Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" (doing things the old way) and the rest.

The term contemporary art generally refers to art being done now. The use of the literal adjective "contemporary" to define this period in art history is partly due to the lack of any distinct or dominant school of art as recognized by artists, art historians and critics.

Think of the colors of Greece, Spain and Italy, those clear blues, sparkling whites and rich greens. The Mediterranean style embraces colorful mosaics, textured walls, and wrought-iron furnishings.

Reacting against the formal excesses and raw emotionalism of abstract expressionism, the practitioners of minimal art strove to focus attention on the object as an object, reducing its historical and expressive content to the bare minimum.

Modern art is a general term used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. (Recent art production is more often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art).

The Southwestern style is highlighted by strong textures, handcrafted objects, and earthtone colors. Terra-cotta is very popular, as well as clay products, and hand woven fabrics.

An Art Style that uses Tropical plants, animals and those species native to the tropics. Tropical is also sometimes used in a general sense for a tropical climate, a climate that is warm and moist year-round, often with the sense of lush vegetation.