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List of art techniques

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Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used many different techniques to create art.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Aerial perspective by Frans Koppelaar, Landscape near Bologna, 2001; distant objects are lighter, of lower contrast, and bluer than nearer objects.

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a Collage by Pablo Picasso cut and pasted colored paper, gouache and charcoal on paperboard

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Portrait using dry brushing technique

The Droste effect

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Examples of faux paintings.

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Example of grattage

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Van Gogh - The Starry NightbyVincent Van Gogh - an example of impasto technique and line structure.^[4]

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Keum-boo gilding technique

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Wall paintings, (mural) Varanasi, India, 1974.

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Nerikomi artistic technique

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Oblique projection

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Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1887, using pointillist technique.

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Detail of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa showing sfumato.

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Verdaille example A Chinoiserie Procession of Figures Riding on Elephants with Temples BeyondbyJean-Baptiste Pillement

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Underpainting

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Verdaille (green shades technique)

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Example of Woodblock printing. Aizuri-e print: Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa

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See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Art techniques.

References[edit]

^ Stephen Davies (1991). Definitions of Art. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-9794-0.

^ Robert Stecker (1997). Artworks: Definition, Meaning, Value. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01596-5.

^ Noël Carroll, ed. (2000). Theories of Art Today. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-16354-9.

^ Naifeh, Steven, 1952- (2011). Van Gogh : the life. Smith, Gregory White. (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 9781588360472. OCLC 763401387.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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