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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Waterscape

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A painting of or including a body of water. It might otherwise be called a marine picture, a seascape, or a riverscape, etc.

Watermark

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A watermark is a design embossed into a piece of paper during its production and used for identification of the paper and papermaker. The watermark can be seen when the paper is held up to light.

Triptych (trip-tik)

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A work of art done in three separate panels

Time-limited edition

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An edition whose size is established by the number of orders a publisher receives during a set period of time.

A print produced by the same technique as an etching, except that the areas between the etched lines are covered with a powdered resin that protects the surface from the biting process of the acid ...

Abstract

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Art that looks as if it contains little or no recognisable or realistic forms from the physical world. Focus is on formal elements such as colors, lines, or shapes. Artists often "abstract" objects ...

Acrylic paint

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A fast-drying synthetic paint made from acrylic resin. Acrylic is a fast-drying water-based "plastic" paint valued for its versatility and cleans up with soap and water.