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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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history painting
Art history; General art history
Considered the most important genre painting for most of the 20th century. History painting focused on narrative and depicted mythological, biblical, or historical subject matter ...
self portrait
Art history; General art history
A representation of an artist, created by the artist. As the social status of artists improved during the Renaissance, from anonymous craftsmen to respected intellectuals, artists ...
school of painting
Art history; General art history
Can refer to painters from the same country, city, or a group of painters that follow in the style of another artist (e.g. Dutch School, Florentine School, School of Raphael).
trompe-l'œil
Art history; General art history
French for "deceive the eye," trompe-l'œil is an artistic technique to create the realistic illusion that an image exists in three dimensions.
art for art's sake
Art history; General art history
A position taken up by artists and writers during the 19th century that art should not be made for the public's sake, but for art's sake, and was a move to break away from the ...
aerial perspective
Art history; General art history
A painting technique that creates the illusion of distance in an otherwise 2D landscape by using paler colors and vague forms to denote objects further from the viewer, and ...
foreshortening
Art history; General art history
A perspectival technique that creates the illusion of an object receding sharply into the distance. Renaissance artists often used foreshortening to demonstrate their skill.
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