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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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bearing wall
Art history; Visual arts
In architecture, any wall that holds up the weight of a structure. This describes all walls in history until the development at the end of the nineteenth century of the ...
beauty parlor or beauty salon
Art history; Visual arts
An establishment providing women with services that include hair cutting, washing, coloring, and shaping, and often manicures, pedicures, and facials as well.
beehive tomb
Art history; Visual arts
A bee-hive-shaped type of subterranean tomb constructed as a corbel vault and found at pre-Archaic Greek sites.
beeswax
Art history; Visual arts
Wax from honeycombs, used as a medium in modeling, in encaustic painting, in wax varnishes, in etching grounds, as a resist in batik, and other techniques and media.
belvedere
Art history; Visual arts
In architecture, an open-roofed story built to provide a scenic view. It may also be a summerhouse, which is roofed but open; a gazebo.
beret
Art history; Visual arts
A round, soft brimless tam (hat). It fits snugly, and is often worn angled to one side. It has long been a traditional mode of head-covering throughout Europe, and now other parts ...
bestiary
Art history; Visual arts
A collection of allegories with descriptions of real or imagined animals. In the numerous bestiaries of the Middle Ages, along with some accurate observations of natural history, ...
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