Can Anyone Help - I Don't Know In Which Section To Post This?

[Stargazer]

I am trying to find the right word and I thought my vocabulary would have been board enough to put my finger on it. But I am at a loss ....

What is the term given to the various "fashions", "movements", "styles" of periods of art over the centuries? ie cubism, abstract, realism, renaissance, I wish to refer to an Artist's having resisted the temptation to "go along with the crowd" and thus conform to the current popular style of art that was being turned out during a certain period and who chose to go against the grain of popular work and produce outrageous and controversial, possibly even leading to criminal persecution which at the time of his subject matter may have led to him being prosecuted for promoting or agreeing with, for example, in this case, homosexuality in the middle 20th Century. He was overtly producing work which could have led to his being villified (and may well have been), mocking conventional acceptance of the staus quo. He is now dead and his work is recognised but I have to use a word in an essay to convey his contempt of the " ****** " of the period and going out of his way to upset the apple cart and offend etc.

[pixie373]

Lol. The "establishment" is a noun. You were fine x

[EcclesCake]

Indeed, Pixie!

[waterboatman]

Genre is probably what you want Stargazer, or modes. It depends on the context really.