Art history

Art history

Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.

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balance

Art history; Visual arts

In art generally the principle whereby elements in a work (painting, sculpture, architecture, or other) are deployed to give an overall feeling of stability. Axial or radial ...

bust

Art history; Visual arts

A sculpted or painted portrait that comprises the head, shoulders and upper arms of the subject.

contrapposto

Art history; Visual arts

From the italian for “set opposite,” designating a figure pose in which the body is twisted on its vertical axis, with the shoulders and hips at a pronounced angle.

commodity

Art history; Visual arts

Something bought or sold (or, more generally, an object of trade); to commodify is to render something thus liable to common valuation and trade.

aesthetics

Art history; Visual arts

A term coined in 1735 by german philosopher alexander baumgarten to name the study of that which is sensed and/or imagined, and of sensation and imagination more generally.

avant-garde

Art history; Visual arts

From the french term for the leading part of an army, generally applied to art and artists considered (by themselves or others) to be at the forefront of developments in aesthetic ...