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Terms

Realistic

Cultures & Traditions

Roman Portrait Sculpture

In Focus

Roman Head of a Youth [1984.163]

Artists & Designers

William Wetmore Story (1819-1895)

Terms

Neoclassical (style)

In Focus

Woman's ceremonial skirt (tapis), 1983.67

Cultures & Traditions

Rome: Art in an Imperial Society

In Focus

Greece: The Human Image

Cultures & Traditions

Gandharan Art

Artists & Designers

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Cultures & Traditions

A Dayak Worldview

Terms

Idealized

Art historians use the term idealized to describe things that are represented according to cultural or personal notions of perfection. This kind of "beautifying" distortion is often contrasted with the term realistic.

Ideal (aesthetic concept)
beautification
beauty (aesthetic concepts)
idealization
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