List of art media

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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.

The following is a list of artistic categories and the media used within each category:

Architecture

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Carpentry

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Ceramics

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Drawing

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Common drawing materials

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Common supports (surfaces) for drawing

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Common drawing tools and methods

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Electronic

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Film

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Film, as a form of mass communication, is itself also considered a medium in the sense used by fields such as sociology and communication theory (see also mass media). These two definitions of medium, while they often overlap, are different from one another: television, for example, utilizes the same types of artistic media as film, but may be considered a different medium from film within communication theory.[2]

Food

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Glass

Glassblowing, Glass fusing, colouring and marking methods.

Installation

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Installation art is a site-specific form of sculpture that can be created with any material. An installation can occupy a large amount of space, create an ambience, transform/disrupt the space, exist in the space. One way to distinguish an installation from a sculpture (this may not apply to every installation) is to try to imagine it in a different space. If the objects present difficulties in a different space than the original, it is probably an installation.

Literature

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Traditional writing media

Common bases for writing

Natural world

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Painting

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Common paint media

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Uncommon paint media

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Supports for painting

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Common tools and methods

Mural techniques

Muralists use many of the same media as panel painters, but due to the scale of their works, use different techniques. Some such techniques include:

Graphic narrative media

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Performing arts

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Photography

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Printmaking

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Sculpture

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Materials

Carving media

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Casting media

Modeling media

Assembled media

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Finishing materials

Tools

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Sound

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The art of sound can be singular or a combination of speech or objects and crafted instruments, to create sounds, rhythms and music for a range of sonic hearing purposes. See also music and sound art.

Technical products

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". The use of technical products as an art medium is a merging of applied art and science, that may involve aesthetics, efficiency and ergonomics using various materials.

Textiles

In the art of textiles a soft and flexible material of fibers or yarn is formed by spinning wool, flax, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel and crocheting, knitting, macramé (knotting), weaving, or pressing fibres together (felt) to create a work.

See also

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