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Zhostovo painting
Zhostovo painting is an old Russian folk handicraft of painting on metal trays, which still exists in a village of Zhostovo in the Moscow Oblast. It appeared in the early 19th century mainly under the influence of the Ural handicraft of flower painting on metal. Subsequent development of the Zhostovo painting handicraft was stylistically […]
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Yamato-e
Yamato-e is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Zen Buddhism and developed in the late Heian period. It is considered the classical Japanese style, as opposed to the later ukiyo-e and the earlier Chinese kara-e.
The Yamato-e often tell narrative themes with text along with them, show the beauty of nature, e.g. famous places […]
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Wet-on-wet
Wet-on-wet, also known as Wet-in-wet, is a painting technique in which layers of wet paint are applied to previous layers of wet paint. This technique requires a fast way of working, because the art work has to be finished before the first layers have dried.
Wet-on-wet painting goes right back to the origins of oil […]
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Weeping painting
A weeping painting is a painting which has been observed to be shedding tears or weeping. The tears exuded are often claimed to be of a substance which appears to be similar to human blood. The phenomenon of weeping paintings is closely connected to that of the more common weeping statues. Connected to weeping […]
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Watercolor painting
Watercolor (or watercolour, also known as aquarelle) is a painting technique using paint made of colorants suspended or dissolved in water. Although the grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most common is paper. Others include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas.
History of watercolor painting
One early form of watercolor […]
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Vertumnus and Pomona (Pontormo)
The fresco decoration of Vertumnus and Pomona in the Medici country villa at Poggio a Caiano (near Montalbano) is a masterpiece by Jacopo Pontormo. The villa is set among orchards and gardens, and served in summer as an outdoor respite to the heat in Florence.
The fresco surrounds a lunette, high in a barrel-vaulted central […]
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Verdaccio
Verdaccio is a style of underpainting, which uses green-grey colours to establish values for later layers of paint. The technique is renowned for being particularly effective when painting flesh tones. As such, it was popular amongst Renaissance artists, and Leonardo da Vinci used verdaccio underpainting in his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.
According to American born […]
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Underpainting
In art, an underpainting is an initial layer of paint applied to a ground, which serves as a base for subsequent layers of paint. Underpaintings are often monochromatic and help to define colour values for later painting. There are several different types of underpainting, such as verdaccio and grisaille.
Underpainting gets its name because it […]
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Triptych
A triptych (pronounced “trip-tick,” from the Greek tri- “three” + ptyche “fold”) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together. The central panel is the most important one, and this is flanked on either side by two lesser but […]
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Tole painting
Tole painting is the folk art of decorative painting on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. Typical metal objects include utensils, coffeepots, and similar household items. Wooden objects include tables, chairs, and chests, including hope chests, toyboxes and jewelry boxes.
The practice began in 18th century New England, and was also extensively carried on […]
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