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Mosaic

Art history; General art history

A picture made up of small parts. Traditionally these parts were made out of terracotta, pieces of glass, ceramics or marble, inlayed into floors and walls. Mosaic has been used as a decorative ...

Motif

Art history; General art history

A recurring fragment, theme or pattern that appears in a work of art. In the past this was commonly associated with Islamic designs, but it also alludes to a theme or symbol that returns time and ...

Multi-media

Art history; General art history

First used in the 1960s in relation to mixed media works that had an electronic element. Andy Warhol's events staged with the rock group the Velvet Underground, under the title of the Exploding ...

Lightbox

Art history; General art history

A box fitted with an internal light source, commonly a fluorescent tube or small incandescent bulbs, and a translucent white surface. Normally used for examining transparencies and negatives and ...

A relief print produced in a manner similar to woodcut. The lino block consists of a thin layer of linoleum (a canvas backing coated with a preparation of solidified linseed oil) usually mounted on ...

Lithography

Art history; General art history

A printing process based on the antipathy of grease and water. The image is applied to a grained surface (traditionally stone but now usually aluminium) using a greasy medium: greasy ink (tusche), ...

Live art

Art history; General art history

Mainly refers to Performance art and Action art and their immediate precursor Happenings, together with the developments of Performance since the 1960s. In 1999 the publicly funded Live Art ...