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Terms
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Trompe-l'oeil
- To Trick the eye
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Aesthetics
- The philosophical study of what is beautiful
- An elevated awareness
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Animism
- Belief that inanimate objects are endowed with a soul
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Mogao Caves
- Rest stops decorated with a resting Buddha
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Odalisques
- Turkish for "concubine" or "harem slave girl"
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Anamorphic
- Requires the viewer to look at the object from an odd angle
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Minkisi
- Means sacred medicine
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Triptych
- Three-paneled format of art
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Avant-Garde
- Those working in advance of their time
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Pop Art
- Art of popular culture
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Ethnocentric
- When you place your values onto that of another culture
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Calligraphy
- The art of beautiful writing
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Form
- Is what you see
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Content
- Is the meaning or message behind a work of art
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Non-representational
- Does not represent anything except itself