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encaustic painting encaustic painting
encaustic painting. Technique of painting with pigments mixed with molten wax. It is a laborious method, but it produces a very durable and stable surface, as wax resists moisture and does not yellow with age. The name derives from a Greek word meaning ‘burnt in’—a reference to... Read more
cabinet painting cabinet painting
cabinet painting. Term applied to fairly small easel paintings, especially ones intended for a domestic setting. The term has no precise limits in terms of dimensions, but is often applied, for example, to 17th-century Dutch genre paintings, which were usually painted to fit into unpretentious... Read more
Cennino Cennini Cennino Cennini
Cennino Cennini , c.1370-1440, Florentine painter, follower of Agnolo Gaddi. None of his paintings is extant. He is most famous for having written the Libro dell'arte (written 1400?, tr., The Craftsman's Handbook, 1933). This treatise marks a transition between medieval and Renaissance concepts... Read more
impressionism impressionism
impressionism in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature, and by the use of pure, broken color to achieve brilliance and luminosity. It was loosely structured in that many... Read more
Action Painting Action Painting
Action Painting. A type of dynamic, impulsive painting, practised by certain Abstract Expressionists, in which the artist applies paint with energetic gestural movements—sometimes by dribbling or splashing—and with no preconceived idea of what the picture will look like. Sometimes the... Read more
Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller
Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg (b Vienna, 15 Jan. 1793; d Helmstreitmühle, nr. Baden, 23 Aug. 1865). One of the leading Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. He painted portraits, genre subjects, and still-life, but is perhaps best known for his landscapes, which in their loving... Read more
Domenico Veneziano Domenico Veneziano
Domenico Veneziano , c.1400-1461, Italian painter. His origin is unknown, although his name suggests that he came from Venice. His art, with rich coloring and detailed landscape settings, has close affinities with northern painting. In Florence he created his most celebrated work, the St. Lucy... Read more
triptych triptych
triptych. ‘Picture or carving in three compartments side by side, the lateral ones being usually subordinate’, though connected in subject, ‘and hinged so as to fold over the central one’, often forming a late-medieval altarpiece, called Flügelaltar in Germany... Read more
magic (entertainment) magic (entertainment)
magic in entertainment, the seeming manipulation and supernatural control of the natural world for the amusement and amazement of an audience. Entertainment magic can be divided into four main categories: sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation or close-up magic, consisting of tricks done... Read more
pendant pendant
pendant. A painting created by an artist to be displayed as one of a pair. Pendants are usually exactly the same size as each other and closely related in theme; portraits of husband and wife were often produced as pendants, for example. Several of Claude's landscapes were painted as pairs,... Read more

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