Abstract
Art/Abstraction
:
Artwork in which the realistic
depiction of objects ranges from
secondary to non-existent. Synonyms
of Abstraction include Non Objective
and Non Representational. Pure
Abstraction or Non Objective
is any art in which the depiction
of real objects has been entirely
discarded and whose aesthetic
content is expressed in a formal
pattern or structure of shapes,
lines, and colors.
Source: Askart.com
Abstract
Expressionism -
an artistic movement of the
mid-20th century
comprising
diverse styles and techniques
and emphasizing especially
an
artist's liberty to convey
attitudes
and emotions through nontraditional
and usually nonrepresentational
means.
Source: Webster
Dictionary
Abstract
Figurative -
A style description of an
image that implies the
shape of a human figure but
in a way that is not completely
realistic. Abstract Figurative
simply clarifies that the
figure
is not totally recognizable
as a figure. However the suggestion
of figure as subject is there.
Source: Askart.com
Geometric
Abstraction – abstraction
of shapes created with precise
mathematical law.
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Gestural
Abstraction/Action Painting -
is a style of painting in which
paint is spontaneously dribbled,
splashed or smeared onto the
canvas, rather than being carefully
applied.[1] The resulting work
often emphasizes the physical
act of painting itself as an
essential aspect of the finished
work or concern of its artist.
Source: Askart.com
Andy
Warhol Artist’s
Proof
:
Of a quality equal to the edition
and is numbered as AP 1, etc.
In deluxe edition, DEAP appears
before the number; in a royal
edition, RAP appears before
the number.
Source: The
Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts,
Inc.
Andy
Warhol Cancellation
:
The last impression printed
before the screens are washed,
usually
marked in ink.
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual
Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Color Trial Proof
:
The equivalent of trial proofs,
but they are not published
in editions.
Source: The
Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual
Arts,
Inc.
Andy
Warhol Edition Print
:
Work published in limited impressions,
usually signed and numbered.
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Exhibition Proof
:
Print of a quality equal
to
the edition and numbered
as EP I,
etc. They are produced for
exhibition
purposes.
Source: The
Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts,
Inc.
Andy
Warhol Gemini Impression
:
Archive proof of a quality
equal
to the edition reserved for
Gemini G.E.L.; they are marked
Gemini
I, Gemini II, Gemini III.
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Trial Proof Edition Print
:
Print pulled during the proofing
process of an edition and reflect
color and/or compositional changes.
Trial Proof Edition Prints are
numbered as TP 1, etc. TRAP
or TPPP are trial proof variations
of artist’s
proof or printer’s
proof, respectively.
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Unique Edition Print
:
Work that is signed, numbered,
and released, as regular
edition
but is unique.
Source: The
Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Printers’ Proof
:
Proof of a quality equal to
the edition and are numbered
as PP
1, etc. In deluxe editions,
DEPP appears before the number
or
after number; in some special
editions, SEPP appears before
the number; in a royal edition,
RPP appears before the number.
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Published Print
:
Catalogued, limited edition,
which is usually signed and
numbered. Published prints
are divided
into three parts, the second
two are subdivisions of the
first: Edition Prints (II),Unique
Edition
Prints (IIA) and Trial Proof
Edition Prints (IIB).
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy
Warhol Right to Print
:
The proof selected by the
artist and the publisher to
be the image
for the edition. It is the
equivalent of a BAT (see definition
above)
Source: The
Andy Warhol Foundation
for
the Visual Arts, Inc.
Artist
Proof
:
An impression of a print taken
in the printmaking process to
see the current printing state
of a plate while the plate (or
stone, or woodblock...) is being
worked on by the artist. A proof
may show a clearly incomplete
image, often called a working
proof or trial impression, but
in modern practice is usually
used
to describe an impression of
the finished work that is identical
to the numbered copies. Artist's
proofs are not included in the
count of a limited edition, and
sometimes the number of artist's
proofs, which belong to the artist,
can be surprisingly high at twenty
or more. The artist is not supposed
by convention to sell these at
once.
