Art Terms

Marsha M. (United States of America)
These are words an art student should know.
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  1. achromatic
    having no hue
  2. acrylic
    a glassy thermoplastic
  3. batik
    a dyed fabric
  4. chroma
    chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
  5. collage
    a paste-up of pieces to form an artistic image
  6. encaustic
    a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax
  7. gouache
    an opaque watercolor prepared with gum
  8. impasto
    painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
  9. Impressionism
    a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
Created on Fri Jan 21 13:56:57 EST 2011

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