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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Mausoleum

Art history; Visual arts

A large, imposing tomb. The name comes from mausolus, a king of caria; his tomb, the mausoleum of halicarnassus, was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

A period of european history between classical antiquity and the renaissance. It is traditionally dated from 476 ce, with the deposition of romulus augustulus, the last roman emperor of the west, to ...

Material culture

Art history; Visual arts

The objects or the physical artefacts of a culture or people, distinguishing manufactured items in contrast to written documents or records.

Mannerism

Art history; Visual arts

A term developed in the twentieth century to characterise aspects of italian art of the 1520s to the 1590s that belonged neither to the renaissance or the baroque. These works usually contain some ...

Manifesto

Art history; Visual arts

A declaration of principles, intentions, ambitions. In the context of modern art, a manifesto is a statement by an artist or a group about the meaning of their work and what defines it. Perhaps the ...

Abecedary

Art history; Visual arts

A list, often a book, with items in alphabetical order.

Chiaroscuro

Art history; Visual arts

From the italian for "light and dark," a term used to describe art that uses strongly contrasting lighted and shaded areas, particularly in suggesting the volumes of objects.