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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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dark, darkness
Art history; General art history
A shade; a color having low lightness and low saturation, and reflecting only a small fraction of incident light. When prepared by mixing pigments, a dark color may be achieved by ...
fascist aesthetic
Art history; General art history
Refers to the art, design and propaganda presented in idealized realist styles, giving it a close resemblance to socialist realism, associated primarily with or produced by Adolph ...
faux
Art history; General art history
French for false, artificial, fake. English speakers say "faux" to give a high-toned quality to what is often an imitation of a natural material — leather, fur, metal, or stone ...
Fayum portraits
Art history; General art history
A Romano-Egyptian portrait painted with encaustic on cartonnage, a linen mummy case, or a wood panel. For thousands of years Egyptian religious beliefs called for funerary ...
feng shui
Art history; General art history
The traditional Chinese practice of arranging objects in architectural and burial spaces in order to harmonize with the flow of chi (qi) — the vital force believed in Taoism and ...
field and field of view
Art history; General art history
A background area or an entire physical plane, often of one color and/or texture. Also, a sphere of activity, or a content, or a discourse. And, the area in which an image is ...
filter
Art history; General art history
A porous or permeable material or device which prevents some things from passing through it, and allows others passage. Filters are used to separate or refine some particles, ...
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