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WGU-IWC1- Part 3
Artistic Media
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fresco | A painting technique that applies water-based paint to a wet-plaster surface; also, resulting artwork |
| Lithography | A printing technique employing the antipathy of oil and water; a flat surface with a design area (image) that is in-receptive is printed and the non-printed area is ink-repellent. |
| Serigraphy | A printing technique that forces ink through a stencil (image) on a screen stretched with a fine silk or similar fabric; also called silk-screening or screen-printing. |
| Gouache | Watercolor to which an opaque white has been added; also, resulting artwork |
| Pastel | A soft, colored chalk stick or crayon made of pigments and a gum binder, usually applied to paper; also, resulting artwork. |
| Relief printing | A technique in which the intended printing surface is left raised, with remaining areas cut away. |
| Linear Perspective | The use of light, atmosphere, and haziness to indicate depth or distance |
| Aerial or atmospheric perspective | The use of light, atmosphere, and haziness to indicate depth or distance |
| Naturalism/Naturalistic Art | Representational art which retains some of the natural appearance of the objects depicted |
| Water Color | A vivid water-based paint, usually applied to paper, with outstanding brilliance and translucence; also resulting artwork |
| Intaglio | A printing technique in which an image is printed from a recessed design incised or etched into the surface of a plate |
| Chiarascuro | A way to create the illusion of depth through gradations of light and dark; Italian for "light-dark" |
| Impasto | The thick application of paint creating a textured surface on the canvas |
| Oil Paint | A paint made of color pigments mixed in slowly drying oil; its main binding agent for pigment is linseed oil |
| Drypoint | A printing technique (intaglio) involving drawing directly onto the surface of a metal plate with a sharp, pointed tool, often with a diamond point |
| Aquatint | A method of etching (intaglio) that imitates the broad tints of a water color |
| Daguerrotype photography | Named after its French inventor Louis Daguerre, an early (1839) photographic process where an image is made directly onto a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate, without using negative. |
| Encaustic | A painting technique which originated in ancient times, using pigments mixed with melted beeswax as a binder. |
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