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(c) Tate" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/colquhoun_press_06.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="459" style="object-position: 50% 50%;" > </picture> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="featured-art-terms" class="section__title">Featured Art Terms</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="featured-art-terms"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__ card-list--type__ card-list--4col"> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/p/performance-art" aria-label="Performance art" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Mona Hatoum Performance Still 1985–95" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/p80087_10_0.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="228" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Performance art</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="krc41">Artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/p/pre-raphaelite" aria-label="Pre-Raphaelite" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_mqwGXTO.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_AUFhcsE.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_KS1yRQL.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_mqwGXTO.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_KS1yRQL.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_mqwGXTO.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="234" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Pre-Raphaelite</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="mvki8">The Pre-Raphaelites were a secret society of young artists (and one writer), founded in London in 1848. They were opposed to the Royal Academy’s promotion of the ideal as exemplified in the work of Raphael</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/i/impressionism" aria-label="Impressionism" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_jcuHANE.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_9B1Rvtk.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_9PqXmXl.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_jcuHANE.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_9PqXmXl.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_jcuHANE.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="450" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Impressionism</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="i022x">Impressionism developed in France in the nineteenth century and is based on the practice of painting out of doors and spontaneously ‘on the spot’ rather than in a studio from sketches. Main impressionist subjects were landscapes and scenes of everyday life</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/l/land-art" aria-label="Land art" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_X2WXn54.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_wzigrPA.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_zs1Mm3d.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_X2WXn54.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_zs1Mm3d.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_X2WXn54.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="227" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Land art</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="ih06a">Land art or earth art is art that is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using natural materials such as rocks or twigs</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" tabindex="-1"> <!-- Hidden focusable element at the beginning (to create a Focus Trap) --> <div tabindex="0" 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class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Dada</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p data-block-key="30z5n">Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/d" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 20 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/e/edition" aria-label="Edition" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_bXxytd1.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" 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It commonly refers to …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/e" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 17 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/f/fairy-painting" aria-label="Fairy painting" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_BXLisGi.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> </div> <noscript><img src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_BXLisGi.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card-content "> <div class="card-content__inner"> <div class="card-tags"> <span class="card__label card__label--type card__label--read">Art Term</span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/art/art-terms/f" data-gtm-name="card_link_letter" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">f</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/f/fairy-painting" aria-label="Fairy painting" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Fairy painting</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>Fairy painting is particularly associated with the Victorian period, art that depicts fairies and other subjects from the supernatural</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/f" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 22 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">g</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/g/generative-art" aria-label="Generative art" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Generative art</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>Generative art is art made using a predetermined system that often includes an element of chance – is usually applied …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/g" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 19 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/h/hackney-flashers" aria-label="Hackney Flashers" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div 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card__title--art-term">Hackney Flashers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p data-block-key="lye86">Hackney Flashers was a women’s arts collective active between 1974 and 1980. Most of the group were photographers and defined …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/h" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 8 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/i/iconography" aria-label="Iconography" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_DuzP3ob.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> </div> <noscript><img src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_DuzP3ob.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card-content "> <div class="card-content__inner"> <div class="card-tags"> <span class="card__label card__label--type card__label--read">Art Term</span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/art/art-terms/i" data-gtm-name="card_link_letter" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">i</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/i/iconography" aria-label="Iconography" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Iconography</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>The iconography of an artwork is the imagery within it</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/i" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 17 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div 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aria-label="Japonisme" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Japonisme</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>Japonisme is a French term coined in the late nineteenth century to describe the craze for Japanese art and design …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/j" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 2 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/k/khartoum-school" aria-label="Khartoum School" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_s85s5XW.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " 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1960 that sought to develop a new visual …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/k" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 5 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/l/laboratoire-agitart" aria-label="Laboratoire Agit’Art" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/plehanov7.max-500x500.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> </div> <noscript><img src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/plehanov7.max-500x500.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> </a> 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</h2> <div class="card__description"><p data-block-key="xouw7">Les Nabis were a group of post-impressionist French painters active from 1888–1900 whose work is characterised by flat patches of …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/n" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 33 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/o/objective-abstraction" aria-label="Objective abstraction" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_ANTBVbE.jpg 380w, " sizes=" 380px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> 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data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Rayograph</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>Photographic prints made by laying objects onto photographic paper and exposing it to light</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/r" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 19 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/s/salon" aria-label="Salon" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_zp8BdsP.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" 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card__label--read">Art Term</span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/art/art-terms/t" data-gtm-name="card_link_letter" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">t</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/t/tableau" aria-label="Tableau" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Tableau</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>Tableau is used to describe a painting or photograph in which characters are arranged for picturesque or dramatic effect and …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/t" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 17 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a 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aria-label="Underground art" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Underground art</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p data-block-key="jjzxi">First used in relation to the cultural phenomenon of the 1960s and early 1970s where groups of artists, writers and …</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/u" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 3 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/v/vanishing-point" aria-label="Vanishing point" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_azffXKR.jpg 500w, " sizes=" 500px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> </div> <noscript><img src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_azffXKR.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card-content "> <div class="card-content__inner"> <div class="card-tags"> <span class="card__label card__label--type card__label--read">Art Term</span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/art/art-terms/v" data-gtm-name="card_link_letter" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">v</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/v/vanishing-point" aria-label="Vanishing point" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Vanishing point</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p>The point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge</p></div> <div class="card__cta"><a href="/art/art-terms/v" class="btn" data-gtm-name="card_button_cta" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"><i class="btn__icon icon--arrow-right"></i>See 9 art terms</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/w/war-artists" aria-label="War artists" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.max-500x500_OGlhu5X.jpg 498w, " sizes=" 498px " type="image/jpeg" > <img alt="" src="/static/images/placeholder/placeholder-4x3.b312143b17e7.gif" loading="lazy"> </picture> </div> <noscript><img 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card__label--type card__label--read">Art Term</span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/art/art-terms/y" data-gtm-name="card_link_letter" data-gtm-destination="list-page--art-terms"> <span class="card__title--maintitle">y</span> </a> <a href="/art/art-terms/y/young-british-artists-ybas" aria-label="Young British Artists (YBAs)" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <span class="card__title--subtitle card__title--art-term">Young British Artists (YBAs)</span> </a> </h2> <div class="card__description"><p data-block-key="bolqk">The label Young British Artists (YBAs) is applied to a loose group of British artists who began to exhibit together …</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card__inner"> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner"> <a href="/art/art-terms/z/zero" aria-label="Zero" data-gtm-name="card_link_image" data-gtm-destination="article-page"> <div class=""> <picture> <source 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