dictionary of visual art

for artists, art students, and art educators
in art production, art criticism, art history, aesthetics, and art education
.

A-Ac Ad-Ak Al-Am An Ao-Ars Art Aru-Az B-Bd Be-Bi Bj-Bo Bp-Bz C-Cap

Car-Caz Cb-Cg Ch Ci-Cn Co-Com Con Coo-Coz Cp-Cz D-De Df-Di

Dj-Dz E-Em En-Ez F-Fh Fi-Fl Fm-Fz G-Gl Gm-Gz H-Hd He-Hn Ho-Hz I-Im

In-Iz J K L-Lh Li Lj-Lz M-Mao Map-Md Me-Mh Mi-Mok Mol-Mz N-Nd Ne-Nz

O-Op Or-Oz P-Par Pas-Pe Pf-Pim Pin-Pl Pm-Pom Pon-Pq Pr-Pz Q R-Reg Reh-Rez

Rf-Rz S-Sb Sc-Sd Se-Sf Sg-Sh Si-Sn So-Sp Sq-St Su-Sz T-Te Tf-Tq Tr-Tz U V W XYZ

 

Welcome to ArtLex ! You'll find over 3,400 terms defined here, along with quotations and links to other resources on the Web-- especially to images of artworks. An art dictionary! An art dictionary! An art dictionary! An art

Names of artists and titles of works are noted only within entries for terms; they are not listed alphabetically as terms themselves.

Italicized words are either titles or they are terms defined elsewhere in ArtLex.

Also take a look at these pages:

• Searching for information in Artlex.
• Pronunciation
• The author, Michael Delahunt, and the development of ArtLex
• Thanks to all who have contributed
• Bibliography
• Links to other resources
• 100 sites linking to ArtLex

Shortcuts to some of the Longer Articles

Abstract Expressionism	marble	Realism
architecture	mask	Renaissance
art	Middle Ages	Rococo
Baroque	Minimalism	Romanticism
bronze	museum	sculpture
ceramics	mythology	seascape
costume	Neoclassicism	self-portrait
Cubism	Neo-Impressionism	still life
design	Northern Renaissance	Stone Age
drawing	painting
etching	pastel	Surrealism
glass	photography	Symbolism
Gothic	plaster	textile
Impressionism	Pop Art	vessel
landscape	portrait	watercolor
lithography	Post-Impressionism

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