Investigating the Relationship between Stylistic Concepts and Determining their Place in the Visual Arts.

 Stylistic terms are concepts that are constantly used in art discussions. The similarity and semantic uniformity of these concepts, as well as the lack of a clear demarcation between them, have paved the way for a kind of conceptual clutter and confusion. Therefore, determining the position of each of them and their relationship helps to read artistic texts and understand the position of works and artists.

This study focuses on the concept of style, based on the relationship of other stylistic concepts with it, it has also sought to explain the semantic boundaries of stylistic concepts that are constantly confused with each other and are used interchangeably.

This research is library source-based, and the presentation method is descriptive and analytical. Using library resources, concepts similar to that of style were examined, and the relationship between them and the concept of style was determined.

This study concluded that concepts such as school, movement, artistic method, visual style, form, content, mode, technique, and genre are constantly misused instead of each other. Therefore, by explaining the exact meaning of each of these terms and examining their relationship with the concept of style, we conclude that style, genre, and mode are different artistic methods. Moreover, depending on its approach, each is influenced by components and sub-categories such as techniques, forms, content, etc. In addition, it was found that although school and movement have close conceptual boundaries, the main root of their difference is in their location.