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Edition
An edition is a copy or replica of a work of art made from a master. It commonly refers to …
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Educational turn
A theme that emerged in the mid-1990s, educational turn refers to collaborative or research-based art where the impetus is on …
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Electronic media
The most common examples of electronic media are video recordings, audio recordings, slide presentations, CD-ROM and online content
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Elizabethan
Elizabethan refers to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558 to 1603 which saw a flowering of the arts …
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Embossed
An embossed surface is a raised or depressed surface created during printmaking processes
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Emulation
Emulation is the process of recreating a digital art work to ensure it continues to work as technology changes
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Engraving
Engraving is a printmaking technique that involves making incisions into a metal plate which retain the ink and form the …
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Environmental art
Environmental art is art that addresses social and political issues relating to the natural and urban environment
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Environments
An alternative term for installation art; environments are mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for …
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Etching
Etching is a printmaking technique that uses chemical action to produce incised lines in a metal printing plate which then …
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Euston Road School
The Euston Road School was a British realist group formed in 1938 of artists who either taught or studied at …
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Expanded cinema
Expanded cinema is used to describe a film, video, multi-media performance or an immersive environment that pushes the boundaries of …
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Experimental ethnography
Experimental ethnography is an approach to studying and interpreting the cultures of everyday life that uses the techniques of experimental …
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Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) was a collective formed in 1967 in New York to promote collaboration between the …
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Expressionism
Expressionism refers to art in which the image of reality is distorted in order to make it expressive of the …