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Media, or mediums, are the core types ofmaterial (or related other tools) used by anartist,composer,designer, etc. to create awork of art.[1] For example, avisual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.
The following is a list of artistic categories and the media used within each category:
Film, as a form ofmass communication, is itself also considered a mediumin the sense used by fields such associology andcommunication theory (see alsomass media). These two definitions of medium, while they often overlap, are different from one another:television, for example, utilizes the same types of artistic media as film, but may be considered a different medium from film within communication theory.[2]
A chef's tools and equipment, includingovens, stoves, grills, and griddles. Specialty equipment may be used, includingsalamanders,French tops, woks,tandoors, andinduction burners.
Glassblowing,Glass fusing,colouring and marking methods.
Installation art is a site-specific form ofsculpture that can be created with any material. An installation can occupy a large amount ofspace, create anambience, transform/disrupt the space, exist in the space. One way to distinguish an installation from a sculpture (this may not apply to every installation) is to try to imagine it in a different space. If the objects present difficulties in a different space than the original, it is probably an installation.
Muralists use many of the same media aspanel painters, but due to the scale of their works, use different techniques. Some such techniques include:
Comics creators use many of the same media as traditional painters.
Theperforming arts are a form ofentertainment that may be created by the artist's ownbody,face, and presence as a medium. There are manygenres ofperformance;dance,theatre andre-enactment are a few examples.Performance art is a performance that may not present a conventional formal linearnarrative.[clarification needed]
Inphotography, aphotosensitive surface is used to capture an optical still image, usually utilizing alens to focuslight. Some photographic media include:
In the art ofprintmaking, "media" tends to refer to the technique used to create a print. Common media include:
Insculpting, asolidstructure andtextured surface is shaped or combined usingsubstances and components, to form a three-dimensional object. The size of a sculptured work can be built very big and could be considered asarchitecture, although more commonly a largestatue orbust, and can be crafted very small and intricate asjewellery,ornaments and decorativereliefs.
The art ofsound can be singular or a combination ofspeech or objects and craftedinstruments, to create sounds,rhythms andmusic for a range of sonichearing purposes. See alsomusic andsound art.
The use oftechnical products as an art medium is a merging ofapplied art andscience, that may involveaesthetics,efficiency andergonomics using various materials.
In the art oftextiles a soft and flexible material offibers oryarn is formed by spinningwool,flax,cotton, or other material on aspinning wheel andcrocheting,knitting,macramé (knotting),weaving, or pressing fibres together (felt) to create a work.
