Attribute
The distinctive identifying aspect of a person - a object held, associated animal, or mark on the body
Iconography
The study of the symbolic, often religious, meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in the work.
Physical Evidence
The examination of the materials used to produce an artwork in order to determine its date.
Internal Evidence
The examination of what an artwork represents in its people, clothing, hairstyle, to determine date.
Documentary Evidence
The examination of written sources in order to determine the date of an artwork, or artist.
Patron
The person or entity that pays an artist to produce individual artworks or employs an artist on a continuing basis.
Period Style
The characteristics of a specific era or span of years.
Personal Style
The distinctive manner of individual artists or architects, explaining stylistic discrepancies between works made in the same time or place.
Regional Style
The variations in style tied to geography.
Provenance
Origin or source, findspot.