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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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Silver print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

This generic term covers all prints made on paper that is coated with silver salts. Black and white photographs are usually silver prints.

Signed only

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A print signed by the artist but not numbered.

Portfolio

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Prints by one artist that are grouped together and sold as a set.

Paper mache'

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Papier maché is an ancient art consisting of paper and a binder, such as wallpaper paste or glue.

Outsider art

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Refers to works by those outside of mainstream society. Outsider art broadly includes folk art and ethnic art as well as by prisoners, the mentally ill and others neither trained in art nor making ...

Original prints

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Prints, such as serigraphs or original lithographs, that are created without the use of photography. They are original because every print in an edition is created directly by the artist and may ...

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 ...

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