Art

Definition of easel

Caballete is a diminutive of horse. The first meaning that appears in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) refers to the highest line, horizontally arranged, which is part of a roof. The arbor is also called a trestle: the frame composed of an elongated element that is located horizontally […]

Definition of bouquet

Bouquet is a French word that is frequently used in our language, although there is an equivalent term in Spanish: buqué. The concept of bouquet or bouquet has two main meanings. The bouquet can be the smell that emanates from the wines after aging and that reveals information about the characteristics of the drink. […]

Definition of body art

Body art is an expression of the English language that can be translated as "art on the body" or "body art." It is an artistic discipline that takes the human body as a support for the creation of works or as a vehicle of expression. Generally, body art is developed in the […]

Definition of bodoque

From the Greek pontikón to the classical Arabic bunduq, and then to the Hispanic Arabic búnduq: that was the etymological journey of the term bodoque before reaching our language. It is a concept to which the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) recognizes ten meanings. The first one that appears in the RAE dictionary refers to […]

Definition of bestiary

Bestiary is a concept that is used with reference to collections of texts and illustrations of animals, whether real or from the realm of fantasy, that were made in the Middle Ages. The term has its origin in the Latin word bestiarius. Medieval bestiaries, therefore, gathered information about different beasts. […]

Definition of fine arts

The set of disciplines that pursue the expression of beauty is known as fine arts. Music, sculpture and painting are part of this group, which began to be considered in this way from the 18th century onwards. It can be said that fine arts appeal to the search for beauty, the use […]

Definition of Bauhaus

Bauhaus is an artistic movement that emerged in 1919 in Weimar, a city that is now part of the German state of Thuringia. Its founder was Walter Gropius, architect, designer and urban planner born in 1883 and died in 1969. Gropius created the Staatliche Bauhaus in 1919. This institution was a design school that encouraged […]

Definition of ballet

Ballet is a classical dance whose performance takes place in a group on stage. The concept, of French origin according to what is indicated in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), is also used to name the company of dancers and the music composed for this type of dance. […]

Definition of low relief

Low relief is the art technique consisting of the creation of figures that minimally emerge from their plane. The notion is also mentioned as bas-relief. Before moving forward, it is interesting to know the etymological origin of the two words that give shape to the concept: Bass comes from the Latin bassus. Relief also derives from Latin. In […]

Definition of digital art

Digital art is art created through the use of computer tools. A work developed with a computer (a computer), therefore, is a manifestation of digital art. It should be noted that art is the human expression that allows us to reflect a representation of reality or something imaginary. Digital, for its part, […]