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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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 ...

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. ...

Ilfochrome classic (cibachrome) print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Ilfochrome Classic (Cibachrome) is indisputably the best fine art colour print process available today. Its archival qualities make it suitable for gallery and museum exhibits. Image sharpness and ...

Woodcut

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Print made from an image carved into the surface of a wooden block. Blocks used for woodcuts normally are sawn parallel to the grain of the wood. A woodcut made from a block sawn across the grain - ...

Wet on wet

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A painting technique that is well-known as being the primary method of painting used by Bob Ross. Since lighter colours will usually mix with darker colours if laid over top of them while wet, the ...

Art nouveau

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A decorative art movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century; art characterised by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature.