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Visual arts

Of or pertaining to any artistic creation that we can look at, such as paintings, drawings, or video footage.

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Art history; Visual arts

These are copies made by such processes as lithography or seriography. These are not exact reproductions nor are they limited in numbers as are engravings.

mural

Art history; Visual arts

A picture or decoration applied directly to a wall or ceiling.

muse

Art history; Visual arts

One of a series greek deities of the fine arts and other intellectual pursuits. They are the daughters of zeus and mnemosyne (memory). There are traditionally nine of them, but their names and what ...

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Art history; Visual arts

An agency of the united states government that promotes learning and research in the humanities.

nave

Art history; Visual arts

nave, is the central aisle of a church, in Greek is ''narthex''

nature morte

Art history; Visual arts

nature morte, is the French word for ''Dead nature'' for life style.

naturalism

Art history; Visual arts

The factual representation of an object. Naturalism aims to reproduce an object accurately. In painting, this is distinct from the more specific term realism, an art historical movement which ...

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