Painting

What a picture is made of: paints and grounds, ways of laying a stroke, and work with light, colour and layers.

Terms in total: 51

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.

Alfreco Painting Alfreco painting is a painting technique in which paints are applied to pre-dried lime plaster. This technique Alla Prima Painting technique with painting a layer in one session Ensemble in Painting The Integral Artistic System of a Painting Watercolor Watercolor is a painting technique that uses transparent water-soluble pigments applied to paper or other surf Eastern Perspective A Special System of Depicting Space in Eastern Art Oriental Ink Painting Technique and Philosophy of Ink Imagery Gouache Technique using water-soluble paints based on gum arabic Grisaille Painting in one color or shades of gray Scratching Scratching is a method of creating artistic images by scraping off the upper layers of material with a tool. T Decorative Painting Ornamentation of objects and interiors with painted elements Drapery The method of rendering fabric folds in art Dripping Dripping is a method of creating paintings that originated thanks to the artist Jackson Pollock. The essence o Golden Ratio Golden Ratio is a universal principle underlying the harmony of form and composition. Its numerical expression Illusionism Artistic technique for creating the effect of three-dimensionality and optical deception Impasto Technique of applying thick layers of paint to canvas Imprimatura Thin first layer of paint on the ground in painting Camera obscura Optical device for projecting an image onto a surface Composition The combination of elements of art to achieve unity Contrast A technique for creating expressiveness through the opposition of elements Contre-jour Artistic technique of dramatic lighting of the subject from behind Craquelure A network of fine cracks on the surface of paintings or porcelain Intimacy Genre of fine art in small forms Glazing Method of applying transparent paints in layers Lacuna A lost or unfilled fragment of painting Brushstroke A method of applying paint that shapes the texture and expressiveness of the canvas Easel Portable stand for artist's canvases and boards Mizanabim Mizanabim is an artistic technique used to create the initial layer of a drawing that sets the overall tone an Monochrome Painting The technique of using a single color in different shades Palette knife Artistic tool for painting and creating texture Palette A tool for mixing and selecting paints Pastel Artistic technique and material for painting and drawing Pastel Tones A feature of the color palette in artistic porcelain Perspective A method of conveying depth and space on a flat surface. Plein Air Painting Outdoors Proportions A system of relationships between parts of a composition and a figure Underpainting The stage of preliminary painting of a picture to create a base Rhythm in Composition Repetition of elements to create dynamics in works of art Chiaroscuro A method of conveying volume and depth through the interplay of light and shadow Dry brush A special method of painting with watercolor or oil Easel Painting Easel painting is a style of painting in which the artist creates a work on a portable canvas or wood mounted Mixed Media The combination of various artistic materials and techniques in a single work Sepia Sepia is a refined technique based on soft brown tones obtained from natural or artificial pigments. Initially Sfumato Painting technique for creating soft transitions between colors Brushstroke Brushstroke is a technique of applying paint with a brush, important for conveying mood and texture in paintin Tempera The most ancient painting technique using egg yolk Trompe-l'œil Optical Illusion in Visual Art Warm and Cool Colors A way to divide and perceive colors in art Fresco Fresco is a painting technique in which paints are applied to freshly mixed lime plaster. This technique, know Texture A feature of the painting's surface created by brushstroke, relief, or material Encaustic Ancient painting technique using molten wax Study A quick sketch from life to capture impressions