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Questions tagged [terminology]

Defining, explaining or finding terms used for the tools, materials or techniques used in crafting.

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What do they call a strip of paper made to protect the endpapers of books during the bookbinding?

I understand if this sounds like an odd question, so please allow me to explain. I am reading an entry in a French dictionary and translating it into English. This entry is “sauvegarde.” In a general context, this term is translated as “safeguard,”…
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Name of internally lit translucent carved art

What is the name of the art form where a translucent material (could be cylindrical) is carved on the inside and lit from within so the image is rendered in brightness determined by how thick the remaining material is?
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What does a pigment's richness refer to?

This is for a research paper and I used the term richness to refer to saturation and value. Is this a valid term to use for the combination of the two?
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What is the difference between a mural and street-art?

I have been trying to figure out what is a mural or what is street art and the difference between the two (if there is one). What is the difference between the two? What would be such kind of art be labelled ? Graffiti, street art or something…
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What is the term for an art show featuring two artists?

An art show with one artist is a solo show. One featuring many artists is called a group show. What in the generally-accepted industry term for an art show that only has two artists? A dual show? A duo show?
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What is it called when we view a person from the back?

There are several ways to indicate the angle at which a person is depicted in the visual arts: en profil/in profile, en trois quarts, frontal. While these all generally relate to portraits, I wonder if there is a term for seeing a person from the…
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Name for a retractable spring

What is the name of the type of spring used for trinkets that are retractable? Like a measuring tape or those key rings that will retract.
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The term for someone pointing at an object to attract attention to the object

In paintings, you often see people pointing at things. This is sometimes the painter's way of attracting the audience's attention to whatever is being pointed at. Is there a name for this way of guiding attention to objects in a painting?
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What Do You Call Textured Envelope Seals?

I went to a spa the other day and purchased a gift card. The gift card came in an small envelope that had a seal on the back. The seal felt like it was made out of plastic and had a Chinese character on it. The lines of the Chinese character was…
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Is there a way to indicate the artistic quality of a signature, copyright, trademark, logo, etc.?

Is there any standard for how an artist can indicate that a signature, copyright, trademark, logo, etc., is intended to be taken as part of a piece of art, and not as a genuine expression of authenticity? For example, suppose an arbitrary individual…
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Using objects to depict other objects

I was wondering if there exists a term that describes the practice of using objects to depict other objects. To give an example: In the painting "The Librarian", Arcimboldo uses books to depict a person. So the artist uses objects (books) to depict…
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Is there a word for a thing that is drawn?

I am looking for a word that means "something that is drawn." For example, if I have a list of things to be drawn (let us say a rock, a person, a tree, etc), these are all items that I need to draw. Do they have a term in art?
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is there a term for graphics which can replace each other's sections or parts and result in two new graphics?

Imagine you take the left side from graphic 1 and right side from the graphic 2, place them that the left and right side are connected horizontally, then you take the sides left from graphic 1 and 2 and connect those the same way and that results in…
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Is there a name for an orange, gray and white -style pattern?

I've heard somewhere that an orange, gray and white "style" has a specific name. I believe that it has "minimalism" in it, but I cannot recall. Here is an example of the color scheme, but in my case it's more about user interfaces design in…
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Art genre of objects that look different from different angles

Is there a name for the genre of making objects that look different from different angles (a kind of illusion)> For example the following cases: Circle & Square Tensorflow logo I am not sure about the genre of the art, but I found they are…
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