Art and Literature

barrel vault

A barrel vault is a continuous arched shape that may approximate a semi-cylinder in form, resembling the roof of a tunnel, or ...

tonnerre

Tonnerre (English: Thunder) is a French word meaning “thunder”.

rocaille

The Palace of Versailles is Baroque. French king Louis XIV had the sprawling palace built on the site of an old hunting ...

bole

The UBE is a standardized bar exam created by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). It is designed to test ...

tourmaline

Prices of tourmalines are generally under $500 per carat but in the case of Paraiba can reach $50000 per carat. Where is ...

pastille burner

The term for a perfume burner, in which a small pellet is burned to remove unpleasant odours. In Staffordshire in the mid-19th ...

garderobe

According to medieval architecture scholar Frank Bottomley, garderobes were “Properly, not a latrine or privy but a ...

medallion

Definition of medallion1 : a large medal. 2 : something resembling a large medal especially : a tablet or panel in a wall or ...

Gesamtkunstwerk

The German term Gesamtkunstwerk, roughly translates as a “total work of art” and describes an artwork, design, or ...

lattice

Who uses Lattice? 8 companies reportedly use Lattice in their tech stacks, including Livestorm, Chattermill, and Clarity AI ...

intarsia

At its most basic, the difference lies in where the colors are in your pattern. If the colors run across the width of your ...

typology

The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. Typology is the study and ...

oeil-de-boeuf

Formalism

Formalism describes the critical position that the most important aspect of a work of art is its form the way it is made and ...

cathedra

A cathedra is the raised throne of a bishop in the early Christian basilica. When used with this meaning, it may also be ...

upholstering

upholster. verb [ T ] /?p?h??l.st?r/ us. /?p?ho?l.st?/ to cover a chair or other type of seat with cloth and fill it with a ...

video art

Popular examples of video art formats include interactive film, visual music and real-time computer graphics. The primary ...

mixed media

Mixed media is a term used to describe artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials. Pablo Picasso. ...

National Socialist art

He claimed to be the synthesis of many artistic movements but drew primarily from Greco Roman classicism, the Italian ...

gradual

Definition of gradual (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : moving, changing, or developing by fine or often imperceptible degrees. 2 : ...

photogravure

Photogravure (in French hliogravure) is a process for printing photographs, also sometimes used for reproductive intaglio ...

wove paper

Wove paper is a paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed and often not watermarked. The papermaking mould wires run parallel ...

cloisonn

From these colorful Chinese cloisonn prototypes the modern Japanese cloisonn was born. Known in Japan as shippo, or seven ...

sconce

Sconces can be used for so many purposes in both indoor and outdoor lighting designs! Sconces and swing arm wall lamps are an ...

hammerbeam

They are traditionally timber framed, using short beams projecting from the wall on which the rafters land, essentially a tie ...

Neo-Plasticism

From the Dutch ‘de nieuwe beelding’, neo-plasticism basically means new art (painting and sculpture are plastic ...

YBA

As per our tier list, the most powerful base character is The World Over Heaven, boasting a skill rank of 75. That’s ...

crown

Crown. A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally ...

springer

90% of Springer Nature journal authors rated their overall experience with the publication process as excellent or good.

Directoire style

Directoire style, Neoclassical style of dress, furniture, and ornament popular in France during the period of the Directory ...