Art terms
This glossary explains some of the techniques, mediums, art movements, and other terms you’ll encounter on our website, along with links to examples in the collection.
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Games
A designed experience in which a set of rules balances chance and/or the skill of other participants with a player’s decisions. A game model laid out by
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Gelatin silver print (developing-out paper)
Formulated to react quickly when exposed to light, this paper contains silver halides in a gelatin binder. It is intended for handling in the controlled
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Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print (POP)
A process common from 1860 to 1940, printing-out-paper (POP) uses strong levels of ultraviolet sunlight to bring out a visible image, rather than the chemical
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Gestural
Relating to methods of applying a medium, such as paint, to a surface, often with active or sweeping body movements.
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Gouache
A water-based matte paint, sometimes called opaque watercolor, composed of ground pigments and plant-based binders, such as gum Arabic or gum tragacanth.
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Graphic design
Visual communication through the use of type, space, image, and color. Examples include printed materials like posters, books, and album covers, as well
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Graphite
A soft, greasy mineral form of carbon with a steel-gray to black metallic luster, used as a drawing material. Until the 18th century, natural lump graphite
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Guerrilla Television
During the 1960s and 1970s, groups of young artists, filmmakers, and activists based in the US and abroad experimented with newly available portable video
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