easel painting (image-making)

  1. Home
  2. top of the aat hierarchies
  3. Activities Facet
  4. Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
  5. [processes and techniques by specific type]
  6. [image-making processes and techniques]
  7. [painting and painting techniques]
  8. painting (image-making)
  9. easel painting
Scope note
The activity of painting relatively small paintings, originally using an easel or other device in the process. The term is used to refer to the process used by artists in the west, dating from the 16th century and later, when art was considered valuable in its own right, and to distinguish paintings on panel and canvas from mural paintings, manuscript illuminations, or decorative painting on objects.
easel painting
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024