Fine Art Glossary
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Miniature paintingA miniature is a detailed painting or drawing completed on a very small scale. |
Minimalism (1960s-1970s):painting, prints, works on paper, sculpture. This term refers to the simplicity found in the use of basic shapes to create an image of great beauty. Minimalism was mostly three-dimensional, but Frank Stella’s paintings were a hallmark of this movement. Other important minimalists include Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Richard Serra. |
Missing Element Part of an item that has been lost. |
Mixed Media PaintingA mixed media painting employs multiple media to create a final piece. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage is considered a mixed media painting. |
Modern (1880-1945):all media. The term Modernism generally refers to new forms of art that are more appropriate to the present time. Modern art has been identified as the succession of art movements by critics since Realism and culminating in abstract art up to 1945. By that time, Modernism had become a dominant idea of art and the Modernist viewpoint was theorized by the American art critic Clement Greenberg. |
Mono-Ha (1960s-1970s):Mono-Ha (1960s-1970s): sculpture. Mono-ha refers to the Japanese group of artists working in the 1960s and 1970s, who used both natural and man-made materials in their work. They are best known for actually rearranged materials to achieve a final product instead of creating works from scratch. |
Monochrome/ MonochromaticMonochrome or monochromatic refers to any work done in gradations of a single color. |
MonolithA monolith is a sculpture or piece of architecture created from a single block of stone. |
MontageThis term refers to a design created by overlapping materials creating the final image. |
Montage / PhotomontageThis term refers to a single image formed from assembling many existing images such as photographs or prints. |