airport art

(noun)

Traditional forms of African art or adaptations of traditional style to contemporary taste made for sale to tourists. 

Related Terms

Examples of airport art in the following topics:

  • Contemporary African Art

    • This has been unfortunately understudied until recently, due to scholars' and art collectors' emphasis on traditional art from the region.
    • Art biennials are held in Dakar, Senegal, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Many contemporary African arts borrow heavily from traditional predecessors.
    • A wide range of more traditional forms of art, or adaptations of traditional style to contemporary taste, are made for sale to tourists and others, including so-called "airport art."
    • A hallmark of his art is the brightly colored fabric he uses.

  • Samoa

    • The capital city, Apia, and Faleolo International Airport are situated on the island of Upolu.
    • Architectural concepts are incorporated into Samoan proverbs, oratory and metaphors, as well as linking to other art forms in Samoa, such as tattooing.

  • Subject-Verb Agreement

    • My baggage was left at the airport.
    • My bags were left at the airport.
    • The title of a book or work of art is always singular even if a noun in the title is plural.

  • Art History Methodology

  • Paleolithic Art

  • Mesolithic Art

  • Neolithic Art

  • The Structure of Cities

    • For example, a university node may attract well-educated residents, pizzerias, and bookstores, whereas an airport may attract hotels and warehouses.
    • Open spaces offer aesthetic value for citizens who enjoy nature, cultural value by providing space for concerts or art shows, and functional value—for example, by helping to control runoff and prevent flooding.

  • Shipping and Transportation

    • In air and sea shipments, ground transportation is required to take the cargo from its place of origin to the airport or seaport, and then to its destination, since it is not always possible to establish a production facility near ports due to limited coastlines of countries.
    • Cost and freight (C&F, CFR, CNF): Insurance is payable by the importer, and the exporter pays all expenses incurred in transporting the cargo from its place of origin to the port/airport and ocean freight/air freight to the port/airport of destination.

  • Scheduling

    • In order to reduce costs, an airline may want to minimize the number of airport gates required for its aircraft.
    • For example, in order to reduce costs, an airline may want to minimize the number of airport gates required for its aircraft.