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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Minaret

Art history; Visual arts

A tower attached to a mosque, often used for the call to prayer.

Landscape

Art history; Visual arts

A painting or photograph representing a view of some scene on land, and thus distinguished from a seascape.

Land art

Art history; Visual arts

A form of art in which the landscape is inseparable from the art work. Works are not placed in a setting; the setting and the work are one. These works can be vast, and are typically unsuited for ...

Japonaiserie

Art history; Visual arts

A french word to describe something characteristically japanese, or perhaps better, in short, "japaneseness"; hence an art work in or influenced by a style so considered. Woodcuts from japan and ...

Journeyman

Art history; Visual arts

The title for a worker or artist who has finished an apprenticeship and qualified to work as a day labourer in the shop or studio of a master.

Jugendstil

Art history; Visual arts

A german word meaning the style of youth. It is a european art movement of the 1890s also known as art nouveau. It is a style associated with intricate ironwork decoration, often in the manner of ...