Art history

Art history

Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.

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gloriole

Art history; Visual arts

Literally a scrap of glory, one of a number of terms designating the lighted area around depictions of a sacred or otherwise honored subject’s head, including also halo and ...

gesture

Art history; Visual arts

As applied to the human figure in artworks, their posture or manner of bodily expression; as applied to artistic practices, the sense of an artist’s manner of wielding tools, as ...

still-life

Art history; Visual arts

The representation of inanimate objects in painting or photography.

style

Art history; Visual arts

The summation of the distinctive features in a certain genre of art works done by an individual or a group.

subject

Art history; Visual arts

That about which an art work is concerned. If an art work has a title, the viewer can use it to help identify the subject.

symbol

Art history; Visual arts

Something that represents something else, whether by resembling it or by being related to it through cultural associations. Often symbols are material objects or images that stand ...