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Painterly

Painterly art makes strong use of of the many visual effects produced by paint on canvas, and also of the artist's experience in painting.

Of course, painterly refers, basically to paint, but some forms of sculpture make such use of surface texture and stroke that they could almost be called painterly. SeeWood as a medium, Green new art[?]

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