Art history

Art history

Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.

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naïve art

Art history; Visual arts

Art produced by an individual who has no formal training. The work and background of the naïve artist contrasts with the training and career paths followed by the traditional ...

myths

Art history; Visual arts

The traditional narratives of any culturally bound group, typically exemplified in stories and/or characters that have emotional and cognitive resonance with such a group and that ...

model

Art history; Visual arts

In the visual arts, some thing that serves as the subject of a representation, often used of persons sitting for portraits (i.e. A “sitter”), or of the person depicted bodily in ...

modern

Art history; Visual arts

Of the present, or, increasingly, of recent times, in its use as a designator of a cultural movement that dominated most of the twentieth century. In fact, the historical limits ...

movement

Art history; Visual arts

In static visual arts, the perceptual effect or illusion of movement, effected by the elements of an image that lure the eye to perceive change. The way the eye views an image can ...