Art
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works of art, the field of fine arts, artistic production; art as therapy = ART THERAPY |
Art Categories.
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Caricatures - Works portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed) |
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Engraving and Engravings |
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Medicine in Art |
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Numismatics - Study of coins, tokens, medals, etc. However, it usually refers to medals pertaining to the history of medicine. |
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Paintings |
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Philately - Study of stamps or postal markings. It usually refers to the design and commemorative aspects of the stamp. |
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Portraits - Graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II, p540, 1995) |
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Sculpture |
Art Definitions and Terms
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