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  2. Accession number (cultural property) - Wikipedia

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    Label in a gallery indicating the object's accession number. In galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to, and achieving initial control of, each acquisition. Assignment of accession numbers typically occurs at the point of accessioning or cataloging.

  3. Figure painting - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Apple of Discord at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Jacob Jordaens, 1633, 181 cm × 288 cm (71 in × 113 in), oil on canvas. A figure painting is a work of fine art in any of the painting media with the primary subject being the human figure, whether clothed or nude.

  4. Museum label - Wikipedia

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    A typical museum label from the De Young Museum in San Francisco. A museum label is a label describing an object exhibited in a museum or one introducing a room or area. [1] [2] At a minimum, museum labels should identify the creator, title, date, location, and materials of the work, insofar as these can be known.

  5. Painting - Wikipedia

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    Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" [1] or "support"). [2] The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, may be used. One who produces paintings is called a ...

  6. George Segal (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Although Segal started his art career as a painter, his best known works are cast life-size figures and the tableaux the figures inhabited. In place of traditional casting techniques, Segal pioneered the use of plaster bandages (plaster-impregnated gauze strips designed for making orthopedic casts) as a sculptural medium. In this process, he ...

  7. Bay Area Figurative Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th-century art movement made up of a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who abandoned working in the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism in favor of a return to figuration in painting during the 1950s and onward ...

  8. Patent drawing - Wikipedia

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    Each chemical or mathematical formula must be labeled as a separate figure, using brackets when necessary, to show that information is properly integrated. Type of paper: generally flexible, strong, white, smooth, matte (non-shiny), and durable. Size of paper: Must be the same size. In US, choose one of either: DIN size A4 or (8 1 ⁄ 2 by 11 ...

  9. Jean-Jacques Lebel - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Jacques Lebel (born 30 June 1936, Paris) is a French visual artist, poet, art collector, writer, political activist, and creator of performance art happening art events. Besides his heterogeneous artworks [ 1 ] and poetry, Lebel is also known for his very early work with the Beat Generation and Happenings , as an art theory writer with ...