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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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mosaic
Art history; General art history
A picture made up of small parts. Traditionally these parts were made out of terracotta, pieces of glass, ceramics or marble, inlayed into floors and walls. Mosaic has been used ...
motif
Art history; General art history
A recurring fragment, theme or pattern that appears in a work of art. In the past this was commonly associated with Islamic designs, but it also alludes to a theme or symbol that ...
multi-media
Art history; General art history
First used in the 1960s in relation to mixed media works that had an electronic element. Andy Warhol's events staged with the rock group the Velvet Underground, under the title of ...
multiple
Art history; General art history
Casting sculpture in bronze, and the various techniques of printmaking, have for many centuries made it possible to make multiple examples of a work of art. Each example of an ...
mural
Art history; General art history
A painting applied directly to a wall in a public space is described as a mural. The popularity of the mural in the Western world began in the nineteenth century, with a new, ...
Nabis
Art history; General art history
Les Nabis (from the Hebrew word for prophet) was a group of Post-Impressionist French painters active from 1888-1900. Some of its key members met at the Académie Julian in Paris, ...
naïve
Art history; General art history
The word naïve means simple, unaffected, unsophisticated. As an art term it specifically refers to artists who also have had no formal training in an art school or academy. Naïve ...
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