Market and collecting
How art is sold and collected: the auction, the estimate, the provenance, repetitions and exhibitions.
Terms in total: 10
Painting 51 
What a picture is made of: paints and grounds, ways of laying a stroke, and work with light, colour and layers.Styles and movements 49 
The great manners and epochs — from gothic and baroque to cubism and minimalism — and how to recognise them in an object.Genres 22 
What a work is about: portrait, landscape, still life, battle scene and other established kinds of subject.Porcelain and ceramics 38 
What porcelain, faience and ceramics are made of and decorated with: bodies, glazes, painting and factory marks.Silver and metal 26 
Working in metal: chasing, niello, filigree, gilding, enamels and the hallmarks used to read a piece.Sculpture and relief 10 
Volume in art: reliefs, cabinet pieces, casting, carving and the poses a figure is built on.Graphic arts and printing 14 
Drawing and the printed sheet: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing and other ways to pull an impression.Decorative and applied arts 35 
The beauty of objects: glass and stained glass, mosaic, textile, wood, ornament, lacquer and gilding.Market and collecting 10 
How art is sold and collected: the auction, the estimate, the provenance, repetitions and exhibitions.Other 2 
Terms that do not reduce to a single technique: perception, light, and the artist working on the viewer’s senses.
What a picture is made of: paints and grounds, ways of laying a stroke, and work with light, colour and layers.Styles and movements 49 The great manners and epochs — from gothic and baroque to cubism and minimalism — and how to recognise them in an object.Genres 22 What a work is about: portrait, landscape, still life, battle scene and other established kinds of subject.Porcelain and ceramics 38 What porcelain, faience and ceramics are made of and decorated with: bodies, glazes, painting and factory marks.Silver and metal 26 Working in metal: chasing, niello, filigree, gilding, enamels and the hallmarks used to read a piece.Sculpture and relief 10 Volume in art: reliefs, cabinet pieces, casting, carving and the poses a figure is built on.Graphic arts and printing 14 Drawing and the printed sheet: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing and other ways to pull an impression.Decorative and applied arts 35 The beauty of objects: glass and stained glass, mosaic, textile, wood, ornament, lacquer and gilding.Market and collecting 10 How art is sold and collected: the auction, the estimate, the provenance, repetitions and exhibitions.Other 2 Terms that do not reduce to a single technique: perception, light, and the artist working on the viewer’s senses.
Auction House An organization that conducts art auctions
Аукцион Публичная продажа произведений искусства и антиквариата, где цена определяется в ходе торгов
Cabinet Collection A personal collection of works of art in small formats
Picture Gallery Picture Gallery is a special room intended for exhibiting paintings. Such galleries can be both public and pri
Provenance The History of an Art Object's Origin
Rarity A rare item of particular value to collectors
Replica An exact copy of a work of art with the aim of recreating the original.
Retrospective Exhibition format dedicated to an overview of an artist's or movement's work
Art Auction Art Auction is an event where works of art, antiques, and collectibles are put up for sale and sold through pu
Estimate (Appraisal) Method for determining the potential market value of art