Texture in painting

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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Credits

producer

Phoebe Flory

Duration

00:18:27:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010742

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

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 → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1963

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