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| Recognizable images realistically imitating life, sometimes focusing on movement and expressions. |
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| Unrecognizable images, open to interpretation. |
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| A process by which concepts are derived from concrete concepts by extreme simplification or stylization. |
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| Subjective characteristic of non-objective and abstract art. |
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| Mode of analysis focusing on signs and symbols for interpretation, often referencing historical or religious symbols. |
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| Mode of analysis relating the artist's life and experiences to artwork. |
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| Mode of analysis looking at the woman's role as artist, subject, and viewer. |
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| Mode of analysis interpreting works in a historical context, taking into consideration time and place of creation in history and art history. |
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| Mode of analysis considering the mental state of the artist at the time a work was created. |
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| Mode of analysis focusing on the formal elements: line, shape, form, value, et cetera. |
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| A type of symbolic work of art representing the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. |
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| How the ear perceives the movement and vibration of waves in the air. |
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| Organized sound through time. |
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| A pitched sound, often represented on a scale. |
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| Property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale. |
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| The length in time of a piece of music. |
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| Disruption of standard beat patterns, to keep things interesting. Offbeat. |
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| Meter in which each beat of the measure divides naturally into two equal parts. |
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| Meter with a triple pulse within each beat. |
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| "A stable tone combination is a consonance; consonances are points of arrival, rest, and resolution." |
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| "An unstable tone combination is a dissonance; its tension demands an onward motion to a stable chord." |
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| A notation that indicates how fast the music should be played. Also called DYNAMICS. |
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| How fast the music should be played. |
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| Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. |
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| José de Rivera, "Infinity" |
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