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Gilding

Gilding is any decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold to solid surfaces such as metal (most…

4 years ago

Froissage

Froissage is a method of collage developed by Czech artist Ladislav Novák in which the lines made by crumpling up…

4 years ago

Flipped image

A flipped image or reversed image, is a static or moving image that is generated by a mirror-reversal of an…

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Faux painting

Faux painting or faux finishing are terms used to describe decorative paint finishes that replicate the appearance of materials such…

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Droste effect

The Droste effect, known in art as an example of mise en abyme, is the effect of a picture recursively…

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Distressing

Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear…

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Defamiliarization

Defamiliarization or ostranenie is the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in…

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Color-blocking

Color-blocking is thought of as the exploration of taking colors that are opposites on the color wheel and pairing them…

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Aerial perspective in art

The aerial perspective and atmospheric perspective is the method with which one occurs sense of depth in a painting, to…

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Aesthetics of nature

Aesthetics of nature is a sub-field of philosophical ethics, and refers to the study of natural objects from their aesthetical…

5 years ago