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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montage

Arts & crafts; Fine art

an artwork comprising of seemingly unrelated shots or scenes which, when combined of various existing images such as from photographs or prints and arranged so that they join, overlap or blend to ...

One-of-a-kind print made by painting on a sheet of metal or glass and transferring the still-wet-painting to a sheet of paper by hand or with an etching press. If enough paint remains on the master ...

mixed media

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An artwork combing two or more artistic media - for example, scratchboard and paint, pencil and watercolor - bronze and wood.

mint stamp

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An unsigned stamp framed with a copy of the print from which the stamp was made.

minimalism

Arts & crafts; Fine art

a movement and style of art from the 20th century which attempts to reduce art to the basic geometric shapes with the fewest colors, lines, and textures. Minimal art does not seek to be ...

mezzotint

Arts & crafts; Fine art

(mezzo = half and tinta = tone), a reverse engraving process used on a copper or steel plate to produce illustrations in relief with effects of light and shadow. The surface of a master plate ...

medallion

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Cast-metal medallions sometimes are issued in conjunction with the publication of prints, especially stamp prints. Design of the medallion artwork usually duplicates some portion of the print. Such ...