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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Fine art

One-of-a-kind print made by painting on a sheet of metal or glass and transferring the still-wet-painting to a sheet of paper by hand or with an etching press. If enough paint remains on the master ...

Mixed media

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An artwork combing two or more artistic media - for example, scratchboard and paint, pencil and watercolour - bronze and wood.

Mint stamp

Arts & crafts; Fine art

An unsigned stamp framed with a copy of the print from which the stamp was made.

Pop art

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A style of art which seeks its inspiration from commercial art and items of mass culture (such as comic strips, popular foods and brand name packaging). Certain works of art created by Andy Warhol ...

Pointillism

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A branch of French Impressionism in which the principle of optical mixture or broken colour was carried to the extreme of applying colour in tiny dots or small, isolated strokes. Forms are visible in ...