Art History Glossary

A glossary of terms relevant to art history about form, technqiues, materials, and architecture

A

Altarpiece

Atmospheric Perspective/Aerial Perspective

Atlatl

B

Bats

Biombo

Bird-and-Flower genre

Bronze

Byobu

C

Camazotz

Canopic Jars

Cliff Dwelling

Cong

Continuous Narrative

Contrapposto

Cuneiform

D

Dance of Death (Danse Macabre)

Di sotto in su

Dotaku

Double Spout and Bridge Vessel

E

Effigy Mound

Encaustic

Enconchado

F

Fasting Buddha

Foreshortening

G

Genre Scene

Geoglyph

H

Horror Vacui

I

Impasto

Ink Painting

J

Working on J!

K

Kero (Quero) Vessel

Kufic

L

Lacquer

Linear Perspective

Lintel

M

Macana

Maya Blue

Metate

Mingqi

Mural

N

Neoclassicism

Nishiki-e

O

Oil Paint

P

Patron

Piece-mold technique

Portrait Vessel (Moche)

Pyxis

Q

Working on Q!

R

Raphael

Relief sculpture

Rococo

Rose window

S

Sancai

Screenfold

Siddhartha Gautama

Sumizuri-e

T

Tempera Paint

Tenebrism

Tribute

U

Urpu

V

Vanitas

Votive

W

Woodblock print

X

working on it!

Y

working on it!

Z

Zhong Kui