Overview: Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It ...

Overview: Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multiple ...

Overview: In art, a reception piece is a work submitted by an artist to an academy for approval as part of the requirements for admission to membership.

Overview: Repoussé or repoussage refer to a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. Chasing, chased work, or ...

Overview: Proper right and proper left are conceptual terms used to unambiguously convey relative direction when describing an image or other object. The "proper right" hand of a figure is the hand that would be ...

Overview: Openwork or open-work is a term in art history, architecture and related fields for any technique that produces decoration by creating holes, piercings, or gaps that go right through a solid material such ...

Overview: Provenance (from French provenir 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object. The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art ...

Overview: A masterpiece, magnum opus, or chef-d'œuvre (French for 'master of work' pl. chefs-d'œuvre) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest ...

Overview: In art, chiaroscuro (kee-AR-ə-SKOOR-oh, -⁠SKURE-, lit. 'light-dark') is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also ...