A piece of silver wire set in some type of a holder, usually wood, to make the wire easier to grasp and control

Smudges easily, creates lines that can be easily shaped and altered usually has strong dark value, and is soft

A grey crystalline allotropic form of carbon which occurs as a mineral in some rocks and is used as a solid lubricant in pencils

A family of colors of any hue characterized by relatively high lightness and low saturation

Artwork in which a fine layer of color, is spread with a brush over a broad surface evenly 

An ancient writing and drawing medium in liquid or paste form

Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances used to write, draw, print, or wrap material

Applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface

Powered coloring material that form the basis of painting, drawing, and printing media

Any material on which is paint is applied

A white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any of these combinations-Italian word for white mineral gypsum 

Substances that hold the particles of pigment together in paint

A technique used to bring together light and dark tones, and to bring out luminosity in a painting

An area of thick paint or texture

Painting technique in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax

Technique of painting with pigments bound in a water-soluble emulsion, such as water and egg yolk, or oil-in-water emulsion like oil and whole egg

Italian for "fresh", because plaster is applied to the walls while still wet

A painting method in which the paints are mode of pigments suspended in a water-based solution 

A fast drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, and stabilizers, or metal soaps

Artworks composed from a combination of different media or materials

A physical surface that can be manipulated to hold ink, which is then transferred to paper

A copy or replica of a work of art made from a master

A form of printmaking in which the image to be printed is raised from the surface-Woodblock and Linocut

A form of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink-Engraving, Etching, and Dry Point

A planographic printmaking process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone, and affixed by means of a chemical reaction

Any printing technique in which the printing and nonprinting areas of the plate are in a single plane, at the same level 

A method of creating an image on paper, fabric or some other object by pressing ink through a screen with areas blocked off by a stencil

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into 3-D art objects

The design projects only slightly from the ground and there is little or no undercutting of outlines

The piecing together of one ore more materials to create a 3D piece of art

The removal or carving out of material

Sculptures that are cast are made from a material that is melted down-usually a metal that is then poured into a mold

Italian for "opposite", used to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot, so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane

A skeleton or framework used by an artist to support a figure being modeled in soft plastic material

Describes the grime, discoloration, and or weathering of metals

Describes art that is created from found objects and placed together

The art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction 

A special fine arts section, usually created for some sort of commemoration and built specifically to be viewed by the public

An architectural element consisting of a shaft, round or polygonal in section, used for structural support or decoration

The structural member which serves as the main support of a column or pier

Is what the sculpture is attached, fixed, or mounted on

The topmost part of a column

One of the 3 column styles builders used in ancient Greece

A plain, unadorned column capital and a column that rests directly on the stylobate of the temple without a base

An ornate column style developed in ancient Greece and classified Orders of Architecture

A structure anchored at one end to a (usually vertical) support from which it protrudes 

An arched structure, usually built of stone masonry, brick or concrete, serving to cover a space

Consist of an inclined beam carried on a half arch that projects from the walls of a structure to a pier

The central longitudinal space of a church

A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a church

A simple construction method using a header(lintel) as the horizontal member supported as it ends by two vertical columns or pillars (posts)

The maximum pressure a material can endure when stretched or pulled before it breaks or tears

The front or face of anything, especially a building

The art of taking photographs on thin, transparent strips of plastic we call film

Video is a "time based" form of photography that usually includes a storyline, dialogue, ect.

An opening. A circular hole in the front of the camera lens which controls the amount of light allowed to pass on to

An old photographic printing process that produces prints in a distinctive dark greenish-blue

A collage constructed from photographs

The way in which different elements of an artwork are combined or arranged

A Produces the illusion or motion by displaying a sequence of drawings of photos

A filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the frames are played back 

The art of creating 2D animation by hand on sheets of transparent plastic called "cels"

Describes artworks made outside traditional methods 

Art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns 

Art form that combines visual art with dramatic performance

Often occupy an entire room or gallery space that the spectator has to walk through 

Describes a painting or photograph in which characters are arranged for picturesque or dramatic effect and appear absorbed and completely unaware of the existence of the viewer 

A polyptych, an arrangement of four or more panels, usually hinged and folding together, a painting that tells a story

The person or group of people paying for the image, considered the primary force behind a work's creation

An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in a apex

A stepped tower of earthen materials, often supporting a temple or shrine

A painting applied directly to a wall usually in a public space

A period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15^th and 16^th centuries 

Process through which artists strive to create images that approach perfection, according to the ideals of their culture and time

Often used to deceive a public or distort information 

A picture made up small parts which are traditionally tiny tiles made out of terracotta, pieces of glass, ceramics, or marble and usually inlayed into floors and walls

A carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar used for commemorative purposes

A large public building, rectangular in plan, normally featuring a nave flanked by aisles, and an apse

A religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and certain Eastern Catholic churches

A specific type of healer who uses an alternate state of consciousness to enter the visible world

The mixing and melding of various aspects of different cultures

Artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork