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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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bit image
Art history; Visual arts
A digital image with one bit allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 2 different colors are possible — see thumbnail to right black and white.
ablaq
Art history; Visual arts
Islamic ornament, generally in masonry, often inlaid marble, which is black and white. Persian, literally: piebald.
abrasion
Art history; Visual arts
Abrasion is the action or technique of wearing away a surface by friction, and can be a means of shaping solid forms. An abrasive is any substance which wears down a surface by ...
absorbent
Art history; Visual arts
A material is absorbent when it can soak up liquids. Towels, rags, and sponges are common examples, often used to blot, clean up, apply and spread colors, etc. An absorbent ground ...
absorption
Art history; Visual arts
It refers to the light absorbing behavior of some surfaces — various characteristics determine the degree to which surfaces absorb certain colors. The light which is absorbed is ...
Abstraction-Creation Group
Art history; Visual arts
An international school of painters and sculptors of the 1930s, who typically employed geometric shapes and forms. Piet Mondrian was the most prominent figure in the ...
absurd
Art history; Visual arts
Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable, because of a flaw in logic. Also, pertaining to the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe — a condition ...
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