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| the art of running an implement that leaves a mark over a surface: a work or art created in this manner |
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| the total number of prints that are exactly alike that are fromt he same matriz in the printmaking medium. |
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| elements of art (plastic elements) |
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| those elements of a work of art, such as line, shape, color, and texture that the artist manipulates in order to achieve the desired effects. |
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| a method of painting in which the colors in a wax medium are burned into a surface with hot irons |
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| a printmaking intaglio process in which plates or copper, zinc or steel are cut or incised with a burin. |
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| a printmaking intaglio process in which acid is used to incise the lines and open areas |
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| a buttress that is exterior to a building, sed for support |
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| the human foot, bc it touches the dust of the earth, is used to symbolize humility and willing servitude. |
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| a type of perspective showing an object at an angle |
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| sculpture that is carved or cast in the round unconnected to a wall and thereby capable of being viewed in its entirety by walking around it. can also be designed for a niche, wich limits the visible portion of the sculpture. |
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| a type of painting in which pigments are applied to a fresh, wet plaster surface or wall and thereby become a part of the surface wall. |
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| simple human representations; realistic figure painting that focuses on themes taken from everyday life.not to be confused with special occasions |
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| plaster of paris that is applied to a wooden or canvas support and used as a surface for painting. an undercoating of plaster used as a sealer for paintings |
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| in painting a semitransparent coating on a painted surface that provides a glassy or glossy finish |
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| in architecture, a vault that is constructed by placing barrel vaults at right angles so hat a square is covered. (where two tunnel vaults intersect.) |
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| the surface in a work of two-dimensional art |
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| fine parallel lines drawn or engraved to represent shading. |
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| in a linear perspective, the imaginary line (where the earth meets the sky) along which converging parallel lines meet. |
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| the study of the changes in meaning of symbols in history from one culture to another. |
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| the study of visual symbols, which frequently have literary or religious origins. |
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| application of a medium such as oil or acrylic paint so that an actual texture is built up on a surface. a thich application of paint. |
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| a printmaking process in which metal plates are incised, covered with ink, wiped, and pressed against paper |
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