If you’re an artist, or even just appreciate the arts, you know that there are some words and phrases that are used constantly in the art world. But do you know what they all mean? Here’s a handy guide to art words from A to Z.
Abstract: An abstract painting or sculpture is one that doesn’t try to represent reality, but instead focuses on the shapes, colors, and textures of the materials used.
Acrylic: A type of paint made with acrylic polymer emulsion and water. It dries quickly and can be used on a variety of surfaces.
Allegory: An allegory is a story or painting with a hidden meaning, often symbolizing a moral lesson.
Arc: In architecture, an arc is a curved line that forms a half circle or more.
A To Z ART WORDS LIST, Art Vocabulary
Most Common Art Vocabulary Words
- Fuzz
- Turpentine
- Endurance
- Lighting
- Ultimate
- Quilting
- Draw
- Falter
- Erase
- Trecento
- Illumination
- Shallowness
- Ruler
- Imagery
- Acrylic Painting
- Gallery
- Graphic
- Realism
- Medium
- Airbrush
- Momentum
- Ink
A To Z ART WORDS LIST
Art Words That Start With A
- abstract paintings
- avant garde
- assets
- antisagging
- arty
- artfuck
- album
- archival
- artistry
- antiques
- artmobile
- artwork
- artsy
- artgoing
- award-winning
- art galleries
- architectural
- attempt
- aural
- arp
- aesthetics
- array
- avant-garde
- antique
- artists
- artsploitation
- at gallery open
- artfest
- artless
- animation
- acrylic
- acrylic painting
- artspeak
- artmaker
- audio visual
- airbrush
- acrylic resin
- albums
- amate
- artistic expression
- art supply
- ascii art
- actress
- artistdom
- aesthetic
- audubon
- artistic
- abstractionist
- artly
- art show
- artistically
- artisan
- antiart
- art and craft
- arthur
- at art show
- artworks
- artlike
- aquatint
- acting
- alt
- artifacts
- art union
- artfag
- art gallery
- art museum
- animations
- auction
- artist
- archive
- academy
- assemble
- actor
- award
- architecture
- arts
- applied arts
- aesthete
- ash
- art deco
- acrylic paint
- artsy craftsy
- acclaimed
- art
- author
Art Words That Start With B
- black art
- brush
- books
- booklet
- balance
- biographical
- baroque
- body paint
- bridge
- buy paint
- bookplate
- business
- biography
- become artist
- brushwork
- best
- be artist
- biennale
Art Words That Start With C
- curator
- coloring
- comic
- catalogue
- catalogues
- credited
- cinematographer
- collaborated
- creative
- creative work
- cover
- card
- catalog
- comics
- collection
- collectibles
- copy
- convex
- collages
- chalk
- concept
- curators
- collage
- canon
- creations
- create art
- cyberart
- culture
- curve
- creative person
- classic
- copied
- color
- constructivist
- contemporary
- canvas
- collaboration
- combat
- camaieu
- chart
- cds
- carpet page
- creator
- canvases
- create
- character
- content
- ceramics
- cartooning
- compact
- characters
- convention
- classicist
- collaborator
- choreographer
- collections
- calligraphy
- contemporary art
- crafts
- carver
- charcoal
- curatorial
- cultural
- cosplay
- commanding
- crafting
- cosplays
- composers
- creativity
- compilation
- conecept design
- clips
- coat wall
- composer
- craft
Art Words That Start With D
- displays
- duo
- displayed
- duchamp
- designer
- dancer
- draftsman
- designs
- direction
- draw
- display
- dancing
- diversity
- diy
- depaint
- depict
- decoupage
- drawer
- diorama
- delineative
- dada
- displaying
- dev
- depiction
- design
- dauber
- drawings
- drypoint
- documentary
- decorative
- decorator
- decorative art
- distemper
- diptych
- depicts
- decorate room
- dance
- drawing
- decor
- demitint
- depicting
- discourse
Art Words That Start With E
- exhibitions
- engraved
- era
- expressionist
- entertainer
- engravings
- environmental design
- exhibit
- entertainment
- effort
- expression
- enlightenment
- encaustic
- erase
- electropainted
- etching
- exhibits
- english
- editing
- edit
- etcher
- electropainting
- easel
- etchings
- example
- expressionism
- express creativity
- endurance
- exhibition
- expressive
Art Words That Start With F
- fuzz
- famous
- feature
- fluid
- fard
- films
- fine art
- fics
- featuring
- finger paint
- fic
- framed
- featured
- film
- fanart
- figurine
- folk
- filmmaker
- filmmakers
- falter
- fiction
- flag
- fashion
- figure
- frame
- flavor
- features
- fresco
- fan
Art Words That Start With G
- gouache
- gesso
- gallery open
- gallery
- geometric
- guides
- graffiti
- graphic design
- galleries
- games
- genre
- graphics
- glasswork
- glaze
- graphic
- get some paint
- gameplay
- game
- glassblower
- graphical user interface
- glyptography
- graphic art
Art Words That Start With H
- hyperrealism
- hatching
- hobby
- home improvement
- handiwork
- high art
- homiletics
- humanities
- hirschfeld
- history
