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Sgraffito

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Sgraffito (plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelled scraffito) is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colours to a moistened surface, or in pottery, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip or glaze, and then in either case scratching so as to reveal parts of the underlying layer. [1]

52 relations: African art, Alfred Lys Baldry, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts movement, Austria, Barcelona, Bavaria, Brussels, Catalonia, Cauchie House, Chios, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Engadin, Florence, Fresco, Graffiti, Graffito (archaeology), Henri Privat-Livemont, Heywood Sumner, Hotel Metropol Moscow, Italy, Jindřichův Hradec, Marburg, Mastichochoria, Maturino da Firenze, Mödling, Mikhail Vrubel, Municipal House, Neoclassical architecture, Noucentisme, Olomouc, Osvald Polívka, Paul Hankar, Plaster, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Polished plaster, Pottery, Pyrgi, Greece, Raphael, Renaissance, Scagliola, Scratchboard, Slip (ceramics), Stucco, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, Terrazzo, Thuringia, Transylvania, Vienna Secession, ..., Wetterau, William Walcot. Expand index (2 more) »

African art

African art describes the modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent.

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Alfred Lys Baldry

Alfred Lys Baldry (1858–1939) was an English art critic and painter.

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Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1890 and 1910.

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Arts and Crafts movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s.

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Austria

Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Cauchie House

The Cauchie house (Maison Cauchie, Cauchiehuis) was built in 1905 by Art Nouveau architect, painter and designer Paul Cauchie, in Etterbeek, Brussels, next of the Cinquantenaire.

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Chios

Chios (Χίος, Khíos) is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, off the Anatolian coast.

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Drosendorf-Zissersdorf

Drosendorf-Zissersdorf is a town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria.

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Engadin

The Engadin or Engadine (Engiadina, Engadin, Engadina, Engadine; lit.: Valley of the Inn people) is a long high Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in most southeastern Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Fresco

Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural of graffito: "a graffito", but "these graffiti") are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted, typically illicitly, on a wall or other surface, often within public view.

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Graffito (archaeology)

A graffito (plural "graffiti"), in an archaeological context, is a deliberate mark made by scratching or engraving on a large surface such as a wall.

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Henri Privat-Livemont

Henri Privat-Livemont (1861–1936) was an artist born in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium.

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Heywood Sumner

George Heywood Maunoir Sumner (1853–1940) was originally an English painter, illustrator and craftsman, closely involved with the Arts and Crafts movement and the late-Victorian London art world.

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Hotel Metropol Moscow

The Hotel Metropol Moscow (Метропо́ль) is a historic hotel in the center of Moscow, Russia, built in 1899–1907 in Art Nouveau style.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jindřichův Hradec

Jindřichův Hradec (Neuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Marburg

Marburg is a university town in the German federal state (Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (Landkreis).

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Mastichochoria

Mastichochoria (Μαστιχοχώρια,, lit. "the mastic villages" in English) is a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece.

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Maturino da Firenze

Maturino da Firenze (1490–1528) was an Italian painter, born in Florence, but working in Rome during the Renaissance.

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Mödling

Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.

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Mikhail Vrubel

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Вру́бель; March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910, all n.s.) is usually regarded amongst the Russian painters of the Symbolist movement and of Art Nouveau.

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Municipal House

Municipal House (Obecní dům) is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue, in Prague.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Noucentisme

Noucentisme (noucentista being its adjective) was a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme, both in art and ideology, and was, simultaneously, a perception of art almost opposite to that of avantgardists.

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Olomouc

Olomouc (locally Holomóc or Olomóc; Olmütz; Latin: Olomucium or Iuliomontium; Ołomuniec; Alamóc) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic.

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Osvald Polívka

Osvald Polívka (May 24, 1859 – April 30, 1931), Austrian-born Czech architect associated with the Secession / Art Nouveau period in Prague.

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Paul Hankar

Paul Hankar (11 December 1859 – 17 January 1901) was a Belgian architect and furniture designer, and an innovator in the Art Nouveau style.

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Plaster

Plaster is a building material used for the protective and/or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements.

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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio (– 1543) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of Raphael's pupils", who was best known for his now-vanished paintings on the facades of Roman houses.

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Polished plaster

Polished plaster is a term for the finish of some plasters and for the description of new and updated forms of traditional Italian plaster finishes.

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Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic material which makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

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Pyrgi, Greece

Pyrgi (Πυργί) is a village on the Greek island of Chios, known as the "painted village" on account of the decoration of the houses.

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Raphael

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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Scagliola

Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning "chips") is a technique for producing stucco columns, sculptures and other architectural elements that resemble inlays in marble and semi-precious stones.

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Scratchboard

Sometimes referred to as scraperboard (especially in Great Britain), but usually called scratchboard in North America and Australia, is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark ink to reveal a white or colored layer beneath.

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Slip (ceramics)

A slip is a liquid mixture or slurry of clay and/or other materials suspended in water.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Sunbury-on-Thames

Sunbury-on-Thames is a town and London suburb located in Surrey, England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Terrazzo

Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments.

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Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen) is a federal state in central Germany.

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Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in today's central Romania.

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Vienna Secession

The Vienna Secession (Wiener Secession; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists, or Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs) was an art movement formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus.

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Wetterau

The Wetterau is a fertile undulating tract, watered by the Wetter, a tributary of the Nidda River, in the western German state of Hesse, between the hilly province Oberhessen and the north-western Taunus mountains.

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William Walcot

William Walcot (10 March 1874 – 21 May 1943) was a British architect graphic artist and etcher, notable as a practitioner of refined Art Nouveau (Style Moderne) in Moscow, Russia (as Вильям Францевич Валькот).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgraffito

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