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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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hieratic
Art history; Visual arts
Generally, relating and appropriate to sacred persons or duties; also designates a style in art that bespeaks adherence to religious styles or conventional depictions or methods.
graffiti
Art history; Visual arts
The plural form of graffito, the italian for mark or scribble, the term has come to designate writings or artworks made on public surfaces, often in defiance of prohibitions ...
graphic
Art history; Visual arts
Images that are especially linear in character, such as drawing, and/or those made through a printing process (rather than painted), such as lithography, etching, monoprinting, ...
fine art
Art history; Visual arts
A term used to distinguish artworks considered to have rare and refined quality, often considered - by those who make such judgments - to be more worthy of preservation and study ...
history
Art history; Visual arts
As a genre in painting, an image that deals with scenes or episodes from the past (though typically distinct from images of sacred events that have mainly devotional import).
grisaille
Art history; Visual arts
A style of painting that uses monochrome tints and shades to suggest form and depth, often to simulate relief sculptures or carved modeling in paintings of architectural elements; ...
Gothic
Art history; Visual arts
This term now designates a stylistic period in western european art and architecture, especially france and england, from the twelfth to the sixteenth century (with geographic ...
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