Art history

Art history

Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.

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alkaline

Art history; Visual arts

Any substance having a pH over 7.0. Alkaline substances are sometimes added to a material to neutralize acids or to form an alkaline buffer or reserve for the purpose of ...

alkyd resins

Art history; Visual arts

Synthetic resins used in better-quality industrial house paints, enamels, and varnishes for over sixty years. In artists' materials, they have proven promising particularly as ...

albumen print

Art history; Visual arts

A paper for making photographic prints, on which egg whites (albumen) coated the paper in order to increase its sensitivity, adding to the brightness of whites in the picture. ...

alchemy

Art history; Visual arts

The ancient and medieval chemical practice especially concerned with the attempt to convert base metals into gold.

alias

Art history; Visual arts

Outside of its uses in computer technology and graphic design, an alias is a name that's an "also known as" name. Among criminals an alias is a false name. In digital imaging, to ...

aqueous

Art history; Visual arts

Watery. Often used to designate pigmented media in which water is an ingredient in the vehicle, as in gouache, tempera, and watercolors. Such media are water-soluble.