Source: Wikipedia.com
Assemblage
:
Description of three-dimensional
work that is the counterpart
of collage, which is two-dimensional.
Assemblage is composed of
non-art materials, often found
objects,
which are seemingly unrelated
but create a unity.
Source: Askart.com
Bon
A Tier (BAT)
:
Every edition of an art print
has what is called a Bon a'
tier, ( the best of the edition
).
There is only one of these as
it is the final and most perfect
of the artist’s
proofs. It is used as a model
of perfection for the rest
of the edition.
Source:
jletching.com
Canvas
Transfer
:
A canvas transfer is a print
or poster image that has
been
transferred and fixed to
a canvas
surface. The result is a
piece
of printed art that has
the appearance of an original
canvas
painting
without the higher cost
usually
associated with original
artwork.
Source: Askart.com
Color
Field
:
A strain of abstract expressionism
developed in the 1950’s
in which there is extreme simplification
and isolation of flatly painted
color areas. There is also
a tendency to hard edge, and
a
relatively impersonal execution
with an emphasis on the presence
of the painting.
Source: Askart.com
Contemporary
Art
:
Traditionally any style
that
dates from the mid 20th
Century
and beyond. Contemporary
Art
should not be confused with
Modern Art, which generally
applies
to art production from the
late
19th Century to the end
of the
1960s.
Source:
dictionary.laborlawtalk.com
Cubism
:
An early 1900s modern art movement
focused on exploring
relationships
between images, perspectives
and materials. The first phase
of Cubism was Analytical
Cubism,
1902-1912, a method of presenting
a total experience whereby the
subject was freed of
the traditional
link to a moment in time but
tied to sustained existence
through
sensations of light, form and
space. This treatment
on a flat
surface was the arranging of
elements of the subject
to convey
a three-dimensional effect,
showing multi perspectives
of the subject.
By 1911, Picasso had carried
this exploration so far that
his subjects were scarcely
recognizable.
This phase of Cubism, a step
beyond Analytical Cubism,
became
the
ongoing influence
for
abstraction.
Synthetic
Cubism,
unlike
Analytical
Cubism,
began
with
materials
that
were
arranged
on
a
flat
surface
to
create
a
motif,
an
Assemblage,
which
became
the
subject
rather
than
reflecting
an
actual
subject.
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Environmental
Art
:
Large-scale outdoor
art that
is large
enough for
viewers to
enter and
move about.
In other
words, artwork
that is
not just
something to
be observed
but something
to be
experienced first
hand is
Environmental Art.
Abstract Expressionism
had introduced
the sense
for the
viewer of
being surrounded
by the
creative work
rather than
just looking
at it,
and Environmental
Art was
an extension
of that
experience.
Source: Askart.com
Etching
:
An engraving
method where
the design
is cut
or bitten
into the
metal plate
with a
sharp needle
to scratch
a layer
of soft
wax or
resin that
temporarily coats
the metal
printing plate
for the
purpose of
allowing the
artist to
draw his
or her
work. Once
the drawing
with the
needle is
complete, the
etcher uses
controlled acid
immersion to
burn the
drawing into
the plate
where the
artist's needle
has scratched
away the
waxy substance.
Source: Askart.com
Giclée
:
A French
word pronounced
'zheeclay,' it
is derived
from the
verb gicler
meaning to
splash. This
new medium
is a
blend of
art and
technology that
produces copies
with a
higher resolution
and broader
color range
than such
other methods
as lithography
or serigraphy.
Source: Askart.com
Gouache
:
Watercolor made
opaque by
the addition
of white
pigments and
sometimes with
a glue
BINDER. It
is also
known as
body color.
Unlike transparent
watercolor, gouache
does not
allow whiteness
of the
paper to
show through
the paint.
It should
also be
noted that
it lightens
considerably in
drying.
Source: Askart.com
HorsCommerce/Royal
HorsCommerce
: “Not
for sale” or
are of
a quality
equal to
the edition
and are
numbered as
HC 1,
etc. In
a royal
edition, RHC
appears before
the number.
