A technique in painting, sculpture and architecture where the artwork simulates the optical reality of the viewer by employing techniques such as perspective, foreshortening and modelling to depict real objects with mimetic precision.
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Stippling
A painting and drawing technique where a pattern of dots is used to produce the effect of shading.
Inlay
An ornamentation technique in sculpture and the decorative arts, where wood, metal, stone and fabric are embedded with different materials…
lens-based practice
Any mode of communication or creative expression involving the use of cameras and related technology — spanning across photography, video,…
Tempera
A technique of painting characterised by mineral pigments suspended in binders such as egg yolk, casein, glycerine or gum in…
Double-Interlock
A technique of tapestry weaving wherein two differently coloured weft threads interlock on a single warp thread. This method allows…
Screen-Printing
Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper…
Tiraz
Textiles with embroidered inscriptions produced in Iran during the early Islamic period, until the fourteenth century CE. Robes made of…
Cable-Edging
A motif with a raised surface, it is often found in textiles. Cables are created by knitting out of order,…