underground, Bowie, and Roxy Music.

Art Popular

Art Popular is a pagode group from São Paulo, Brazil, that rose with the 1990s romantic pagode wave, selling over 1 million copies of Samba Pop Brasil (1998).

Art rock

Art rock: eclectic rock genre emerging in the late 1960s, peaking 1972–74 with Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP; classical-influenced, concept-album-oriented; distinct from progressive and experimental rock; continued by Radiohead and 2000s experimental pop.

Art Rooney

Art Rooney, known as "The Chief," was an American sports executive who founded the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1933 and owned the team until his death in 1988.

Art Rooney II

Art Rooney II (Arthur J. Rooney, II) is an American attorney and sports executive who has served as president of the Pittsburgh Steelers since May 2003.

Art Ross Trophy

Art Ross Trophy, NHL scoring championship award given annually to the player leading the league in points; donated by Art Ross, first won by Elmer Lach in 1947-48; Gretzky holds a record 10 wins, McDavid six including 2025-26 with 138 points.

Art Schlichter

Art Schlichter (Arthur Ernest Schlichter, born 1960) is a former NFL quarterback, Ohio State star, and fourth-overall 1982 Baltimore Colts pick whose gambling addiction ended his career and led to repeated fraud convictions and prison terms.

Art Scholl

Art Scholl (Arthur Everett Scholl, 1931–1985) was an American aerobatic champion, air show performer, and aerial cinematographer who died in 1985 filming a flat inverted spin for Top Gun.

Art Shell

Art Shell (Arthur Lee Shell Jr., born 1946), Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders 1968-82, two-time Super Bowl champion, and in 1989 the first African American head coach of the NFL's modern era.

Art Smith (jeweler)

Art Smith (Arthur George Smith) was an American modernist studio jeweler who worked in Greenwich Village from 1946 to 1979, creating large, biomorphic jewelry in brass, copper, and silver.

Art song

Art song: short classical vocal genre for solo voice, usually with piano, setting pre-existing poetry; German Lied, French mélodie, Russian romance; founded by Schubert, extended through song cycles and national schools.

Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman (born 1948, Stockholm) is an American cartoonist and author of Maus, the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (1992). He co-founded RAW magazine with Françoise Mouly and created Breakdowns and In the Shadow of No Towers.