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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commission

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Refers to the act of hiring someone to execute a certain work of art or set of artworks.

color wheel

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A round diagram that shows the placement of colors in relationship to each other. It is from the color wheel that "color schemes" are defined.

color permanence

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Refers to a pigment's lasting power. Tubes and other containers of paint are sometimes labeled with a code indicating a color's degree of permanence (AA - highest; A - standard; C - Less than ...

certificate of authenticity

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Certifies the authenticity of an individual piece in an edition and states the current market value.

A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; the visual response to the wavelengths of light, identified as red, blue, green, etc.; primary and secondary ...

canvas

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A heavy, closely woven fabric; an oil painting on canvas fabric; the support used for an acrylic or oil painting that is typically made of linen or cotton, stretched very tightly and tacked onto a ...

brushstroke

Arts & crafts; Fine art

The mark left by a loaded (filled) brush on a surface. Brushstrokes can be distinguished by their direction, thickness, texture, and quality. Some artists purposefully obscure individual brushstrokes ...