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Pastels (Visual works)


  • Drawings made with colored sticks of chalk that deposit a powdery color on a surface.

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  • Form

    • Pastels (Visual works)

  • Variants

    • Pastel drawings
    • Pastel paintings

  • Broader Terms

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Sources

    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, December 14, 2016(pastels (visual works); variants: pastel (visual work); pastel drawings; pastel paintings; note: Works of art, typically on a paper or vellum support, to which designs are applied using crayons made of ground pigment held together with a binder, typically oil or water and gum. Works in this medium are sometimes classified as drawings, and sometimes as paintings, typically based on the local curatorial department responsible for the work or on the material of the support (pastels on paper may be classified as drawings, while pastels on vellum may be classified as paintings).)
    • found: Thesaurus for graphic materials, December 14, 2016(Pastels (Visual works); UF Pastel drawings; Pastel paintings; BT Drawings; Paintings; scope note: "Drawings" or "paintings" made with colored sticks of chalk in a nongreasy binder, depositing a powdery color on a surface.)
    • found: LCSH, December 14, 2016(Pastel drawing; UF Pastel painting; Pastels [Former heading]; BT Drawing)

  • General Notes

    • Drawings made with colored sticks of chalk that deposit a powdery color on a surface.

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  • Change Notes

    • 2017-11-13: new
    • 2018-02-20: revised

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