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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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gestalt
Art history; Visual arts
From the german for form, configuration, or appearance, designates a whole that recognizably has parts, but can only be experienced as an indivisible unity (rather than ...
geometry
Art history; Visual arts
In art, any aspect of shape or form that displays or suggests the elements of spatial mathematics, such as straight or regularly curved lines, triangles, squares (among shapes) or ...
genre
Art history; Visual arts
In painting and graphic arts, images which depict scenes of common daily life, which were particularly popular and important in the art of seventeenth century holland; more ...
gallery
Art history; Visual arts
A room, building or entire institution in which artworks are displayed for viewing and/or sale; the word derives from medieval latin galilaea, the far end or “porch” of a church ...
fresco
Art history; Visual arts
From the italian for fresh, a technique in painting in which pigment is diluted in water and then applied directly to new coats of wall plaster such that the color becomes fast ...
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