Visual arts

Visual arts

Of or pertaining to any artistic creation that we can look at, such as paintings, drawings, or video footage.

Contributors in Visual arts

Visual arts

The traditional academic disciplines used in educational institutions in late antiquity and the european middle ages. These consisted of the trivia (grammar, rhetoric and dialectic) and the quadrivia ...

Lapis lazuli

Art history; Visual arts

A precious stone of a fine blue color. It has been used in jewellery and for a variety of decorative purposes. A spectacular example is in the columns of st. Isaac's of st. Petersburg. Lapis was ...

Last judgement

Art history; Visual arts

The second coming of christ, depicted in detail in the book of revelations, when he will judge the living and the dead and determine where each individual will spend eternity: either in heaven or ...

Lintel

Art history; Visual arts

A horizontal beam that bridges the upper part of a door or window. These are often decorated.

Mandorla

Art history; Visual arts

An italian word meaning almond. It is an almond shaped oval that surrounds the entire body of the resurrected christ or the virgin, unlike a halo, which circles only the head (and is a more common ...

Mandala

Art history; Visual arts

In east asian art a design that symbolises the universe—there are several of these patterns.

Madonna

Art history; Visual arts

Formerly an italian title for a married woman. Also, and usually preceded by a the, the madonna refers to the virgin mary, the mother of jesus christ.