Visual arts

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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vault

Art history; Visual arts

vault, a ceiling from stones in the form of arches.

The relative darkness or lightness of a color. White represents the highest value, black the lowest, and greys all possible values in between. Every hue has an inherent value (e.g. The primary blue ...

verso

Art history; Visual arts

See folio.

ukiyo-e

Art history; Visual arts

A japanese word meaning “pictures of the floating world. ” A movement in japanese painting and print making from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Prominent artists were masonobu, hokusai and ...

trompe l’oeil

Art history; Visual arts

A french phrase meaning “deceive the eye. ” This usually refers to a painting that aims to trick the viewer into believing in the physical reality of the depicted objects.

trumeau

Art history; Visual arts

trumeau, is the center post (the central) post of a medieval portal.

triptych

Art history; Visual arts

Traditionally an altarpiece or devotional object consisting of three parts. Often the central panel is twice the width of the side panels. Sometimes the side panels are designed to fold over the main ...