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Chronology
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The determination of dates.
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Terminus post quem
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"Point after which." Earliest time that the piece of art could have been created.
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Terminus ante quem
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"Point before which." Latest time that the piece of art could have been created.
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Physical evidence
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Dating an artwork through materials used, whether by the times they were used or through certain characteristics of the materials (tree rings, etc.).
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Documentary evidence
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Dating an artwork through official records. Can help determine who commissioned artwork, when the commission was made, the artist(s), and how much payment went to whom.
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Internal evidence
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Dating an artwork through an identifiable person or people in the image and/or through fashions, furniture, and/or hairstyles in the image easily identified as belonging to a certain time period.
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Stylistic evidence
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Dating an artwork through what style it seems to belong to. Subjective, least reliable method.
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Period style
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Characteristic style of a period. However, there are periods with little to no stylistic unity, and artwork in the same period can drastically vary even between geographically close regions.
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Regional style
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Variations in style tied to geography. Two artworks from the same region but from different times can appear more similar than two contemporaneous pieces from separate regions.
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Personal style
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The identifiable style and/or traits of a single artist or architect's work. However, artists can change styles, and some artists' work is divided into periods of its own.
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Iconography
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"The writing of images." Also encompasses the study of symbols, attributes, and personification.
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Symbol
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An object that stands in for other objects or ideas.
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Attribute (artistic quality)
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Something that commonly identifies a figure in art.
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Personification
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An abstract idea in human form.
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Attribution
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Assigning a piece of artwork to an artist, named or unnamed.
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