Specialist dictionary

Visual art

Specialist vocabulary classified under Art and design.

Core vocabulary

50 featured terms

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Artnoun

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that a…

Artistic creationnoun

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that a…

Artistic productionnoun

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that a…

Paintingnoun

creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

Arts and craftsnoun

the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production"

Carvingnoun

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Ceramicsnoun

the art of making and decorating pottery

Decalcomanianoun

the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface

Decoupagenoun

the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer

Distempernoun

a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

Draftingnoun

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

Draftsmanshipnoun

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

Drawingnoun

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

Fresconoun

a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster

Gastronomynoun

the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food

Glyptographynoun

carving or engraving (especially on stones)

Impastonoun

painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible

Oil paintingnoun

the art or method of painting with oil paints

Origaminoun

the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)

Perfumerynoun

the art of making perfumes

Printmakingnoun

artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

Sculpturenoun

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Speedpaintnoun

Painting a picture in a very short amount of time

Stereochromynoun

a process of mural painting in which the pigment is fixed by a series of reactions between the lime, fluosilicic acid, and water glass.; "The gr…

Topiarynoun

making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

Water-colornoun

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

Water-colournoun

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

Watercolornoun

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

Watercolournoun

the art or technique of painting with watercolors

Ceroplasticsnoun

the art of modeling in wax.; "Although too late in date for Piranesi to have been directly influenced by this set, the Italian origins of ceropl…

Engravingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Etchingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Handicraftnoun

a craft that requires skillful hands

Lithographynoun

the act of making a lithographic print

Modelingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Modellingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Moldingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Mouldingnoun

a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Pyrographynoun

the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame

tracingnoun

the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline

Aquatintnoun

a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color

Bookbindingnoun

the craft of binding books

Crochetingnoun

creating a garment of needlework

Knittingnoun

creating knitted wear

Needleworknoun

work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle

Sewingnoun

joining or attaching by stitches

Spinningnoun

creating thread

Stitchingnoun

joining or attaching by stitches

Tattingnoun

the act or art of making handmade lace

Weavingnoun

creating fabric