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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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value
Art history; Visual arts
The relative darkness or lightness of a color. White represents the highest value, black the lowest, and greys all possible values in between. Every hue has an inherent value ...
ukiyo-e
Art history; Visual arts
A japanese word meaning “pictures of the floating world. ” A movement in japanese painting and print making from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Prominent artists were masonobu, ...
trompe l’oeil
Art history; Visual arts
A french phrase meaning “deceive the eye. ” This usually refers to a painting that aims to trick the viewer into believing in the physical reality of the depicted objects.
trumeau
Art history; Visual arts
trumeau, is the center post (the central) post of a medieval portal.
triptych
Art history; Visual arts
Traditionally an altarpiece or devotional object consisting of three parts. Often the central panel is twice the width of the side panels. Sometimes the side panels are designed ...
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