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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Allegory

Art history; Visual arts

A description or depiction of one subject under the guise of another, more complex and extended than a metaphor, often with material objects and events used to convey relations between abstract ...

Originally designating a roman public building with civic and judicial functions, this term and the associated architectural elements were later borrowed for large or ceremonially important catholic ...

Aesthetics

Art history; Visual arts

A term coined in 1735 by german philosopher alexander baumgarten to name the study of that which is sensed and/or imagined, and of sensation and imagination more generally.

Agitprop

Art history; Visual arts

From "agitation" and "propaganda," art that intends to motivate its viewers to political awareness and/or action.

Ekphrasis

Art history; Visual arts

From the greek for "description," writing that proposes to give a verbal rendition of something visual, whether real or imagined, typically with the intent of inciting a mental image of a missing ...