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Art history

Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.

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celtic

Art history; Visual arts

In art historical terms, works produced by the celtic peoples, in western europe from around 450 bce to the first century ce, and in the british isles and ireland especially ...

convention

Art history; Visual arts

An agreement or customary manner of doing something.

cinema

Art history; Visual arts

Coined in the last decade of the 19th century from the greek for “movement,” this term names the medium that presents images in rapid succession, typically to simulate ...

critique

Art history; Visual arts

The production of a critic (professional or otherwise); properly, this is a combination of description and judgment.

carnival

Art history; Visual arts

In roman catholic regions, the term designates the three days of festivities that precede the forty day fast of lent; in the u. S. The best known example of carnival is the ...

design

Art history; Visual arts

Related to composition as the overall arrangement of an artwork’s elements, particularly in the usage of italian renaissance aesthetics, in which the term disegno applied ...

craft

Art history; Visual arts

The skill which goes into a work; as applied to the material results of such skills, the term is often used to separate certain genres of aesthetic production (often in connection ...