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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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background
Art history; Visual arts
In a picture, that which appears furthest from the viewer, often marked by a horizon line, and generally opposed to a foreground in which the main subject of the scene appears. ...
abstract
Art history; Visual arts
Imagery made according to some standard other than a “true-to-life” representation. Abstraction may simplify, exaggerate, schematize, or otherwise change natural appearances, or ...
color
Art history; Visual arts
The property characterizing visible light of varying wavelengths, the color of something being the wavelength of the light reflected by it; primary colors are red, blue and ...
dry point
Art history; Visual arts
A print technique in which a plate is incised with a pointed stylus in order to collect the ink, which is then transferred (typically) to dampened paper on receiving the impress ...
agitprop
Art history; Visual arts
From “agitation” and “propaganda,” art that intends to motivate its viewers to political awareness and/or action.
conceptual
Art history; Visual arts
In art, works in which an immaterial idea (often a process) is as or more important than the work’s physical embodiment, which is often negligibly slight and/or un-enduring.
degenerate
Art history; Visual arts
A term used by germany’s national socialist (nazi) party in the 1930s and 1940s to designate artists and artworks that showed symptoms of moral and social decline.
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