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Fully revised and updated, here is a concise and authoritative guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. What is tempera? What is foreshorten

What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These terms--and more than 100 others--are explained and illustrated in Looking at Paintings. It presen

From its origins at the end of the 1830s, photography has evolved both aesthetically and technologically. This guide explains the technical terms used in photog

What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? What is a drollery? This revised edition of Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Te

This newest publication in the popular Looking At series deals with glass terminology. The often arcane technical terms relating to the production and decoratio