Terms

Postcolonialism is an academic mode of thinking that acknowledges and examines the continuing economic, cultural, and social repercussions of colonialism and imperialism. Postcolonial thinking has affected the discourses surrounding art and art history, in that some artists make work in response to the aftermath of colonial rule, frequently addressing issues of national and cultural identity, race, and ethnicity.

Postminimalism refers to a broad movement in the United States during the sixties, characterized by divergent aesthetics and strategies that departed from the severe aesthetics of minimalism. While retaining some of the philosophies of minimalism, including a focus on materials, some postminimalist artists expanded their practices to include textiles, rubber, foam, latex, and other materials that make abstract reference to the human body.

This stylistic classification has been used to describe late 19th-century genre scenes, set within domestic spaces. Intimism is closely associated with works produced by Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard. The visual characteristics of intimism overlap with contemporary movements and groups such as impressionism, Symbolism, and the Nabis.

Historically, the label "mulatto" was used by some as a way to classify and discriminate against individuals identified as having multi-racial ancestry—particularly persons who had (or were assumed to have) both white and black heritage.

A towpath is the route adjacent to a waterway where horses walk as they tow small canal boats.

Scale refers to the relative or proportional size of depicted figures or objects.

From "Seeing Contemporary Art" gallery brochure (c. 1995), located in education files

Impasto refers to the technique or result of applying paint in thick masses.

The term 'time-based media' refers generally to moving images, audio, or video works that have duration and unfold gradually over time.