Assigning a work of art to a particular artist although its actual authorship may not certain. Artists sometimes us a camera-like apparatus to project an image onto a screen. The artist then traces the outline of the projected object. The word is usually used to describe light and shadow in a painting especially when there is a dramatic contrast. When placed next to each other both colors appear to be more vibrant.
Cool colors appear to recede while warm colors which have more red, appear to advance.
A method of wall painting using powdered pigments mixed with lime water and applied to fresh, wet plaster. The pigments then bond with the plaster. This method is also known as buon fresco or true fresco. In another method known as fresco secco , or dry fresco, pigments are applied to dry plaster. This method tends to make the mural more susceptible is to flaking.