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| Emphasizing a derived essential character having little visual reference to objects in nature |
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| Where images of divine being are in other than human form |
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| Term applied to art that seeks to emulate compositions, styles, motifs, etc. of the past; aesthetic nostalgia |
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| Form that is visually self-contained and not interacting with its surroundings |
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| Distortion of forms to create emotional intensity |
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| Where images of divine beings are in human form |
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| The study dealing with the symbolic (often religious) meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art; or more generally, the study of subject matter and symbolism |
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| Where form is sought in the outline; representation captured by line |
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| A thematic or visual element in a work of art, usually recurring |
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| Representation of things as closely as possible to their appearance in the natural world without distortion or idealization |
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| Art in which the depiction of the recognizable objects is completely absent |
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| Form that is visually interacting with its surroundings that moves the viewer's eyes away from itself |
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| Where form is sought through light and shade, unstressed edges, and tactile surfaces; representation is a visual semblance |
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| Reacting against formalist methodologies by accommodating a wide range of style, formats, subjects and theories that includes a self-conscious awareness of the artist, of art making processes, and of the audience that receives them; some postmodern theoretical approaches to art include social history, post-colonialism, semiotics, post-structuralism, deconstructionism, gender studies, cultural criticism, and psychoanalysis |
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| A consistent use of certain forms (line, color, space, texture, light, shadow, etc.) and composition (organization of forms) that is characteristic of a chronological period, a geographical area, or an individual |
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| To cause an object, figure, or scene to conform to a set style of convention |
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| The study or interpretation of symbols; and the representation of expression by means of symbols |
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