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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bailor

Art history; Visual arts

One who entrusts his or her property to another — the bailee — for a limited period. An individual from whom or an institution from which a museum object is received, that is, the owner of the ...

A principle of design, balance refers to the way the elements of art are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work; a pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or areas in a ...

balcony and balconette

Art history; Visual arts

In architecture, a balcony is a platform that projects from the wall of a building and is surrounded by a railing, balustrade, or parapet. Because the balcony pictured is so small — projecting ...

baldacchino

Art history; Visual arts

In architecture, an ornamental canopy on columns over a tomb, altar, or throne; sometimes portable.

bhakti

Art history; Visual arts

In Buddhism, the devout, selfless direction of all tasks and activities of life to the service of one god; the adoration of a personalized deity.

bias

Art history; Visual arts

A line diagonal to the grain of a fabric — at a 45° angle (half way between vertical and horizontal) to the selvage often utilized in the cutting, folding, or arranging of fabric. In another sense, ...