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Art Words

A word you didn't know makes the work you're about to meet far more interesting.
An art glossary.

Index

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K
  12. L
  13. M
  14. N
  15. O
  16. P
  17. Q
  18. R
  19. S
  20. T
  21. U
  22. V
  23. W
  24. X
  25. Y
  26. Z
  27. 204 terms
Iconography
The study that reads the images in a work and their meanings; essential for unpacking religious and portrait painting.
Icon
A sacred image; the term derives from Eastern Orthodox prayer imagery and is inherited by Philippine Catholic devotional pictures.
Inabel
Traditional weaving from the Ilocos region of northern Luzon. Cotton thread interwoven with indigo and gold.
Installation
Art that integrates with a specific site; the viewer's bodily experience becomes part of the work.
Interactive Art
観客の動作や入力に反応して変化する作品。センサーやコンピュータを用い、鑑賞者の参加を前提とする。
Intervention Art
既存の場や制度、公共空間に介入して意味を変容させる実践。社会批評や状況への働きかけを目的とする。
Indigo
A deep blue plant dye; central to traditional weaving across Luzon and Southeast Asia.
Impressionism
A late-19th-century French movement that paints light and air, working quickly out of doors.