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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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Liberal arts
Art history; 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.