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painting

vr.tr.painting · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle painting as an activity by medium, technique, tradition and safety, and link to paintings as works.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle painting as an activity by medium, technique, tradition and safety, and link to paintings as works.

The practice of applying paint, pigment or other media to a surface such as canvas, paper, wood or walls to create images or decoration, including fine art, decorative, wall, bark and face painting.

What it is for: Artistic expression, decoration, documentation and tradition.

It can be learn techniques; choose media and surfaces; conserve paintings; use materials safely.

Distinguishing features

Applying pigment to surfaces

Many media and traditions

Fine and decorative

Some materials are toxic

What it looks like

Brushes, palettes, pigments and painted surfaces.

How it is recognised

Media such as oil, acrylic, watercolour, tempera

Traditions such as bark painting or batik

Paintings as objects are works

Related models

is a kind of - category

visual arts

produces - output

painting (work)

uses - materials

paint and pigment

is practised by - practitioner

painter

In practice

Families and kinds

oil painting

watercolour and gouache

acrylic painting

wall and mural painting

traditional forms such as bark painting

Standards and regulation

ASTM D4236 art materials labelling

EU REACH restrictions on hazardous pigments

Failure modes and hazards

Toxic pigments such as lead or cadmium

Solvent fumes

Damage to heritage paintings

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Medium Materials.

Medium shapes technique.

Paint

Oil, acrylic.

Paint

Medium.

  1. Which medium is used? definition
  2. On which surface? definition

Tools

Brushes and knives.

Tools

Tools.

  1. Which tools are used? definition
  2. How are they cleaned? action
Technique Methods.

Techniques define styles.

Methods

Glazing, impasto.

Methods

Techniques.

  1. Which techniques are used? definition
  2. How can they be learned? action

Tradition

Cultural forms.

Tradition

Traditions.

  1. Which tradition does it belong to? provenance
  2. Who are its custodians? provenance
Safety Materials.

Some materials are hazardous.

Pigments

Toxicity.

Pigments

Pigment safety.

  1. Does the pigment contain toxic metals? boundary
  2. What precautions apply? action

Solvents

Ventilation.

Solvents

Solvent safety.

  1. Is ventilation adequate for solvents? boundary
  2. How are rags disposed of safely? action
Works Paintings.

Paintings need care.

Conservation

Care.

Conservation

Conservation.

  1. How should a painting be displayed and stored? action
  2. When is a conservator needed? boundary

Attribution

Authorship.

Attribution

Attribution.

  1. Who painted it, and how secure is the attribution? provenance
  2. Is provenance documented? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should media be separate entries?
  • How should works be linked?
  • How should traditional forms be credited?
Draft as JSON