mixed media
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
mixed media
- Details
Any combination of a variety of materials plus the associated techniques, used in the making of a single work of art. In printmaking, use when more than one technique, such as both etching and engraving, are used in one print. For the painting technique of laying oil paint glazes over tempera paint or tempera paint glazes over oil paint, use "mixed technique." For contemporary works that employ several distinct art forms, such as sculpture and music, use "multimedia works." For the concept that certain contemporary works merge known art forms to inaugurate a new type, use "intermedia."
- Variations
media, mixed
method, mixed
material, mixed
mediums, mixed
mixed material
mixed mediums
mixed method
technique mixte