A painting either on a wall or on a surface to be attached to a wall.
mural
100
A sculpture representing the neck and head only of a person.
bust
100
The surface used to dispense and mix paint on.
palette
100
an exact copy of a work by the artist.
replica
100
A large “oven” used for firing clay work.
kiln
200
Painting or sculpture representing the likeness of a person.
Portraiture
200
A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and becomes fixed as it dries.
fresco
200
Inanimate object(s) represented in a drawing, painting, or collage.
still life
200
The amount of light needed to make a photograph.
exposure
200
a work made up of small tiles.
mosaic
300
The greenish coating on bronze cast sculptures.
patina
300
This material is worked by hand and with tools that might be colored or glazed, then fired in a kiln and hardened by heat, to make earthenware, stoneware, sculpture and mosaic art.
cermanic
300
A drawing material made from charred wood.
charcoal
300
Soft limestone, sometimes used as a drawing material or mixed to make pastels and other crayons.
chalk
300
Identify this type of medium whose pigments are mixed with a gum that dissolves in water providing a transparent stain for application to an absorbent surface.
watercolor
400
Point in a drawing or painting at which parallel lines appear to converge in the distance.
Vanishing point
400
An image created with the use of small dots or prints.
Pointillism
400
Point in a drawing or painting at which parallel lines appear to converge in the distance.
vanishing point
400
A process, used by print makers, of incising or scratching lines into a wood block or metal plate form which a print was made.
engraving
400
Art works made with newspaper strips that have been moistened with wallpaper paste or laundry starch.
paper mache
500
Art that is nonrepresentational, purely autonomous and makes no reference to an exterior world.
abstract
500
combination of powdered chalk or plaster and animal glue. Provides a smooth, glistening white surface.
gesso
500
Literally means "beautiful line". Typically refers to a type of writing that incorporates the use of a wide pen nib.
Calligraphy
500
What is the term for a work of art made of two parts, usually hinged together.
Diptych
500
The adjustable opening—or f-stop—of a lens determines how much light passes through the lens on its way to the film plane, or nowadays, to the surface of the camera's imaging sensor.