Mixed media

Scope note

Use for 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 20th-century works that employ several distinct art forms, such as sculpture and music, use "multimedia works." For the concept that certain 20th-century works merge known art forms to inaugurate a new type, use "intermedia."

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