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The CDWA was created by the Art Information Task Force (AITF), which encouraged dialog between art historians, art information professionals, and information providers so that together they could develop guidelines for describing works of art, architecture, groups of objects, and visual and textual surrogates.
The initial core set of terms was derived from authority lists and the literature of art and architectural history; this core set was reviewed, approved and added to by an advisory team made up scholars from all relevant disciplines, including art and architectural historians, architects, librarians, visual resource curators, archivists, museum personnel, and specialists in thesaurus construction.
A glossary of terms used in glass art. Abrasion – the technique of grinding shallow decoration with a wheel or some other device. The decorated areas are left unpolished. [1] Ale glass – a type of English drinking glass for ale or beer. Ale glasses, first made in the 17th century, have a tall and conical cup, a stem, and a foot.
Grove Art Online (known as the Grove Dictionary of Art); subscribers only. Preserv'Art by the Centre de conservation du Québec (CCQ) (English) & (French) See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hotlist of Art & Architecture , List of artistic mediums , New materials in 20th-century art , Outline of sculpture , and Sculpture
art history The study of objects of art in their historical and stylistic contexts. artifact. Also artefact. Any material object associated with a culture, such as a tool, an article of clothing, or a prepared food item. audience A class of entity, often a specific demographic, for whom a given resource is intended or useful. authorized biography
Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder & Co., 1885–1901). Comprehensive biographical resource including British and Irish artists up to the year 1900 or so. Cyclopedia of painters and paintings, by J. D. Champlin & C. C. Perkins (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1913). Illustrated with b/w drawings of art, artists and their monograms:
Graphic art mostly includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery. It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for interior and architectural designs. [1] In museum parlance "works on paper" is a common term, covering the various types of traditional fine art graphic art.