Iconography

artistic theme representing the twelve months by iconographic scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape

in art and architecture is a real or depicted artistically assembled display of weaponry and other militaria

type of composition in Western painting

traditional motif showing three hares sharing ears

art motif

tall wooden pole surmounted by a Phrygian cap

artistic theme

literary and religious metaphor

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Within the field of icon painting, levkas is the mixture of fine alabaster powder, calcium sulfate (a form of gypsum), or calcium carbonate (chalk) along with glue (often rabbit skin glue, sometimes fish glue derived from the bladder of a sturgeon) applied in layers to a surface prior to gilding that surface with gold leaf or painting it, similar to gesso. The levkas is a bright white color which allows the colors of the paint to appear their brightest. As many as six to seven layers may be applied in preparation for the painting of a religious icon. A painting or icon whose surface has been d

deity depicted with horns or antlers

metaphor for the inaccessibility of nature's secrets

characteristic feature of a figure in the visual arts, often an object attached to or held by the figure portrayed

ancient Greek anecdote parable attributed to Prodicus and known from Xenophon, concerning the young Heracles/Hercules who is offered a choice between Vice and Virtue

theme in art

genre of defamatory painting (defaming portrait) and relief, common in Renaissance Italy in city-states in the north and center of the Italian Peninsula during the Trecento, Quattrocento, and Cinquecento

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cylyndrical Egyptian and Greco-Roman hat

small notes of paper that have a sacred image on them with the purpose of being swallowed

16th century division of the world into four continents; Africa, America, Asia and Europe

group of two paintings by Nicolas Poussin

diversion in a park popular in the 18th-century

sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of El

myth in Greek mythology

artistic representation of Nile in Egypt

aspect of art history

portraits of the English queen

term for a recurring motif in Assyrian and Near Eastern sculptures

"Title" plaque, usually referring to those written in Classical Latin

term in art history for a painting showing a small group of people enjoying themselves

ancient Mesopotamian symbol

artistic theme from classical mythology

artistic influences transited along the Silk Road

Title of several paintings depicting Cleopatra and Mark Antony

early European personifications of the Americas

Latin phrase and artistic theme