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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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etching

Art history; Visual arts

A form of intaglio printmaking in which a plate (typically of metal) is coated with some manner of ground, i.e. A substance that resists the action of an acid that is used to incise the plate where ...

eros

Art history; Visual arts

A greek term, it names romantic or physical love, as well as the mythological son of aphrodite, goddess of love, and ares, god of war (cupid, venus, and mars in their roman appellations); hence ...

entablature

Art history; Visual arts

That portion of a classical building above the columns, including the architrave, frieze and cornice.

zen buddhism

Art history; Visual arts

A school of buddhism that asserts enlightenment can be attained through meditative self-contemplation.

yellow

Art history; Visual arts

One of the primary colors, appearing on the spectrum between orange and green.

x-ray

Art history; Visual arts

A photograph using an x-ray. X-ray images have been used to identify what lies under the surface of a painting, including prior works or studies and sketches.

xerography

Art history; Visual arts

A dry photocopying process in which an image is transferred electrically and fixed on a piece of paper or other surface.

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