Fine Art Glossary
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FiligreeFiligree: a technique used to produce fine intricate patterns in metal. Often used for metal beads, clasps, and bead caps. |
Fine artFine art: art created for purely aesthetic expression, communication, or contemplation. Painting and sculpture are the best known of the fine arts. |
Fine ArtsWorks of art that are created specifically for their aesthetic value, such as painting and sculpture. |
FixativeFixative: a liquid, similar to varnish, which is usually sprayed over a finished piece of artwork to better preserve it and prevent smudging. Artwork media requiring fixative include drawings done in pencil, charcoal, and pastel. |
Flat brushFlat brush: a brush with a flat shaped end like a screwdriver. (See illustration.) |
Foam coreFoam core: a strong, stiff, resilient, and lightweight board of polystyrene laminated with paper on both of its sides used as backing for art prints before framing. Also referred to as "foam board". |
Focal pointFocal point: a specific area, element or principle that dominates a work of art; the area in a work which the eye is most compellingly drawn. The viewer's eye is usually drawn there first. |
Folk artFolk art: Art of people who have had no formal, academic training, but whose works are part of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship. |
FontFont: a complete set of characters in a particular size and style of type. This includes the letter set, the number set, and all of the special character and diacritical marks you get by pressing the shift, option, or command/control keys. |
FontographyFontography: The field of font design. A person who designs fonts is a "fontographer". |