FINE ARTS Term applied to the visual arts, especially architecture, painting, printmaking and sculpture. FOLK ART Art created by people not trained as artists. Often employing an unsophisticated treatment of colour, perspective and design. Artwork is scanned into a digital file and then printed. The process is gaining popularity for limited edition prints, as each printing takes about 30 minutes.
Printing is followed with an application of acrylic to protect against light and fungus.
The way in which a work of art is hung can affect the way in which a painting is perceived by a viewer. Neutral or plain walls provide the best backgound. Their aim was to represent the world out of doors, en plein air, as affected by light and atmosphere and the effects of light on colour. The goal of impressionism is to recreate the first impression or sensation of a scene rather than to record minute detail. The most damaging factor in the preservation of a work of art.