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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Watercolor
Paints composed of pigments ground to an extremely fine texture in an aqueous solution of gum Arabic or gum tragacanth. The absence of white fillers, such
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web3
A concept referring to the next iteration of the Internet, the fundamental infrastructure of which will rely on blockchain
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Website
A work created as a website and intended to be presented and accessed via the internet.
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Wide shot
In photography and filmmaking, a shot that reveals much of the context or setting, or a large group of people.
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Woodcut
A printmaking technique that involves printing an image from a carved plank of wood. The image is cut into the wood using tools such as chisels, gouges,
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Among the most famous of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, formed to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression, the WPA ran from
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