They are
often given
to collaborators.
Source: The
Andy Warhol
Foundation for
the Visual
Arts, Inc.
Lithograph
:
A printing
process in
which a
surface, such
as a
stone or
sheet aluminum,
is treated
chemically so
that the
ink adheres
only to
selected portions.
The resulting
image, printed
on a
litho-press is
a lithograph
or lithographic
print.
Source: Askart.com
Minimalism
:
A style of painting and sculpture
in the mid 20th century in
which the art elements are
rendered with a minimum of
lines, shapes, and sometimes
colors. The goal was to reduce
geometric abstract painting
and sculpture to the barest
essentials. The style was
more associated with sculpture
than painting.
Source: Askart.com
Modern
Art
:
General term used for most
of the artistic work from
the late 19th century until
approximately
the 1970s. (Recent art production
is more often called Contemporary
art or Postmodern art). Modern
art refers to the then new
approach to art that placed
emphasis on representing emotions,
themes, and various abstractions.
Artists experimented with
new ways of seeing, with fresh
ideas about the nature of
materials
and functions of art, often
moving further toward abstraction.
Source: Wikipedia.com
New
York School
:
A broad and diverse group
of American artists active
in
the 1940s and 1950s who
fall
under descriptions of Abstract
Expressionism, Abstract
Impressionism
and Action Painting. New
York
School artists shared the
urban environment of New
York City
as well as a sense of solidarity
about defying many traditional
art styles, especially the
prevalent Social Realism,
and dominance of Paris avant-garde
styles. New York School
painters
created from personal instincts
and impulses, which was
revolutionary
in that the focus was on
the
artist instead of the subject
depicted.
Source: Askart.com
Op
Art
:
Short for Optical Art,
an
abstract style popular
in the 1960s
that was based on optical
principles and optical
illusion
creating
the sensation of movement.
Op Art deals in complex
color
interactions to the point
where colors and lines
seem
to vibrate
before the eyes.
Source: Askart.com
Open
Edition
:
An edition of art prints
limited
only by the number that
can
be sold or produced before
the plate wears.
Source: Wikipedia.com
Original
Print
:
A multiple of an original
work of art
Photo
Realism
:
A painting and drawing style
of the mid-20th century in
which people, objects, and
scenes are depicted with
such naturalism that the paintings
resemble photographs – an
almost exact visual duplication
of the subject.
Source: Askart.com
Pop
Art
:
A term derived from the word ‘Popular’ and
linked to an art movement
whereby artists depicted
commonplace
or familiar, everyday images
in contemporary culture.
Source: Askart.com
Precisionism
:
An early 20th-century
abstract
movement in American art
with
a style noted for clean-cut,
severe-seeming lines,
simple
forms, large areas of
flat
color, smooth finish and
the
conveying of a general
sense
of good order and precision.
Often the subjects were
architectural
or industrial and usually
devoid of human reference.
Precisionist
Painters, sometimes called
The Immaculates, were
never
organized officially but
simply
shared a style and certain
convictions about art.
Source: Askart.com
Screenprint/
Silkscreen
:
An image made from a commercial
reproduction process whereby
paint or ink is forced through
a fine screen onto the paper
that has a stencil design
so that exposed areas receive
the paint. Parts that do
not
appear on the print are
blocked
with photosensitive emulsion
that has been exposed with
high intensity arc lights.
To produce the direct transfer
of the image from screen
to
paper, a squeegee is pulled
from back to front. A separate
stencil is required for
each
color if paint is used,
and
one hundred or more colors
may be necessary to achieve
the desired effect. The
process
of Screen-printing or Silk-screening
is commonly used for printing
posters, wallpaper, ceramic
designs and text instructions
on manufacturers goods.
Source: Askart.com
Serigraph
:
The term Serigraph means
nearly
the same thing as Screen-print
or Silk-screen, but differs
because of the degree
of participation
of the artist.
Source: Askart.com
Verso
:
means on the back of the
work of art
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