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Arts & crafts
Arts & crafts comprises a multitude of activities and hobbies that involve making things with one's hands, usually from scratch. They can be sub-divided into 'handicrafts'( or traditional crafts ) that are fashioned in an old style using long practised techniques, and the rest which are more modern inventions that have become recent trends or fads.
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aerial view
Arts & crafts; Fine art
Refers to viewing a subject from above, looking downward. Also called "birds-eye view".
aerial perspective
Arts & crafts; Fine art
Refers to creating a sense of depth in painting by imitating the way the atmosphere makes distant objects appear less distinct and more bluish than they would be if nearby. Also ...
acrylic
Arts & crafts; Fine art
Thicker and stronger than tempera or watercolor paint, Acrylic is a water-based "plastic" paint.
accent
Arts & crafts; Fine art
To stress, single out as important. As applied to art it is the emphasis given to certain elements in a painting that allows them to attract more attention. Details that define an ...
accession
Arts & crafts; Fine art
A process of increasing an art collection by addition; something added to what you already have ("the art collection grew through accession").
abstract expressionism
Arts & crafts; Fine art
Art that rejects true visual representation. It has few recognizable images with great emphasis on line, color, shape, texture, value; putting the expression of the feelings or ...
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