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Techniques

The methods, processes, devices, principles, and theories artists use to make their work — organized by discipline, maker, and the works where each technique becomes visible.

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By discipline

Writing1 entryNarrative methods, literary devices, theories, and principles.Browse writingPainting0 entriesWays painters build color, surface, light, and form.Browse paintingPhotography0 entriesCamera, darkroom, printing, and image-making processes.Browse photographyFilm0 entriesCinematography, editing, sound, performance, and structure.Browse filmMusic0 entriesCompositional, instrumental, vocal, and production methods.Browse musicDance0 entriesMovement systems, choreographic methods, and performance practices.Browse dance

The index

All techniques

Writing · TheoryHemingway’s Iceberg TheoryA theory of informed omission in which the writer understands the full situation but shows only the actions, details, and words needed for readers to feel its larger meaning.Associated with Ernest HemingwayExplore the technique

Ideas and their makers

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Ernest Hemingway