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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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anodizing
Art history; Visual arts
An electrolytical process in which aluminum is coated with a protective or decorative oxide. This also greatly increases aluminum's ability to permanently hold paints and other ...
aphorism
Art history; Visual arts
An adage; a brief statement of a principle, or an opinion held to be true or deeply felt.
apotropaic
Art history; Visual arts
Greek for "turning away," refers to objects designed to ward off evil, as a good luck charm, amulet, or talisman is intended to avert ill fortune. In cultures as varied as those ...
appearance
Art history; Visual arts
In philosophy, what is visible, or manifest to the senses, but what is ultimately illusory. Appearance is usually contrasted with reality, and so the term often occurs in the ...
applied arts
Art history; Visual arts
The arts concerned with making objects with functional purposes, but for which aesthetic concerns are significant. The applied arts may include architecture, interior design, the ...
appliqué
Art history; Visual arts
A design made by stitching pieces of colored fabric onto a larger piece of cloth. Appliqué is used for wall hangings and as decoration on clothing, quilts and pillows.
angstrom
Art history; Visual arts
A unit of measurement of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter (or 0.0000000001 meter), used especially to measure the wavelengths of visible light and of other ...
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