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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
The semicircular or polygonal recess at the end of a Christian church opposite the main entry, or in a wall of a Roman basilica. It was here that the altar was placed.
aqua fortis
Art history; Visual arts
Latin for nitric acid. In etching, the mordant or solution used to etch the plate, diluted for use with one to five parts water.
aquagraph
Art history; Visual arts
A monoprint made by painting with a water medium on a metal, glass, or plastic plate and pulling one print from that plate. Additional colors can be printed by aligning the paper to the plate design.
aquamanile
Art history; Visual arts
An aquamanile is a vessel for pouring water used in the ritual of washing hands in both religious and secular contexts — by priests before Mass (Christian) and in private households before meals. In ...
aquamarine
Art history; Visual arts
A blue to green, transparent kind of beryl, or simply a pale blue to pale greenish blue color.
aquarelle brush
Art history; Visual arts
A particular style of watercolor brush, used flat for large areas and on the edge for fine light.
aquatint mezzotint
Art history; Visual arts
In etching, a plate is first bitten in a solid aquatint, then a design is worked on top of the aquatint with a scraper and burnisher, producing a result similar to an ordinary mezzotint.
