Demonstrates the significance of texture in painting and in everyday life. Painters Phoebe Flory and Eliot O’Hara explain the thinking behind the use of textures, with illustrative examples that span the history of art from the Ming Dynasty to today’s non-objective painters.
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In ACMI's collection
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ACMI Identifier
010742
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting - Technique
Crafts & Visual Arts → Texture (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Texture painting
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)