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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art critic

Art history; Visual arts

Among those in art careers, a person who describes, analyzes, interprets, evaluates, and expresses judgments of the merits, faults and value of artworks. One who produces art criticism.

axonometric projection

Art history; Visual arts

In mechanical drawing, includes isometric, dimetric, and trimetric projection. Axonometric projection is used to represent three-dimensional objects, not for an illusion of reality, but to show ...

A mineral used as a blue pigment. An ore of copper related to malachite that, when ground up, makes a deep blue pigment with a greenish tinge. Azurite was an important pigment in ancient Egypt, often ...

asbestos

Art history; Visual arts

A fibrous, fire-proof mineral used in gloves, aprons, and mats for its heat-resistance. Contact with asbestos has been found to present a much greater health hazard than previously thought, and ...

artwork

Art history; Visual arts

A general term referring to any artistic production. Sometimes, like oeuvre, it can also signify an entire body of works.

background

Art history; Visual arts

The part of a picture or scene that appears to be farthest away from the viewer, usually nearest the horizon. This is the opposite of the foreground. Between background and foreground is the middle ...

art brut

Art history; Visual arts

French for "raw art," Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) devised this name in 1945 for the art of children and outsiders (naïve artists and the mentally ill); actually, anyone not producing art for profit or ...