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Decorum

Scope note

A critical concept concerning the qualities of congruence among the elements of a work of visual art, literature, or theater, and good taste in the work's relationship to external reality.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300055841

Term used for

propriety

Created

12yrs ago

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