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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Tempera
A painting medium in which colored pigment is mixed with a water-soluble binder, such as egg yolk; a painting done in this medium.
6 examples
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Textile
A work consisting of natural or artificial fibers, often woven. Can refer to artist-created sculptures, hand-woven works, and industrially produced fabrics.
6 examples
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The New Art
An international, middle-class artistic movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that emphasized the unity of the arts and sought to reflect
5 examples
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The New Objectivity
A modern realist movement, often associated with portraiture, that developed in Weimar Germany in the 1920s as a challenge to Expressionism.. As its name
8 examples
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Tintype
An autopostive photographic print on a piece of blackened iron, in effect a less expensive version of the ambrotype.
4 examples
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Triptych
A work of art consisting of three sections or panels, usually hinged together.
5 examples
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Typography
The art and technique of designing, arranging, and printing with type.
8 examples
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