- have brush
- handmade
- housepainting
Art Words That Start With I
- indiana
- illustrations
- illustrate
- icons
- ink
- illustrating
- intermedia
- iconic
- illumination
- infusion
- impasto
- illustrative
- illustration
- image
- images
- inspired
- installation art
- icon
- impaint
- innovation
- inspiration
- indie
- impressionism
- inf
- illustrator
- illustrated
- iconography
- imagery
Art Words That Start With J
- jewelry
- juried
- judgment
- jazz
- jasper johns
- japonism
- jean arp
- johns
Art Words That Start With K
- kitsch
- key
- kiln
Art Words That Start With L
- lensman
- lino cut
- luster
- literary
- learn to paint
- limn
- longueur
- liberal art
- latex
- line
- linocut
- lighting
- literature
- logo
- life class
- liner brush
- lore
- legendary
- low-relief
- letter sign
- lear
Art Words That Start With M
- metalwork
- movies
- minimalist
- manuscript
- merch
- meme
- musician
- memes
- modern art
- montage
- monochromy
- media
- material
- make picture
- modernist
- models
- minstrelsy
- mosaics
- mural
- momentum
- model
- murals
- masterworks
- museums
- masterpieces
- marcel duchamp
- music
- miniaturist
- mask tape
- maestro
- miniate
- marouflage
- master
- masterpiece
- motif
- modernism
- musical
- museum wing
- masa
- mosaic
- movie
- musicians
- magnum opus
- museum
- make paint
- meager
- muse
- maxfield parrish
- medium
Art Words That Start With N
nudes
new look
notation
notable
name
novelist
nonrepresentational
non textual matter
novel
neutral
Art Words That Start With O
- overlap
- oeuvre
- originals
- on wall
- other
- original
- office
- oil color
- ornamentalist
- oil paint
- outpaint
- old master
Art Words That Start With P
- portraitist
- palette
- painting
- pyrographer
- paintless
- panorama
- picture
- paintathon
- photo realism
- picasso
- paint house
- pioneering
- performing arts
- personal
- paint
- paint out
- portraits
- performer
- painture
- porn
- pictorial convention
- pencil
- pictures
- printed
- painter
- patronage
- pottery
- poet
- photomontage
- portfolio
- placement
- prog
- photogravure
- producer
- portraiture
- prints
- pop art
- presents
- pianist
- photo
- pop
- pixel art
- paintings
- pcr
- paintbrush
- products
- pose
- paint picture
- painty
- paleoart
- playwright
- prominently
- pictorial
- poster
- picturer
- photography
- piece
- paintings drawings
- paint wall
- pastiche
- pictorialism
- puppetry
- project
- pieces
- performance art
- photographs
- performed
- physical body
- porcelain
- performers
- posters
- painters
- publication
- performance
- portrait
- poetry
- printing
- photograph
- photographer
- pioneer
- philosophy
- plastic art
- paint on canvas
- painterly
- printmaker
- paintable
- paintmaking
- paintinglike
- photographic
- picturesque
- paint brush
- photos
- pseudophotograph
- papier
- printmaking
- pre-raphaelite
- production
- place
- product
- painted
- portray
Art Words That Start With Q
- quality
- quilting
Art Words That Start With R
- realism
- remastered
- romantic
- ruler
- remixes
- repetition
- reproduced
- rococo
- religious icon
- repaint
- romanticist
- recoat
- reproductions
- renderings
- renowned
- retrospective
- recording
- restraint
Art Words That Start With S
- stippler
- shade
- singers
- stone
- shallowness
- sculpt
- stipple
- scheme
- spray paint
- sketches
- street art
- showcases
- shapes
- statues
- surrealist
- semigloss
- sculpturer
- stories
- singing
- screenwriter
- songs
- sculptors
- sci
- sketch
- sgraffito
- speech
- style
- screenplay
- scratchboard
- studio
- science
- sculptor
- symbolist
- skill
- soundtrack
- subtle
- sculptural
- story
- songwriter
- surrealism
- sculptures
- spell
- singer-songwriter
- sculpting
- still life
- singer
- starred
- staffage
- school
- seascape
- sculpture
- song
- sport
- sacred
- stylist
- sound
Art Words That Start With T
- theatre
- tiffany
- tables
- technicolor
- turpentine
- theatrical
- tapestries
- trecento
- triptych
- tanka
- traditional art
- titled
- tint
- track
- text
- telescopy
- topiary
- tempera
- textile arts
- topcoat
- taxidermy
- theme
- the
- trompe l’oeil
- tech
- talaria
- tone
Art Words That Start With U
- underpainting
- unpaint
- ultimate
- undertone
- use brush
- unusual
Art Words That Start With V
- videography
- visual artist
- visual arts
- vitrine
- visual art
- visual
- videos
- variety
- visuals
- vocalist
- video
- ventriloquism
- vision
- varnish
Art Words That Start With W
- work of art
- work
- watercolor paintings
- wheel
- whirl
- warhol
- watercolor painting
- world
- works
- weapon
- watercolour
- writing
- watercolors
- well-known
- wall cover
- watercolor
- wood carving
- writer
- watercolorist
- written
- water base paint
Art Words That Start With Y, Z
- young
- ziggurat
- zest
