Visual arts

Visual arts

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

Contributors in Visual arts

Visual arts

A period of european history between classical antiquity and the renaissance. It is traditionally dated from 476 ce, with the deposition of romulus augustulus, the last roman emperor of the west, to ...

material culture

Art history; Visual arts

The objects or the physical artifacts of a culture or people, distinguishing manufactured items in contrast to written documents or records.

mannerism

Art history; Visual arts

A term developed in the twentieth century to characterize aspects of italian art of the 1520s to the 1590s that belonged neither to the renaissance or the baroque. These works usually contain some ...

manifesto

Art history; Visual arts

A declaration of principles, intentions, ambitions. In the context of modern art, a manifesto is a statement by an artist or a group about the meaning of their work and what defines it. Perhaps the ...

lintel

Art history; Visual arts

A horizontal beam that bridges the upper part of a door or window. These are often decorated.

mandorla

Art history; Visual arts

An italian word meaning almond. It is an almond shaped oval that surrounds the entire body of the resurrected christ or the virgin, unlike a halo, which circles only the head (and is a more common ...