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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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Anglo-Saxon art
Art history; Visual arts
An art style of the fifth to eleventh centuries in England. It is characterized by interlaced motif.
angst
Art history; Visual arts
In German, an emotional state of anxiety without a specific cause. In existentialism, the term refers to general human anxiety at having free will, that is, of being responsible ...
ancien régime
Art history; Visual arts
French for the old order; the feudal, absolute monarchy in France before the French Revolution in 1789.
ancient
Art history; Visual arts
Loosely, very old, antiquated or old-fashioned. Often more specifically of the ages before the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE; especially of China, Egypt, Greece, ...
ancipital
Art history; Visual arts
Two-edged. It may also mean two-headed. Among the symbols of several European nations are ancipital eagles.
Andachtsbild
Art history; Visual arts
German for devotional picture; votive art. A picture or sculpture with a type of imagery intended for private devotion, first developed in Northern Europe.
androgynous
Art history; Visual arts
Having both male and female characteristics or qualities. The use of androgynous figures in mythology is widespread. In Greek mythology, for example, the minor god Hermaphroditus ...
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