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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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brush
Arts & crafts; Fine art
A tool used to apply paints and inks to a surface, consisting of hairs, or bristles held in place by a ferrule attached to a handle. The quality of the hair determines the brush's quality and cost. ...
bronze
Arts & crafts; Fine art
An alloy of copper and tin, sometimes containing small proportions of other elements such as zinc or phosphorus. It is stronger, harder, and more durable than brass, and has been used most ...
avant-garde
Arts & crafts; Fine art
A group active in the invention and application of new ideas and techniques in an original or experimental way. A group of practitioners and/or advocates of a new art form may also be called ...
artist
Arts & crafts; Fine art
A practitioner in the arts, generally recognized as a professional by critics and peers.
artist proof
Arts & crafts; Fine art
An Artist's Proof is one outside the regular edition, but printed at the same time or after the regular edition from the same plates without changes. By custom, the artist retains the A/Ps for his ...
art nouveau
Arts & crafts; Fine art
A decorative art movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century; art characterized by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature.
