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Papier collé
French term which translates as pasted paper, papier collé is a specific form of collage that is closer to drawing …
Patina
The word patina usually refers to a distinct green or brown surface layer on bronze sculpture
Pendant
A pendant picture is one of two pictures designed to hang together as a matching pair
Penwith Society of Arts
Penwith Society of Arts is an artists' society formed in 1948 at St Ives, Cornwall, Britain by artists working in …
PESTS
PESTS was an anonymous protest and pressure group of artists operating in New York in the 1980s who aimed to …
Photorealism
Photorealism is a painting style that emerged in Europe and the USA in the late 1960s, characterised by its painstaking …
Picture plane
A picture plane refers to the physical surface of the painting
Pictures generation
The name pictures generation was given to a group of American artists who came of age in the early 1970s …
Picturesque
The word picturesque refers to an ideal type of landscape that has an artistic appeal, in that it is beautiful …
Pittura Metafisica
Early twentieth century Italian art movement typified by dream-like views of eerie arcaded squares with unexpected juxtapositions of objects (English …
Plane
A plane surface is a flat surface, and any distinct flat surface within a painting or sculpture can be referred …
Plaster of Paris
The material plaster of Paris is a fine white powder which, when mixed with water, forms a white solid
Plein air
The French term plein air means out of doors and refers to the practice of painting entire finished pictures out …
Plinth
A plinth is a heavy base or box on which a sculpture stands or is presented
Pluralism
In an art context, pluralism refers to the late 1960s and 1970s when art, politics and culture merged as artists …
Polaroid print
A Polaroid print is a positive print that is produced almost instantly shortly after exposure by a Polaroid camera
Polyptych
A polyptych is a painting or other two-dimensional artwork made up of more than three panels
Portfolio
A portfolio is a number of prints presented as a group and often, though not necessarily, by the same artist …
Post-painterly abstraction
Post-painterly abstraction is a blanket term covering a range of new developments in abstract painting in the late 1950s and …
Postmodernism
Postmodernism can be seen as a reaction against the ideas and values of modernism, as well as a description of …