Detail (work Of Art)
A detail is an isolated element within a work of art, particularly from a painting, sculpture or building. Overview A detail is distinct from the general Composition (visual arts), composition of a work of art. The art historian Jennifer Raab of Yale University describes it as inherently contradictory: "it can delineate difference or emphasize unity". She furthers that "the detail always points away from itself to something else–to other parts of a picture, to the work of art as a whole". When a detail is reproduced, this is noted in the work of art's Caption (text), caption. References Further reading

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