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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Visual arts

Literally a scrap of glory, one of a number of terms designating the lighted area around depictions of a sacred or otherwise honored subject’s head, including also halo and nimbus; the related term ...

gesture

Art history; Visual arts

As applied to the human figure in artworks, their posture or manner of bodily expression; as applied to artistic practices, the sense of an artist’s manner of wielding tools, as in the gesture ...

still-life

Art history; Visual arts

The representation of inanimate objects in painting or photography.

style

Art history; Visual arts

The summation of the distinctive features in a certain genre of art works done by an individual or a group.

subject

Art history; Visual arts

That about which an art work is concerned. If an art work has a title, the viewer can use it to help identify the subject.

symbol

Art history; Visual arts

Something that represents something else, whether by resembling it or by being related to it through cultural associations. Often symbols are material objects or images that stand in for abstract, ...