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  2. Theorem stencil - Wikipedia

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    Theorem stencil, sometimes also called theorem painting or velvet painting, is the art of making stencils and using them to make drawings or paintings on fabric or paper. [1] A vogue for theorem stencil painting began in England at the turn of the 18th century and through the mid-1800s. [2]

  3. Velvet painting - Wikipedia

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    A velvet painting is a type of painting distinguished by the use of velvet (usually black velvet) as the support, in place of canvas, paper, or similar materials. The velvet provides an especially dark background against which colors stand out. Velvet painting is an ancient [when?] technique, and took on a new popularity in the United States in ...

  4. Support (art) - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known use of fabrics as a painting support dates back to the Dynasty XII in Egypt (2000 BC).The continuous use can be traced in both Europe and Asia. In Medieval Europe fabrics was overtaken by the wood panels for church use; Renaissance, with its wider spread of paintings, saw wide use of canvas, occasionally glued to the wood, a practice that originated in the Ancient Egypt, but ...

  5. Richard Gay Somerset - Wikipedia

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    Surrey Pastoral, c. 1876, Manchester Art Gallery. A painting by Somerset in the Royal Manchester Institution's exhibition on Modern Art in 1877 was praised by the Manchester Courier's art critic: "His fine landscape representing a view near Milford in Surrey is one of the most complete and satisfactory landscape in the collection.

  6. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.

  7. Canvas - Wikipedia

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    Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes. It is popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically ...

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