Fine art

Fine art

Of, or pertaining to the creation of, any visual art that was considered to have been created for purely aesthetic purposes.

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etching press

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An intaglio printing press comprised of a flat moving bed covered with multiple layers of felt that passes through two cylinders, one which can be raised and lowered to increased or decrease the ...

en plein air

Arts & crafts; Fine art

French for "in open air," used to describe paintings that have been executed outdoors, rather than in the studio.

easel

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An upright support (generally a tripod) used for displaying something. It is most often used to hold up an artist's canvas while the painter is working or to hold a completed painting for exhibition.

drawing

Arts & crafts; Fine art

The act of representing an image on a surface by means of adding lines and shades, as with a pencil, crayon, pen, chalk, pastels, etc. Also refers to an illustration that has been drawn by hand.

An intaglio line technique in which the incised line is directly drawn into the surface of the metal plate. A burr next to the line is created by the metal that is pushed to the side. This burr with ...

egg tempera

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A medium created by mixing pure, ground pigments with egg yolk. This was a very common medium before the invention of oil paints.

edition size

Arts & crafts; Fine art

The edition size is the number of reproductions that total a given print or canvas release. There are 2 numbers on a limited edition-for example 157/200. The number on the bottom (200) refers to the ...