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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aidoion

Art history; Visual arts

A Greek word used by archaeologist and historians of antiquities in referring to the private parts of men and women alike, usually on nude sculptures. The plural form is ta adoia, and is more ...

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Art history; Visual arts

A professional organization for architects providing resources for both practitioners and consumers.

aisle

Art history; Visual arts

In architecture, a long, narrow space on either side of the nave of a church, usually between a row of columns or piers and the outer wall. It is often referred to as a side aisle.

Albany slip

Art history; Visual arts

A slip clay that can produce a very dark brown glaze. Albany slip was mined near Albany, New York. Similar clays from other localities were used by early American potters in making stoneware.

à la poupée

Art history; Visual arts

In intaglio, a means of printing several colors at one time by applying each color to the plate separately with a felt pad. A French term.

anti-cerne

Art history; Visual arts

A white space in the form of a line between two areas of color in a picture; the opposite of a black line. Anti-cernes were often used by the fauve artists.

anti-intellectualism

Art history; Visual arts

Any point of view which opposes, fears, mistrusts, or shuns reason — logical, rational thought, intelligence, good judgment, sound sense — or intellectuals, or intellectual views.