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Visual arts genres
- Still lifeUpright=1.27|Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Madrid A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting…
- Fan artA crayon drawing stuffed in an envelope arrived at the office of Bryan Konietzko during the run of Avatar: The Last Airbender between 2005 and 2008.
- VaporwaveIn August 2010, a cassette tape titled Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 appeared on the internet under the name Daniel Lopatin.
- CartoonA full-size drawing made on sturdy paper once served as the blueprint for a grand fresco. This preparatory work, known as a cartoon, originated in the Middle…
- PastoralHesiod's Works and Days presents a golden age when people lived together in harmony with nature. This Golden Age shows that even before the Alexandrian age…
- CityscapeA fresco from the first century A.D. hangs inside the Baths of Trajan in Rome today. It shows a bird's eye view of an ancient city.
- Royal entryOn the 5th of April 1127, at twilight, the king and newly elected Count William of Flanders entered Bruges. The canons of Saint Donatian met them with relics…
- Decorative artsA porcelain bowl painted with ruins from 1765 to 1770 sits in a museum display case. This object represents the core definition of decorative arts as items…