Mixed Media Art Flashcards
Grade 11 · Art · Flashcards
Essential terms, techniques, and artists for understanding and creating mixed media work.
Flashcards
- Mixed Media
- Artwork that combines two or more materials, processes, or mediums in a single piece.
- Collage
- Technique of cutting and pasting flat materials (paper, fabric, photos) onto a support surface.
- Assemblage
- Three-dimensional work constructed from found or non-traditional objects.
- Found Objects (Objet Trouvé)
- Everyday or discarded items incorporated into an artwork, often carrying cultural or symbolic meaning.
- Kurt Schwitters
- Dadaist artist known for 'Merz' assemblages made from discarded everyday materials including ticket stubs and wire.
- Robert Rauschenberg
- American artist known for 'Combines' — works merging painting, sculpture, and found objects, influential in post-war art.
- Joseph Cornell
- American artist known for shadow box assemblages containing found objects arranged in surrealistic compositions.
- Papier Collé
- A form of collage using pasted paper, pioneered by Picasso and Braque in Cubist compositions around 1912.
- Gel Medium
- Acrylic-based substance used as adhesive, texture agent, or image transfer medium in mixed media.
- Encaustic
- Ancient and contemporary painting technique using pigmented hot wax; creates translucent, textured surfaces.
- Archival Stability
- The quality of materials that resist chemical breakdown, discoloration, or deterioration over time.
- Conceptual Weight
- The symbolic or associative meaning a material carries beyond its physical properties (e.g., rust = time, newsprint = culture).
- Ground
- The prepared support surface onto which media is applied; may be canvas, board, paper, or fabric.
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