Visual Art Form

Embossing: embossing media or process

2008-02-26T08:23:57.0000Z

Hi Faye, as I become more knowledgable and comfortable with the structure Ill do that thanks, edda

Embossing: embossing media or process

2008-02-25T18:37:24.0018Z

Hi, thanks for catching that. As with any data community, we rely on users to correct any mistakes that may be found. You are right that embossing is not a visual art medium, it is more of an art form as defined in Freebase. I'll correct the type info on this topic. Note that you can do the same: to detype a topic, click on the existing type and choose "Remove" from the drop-down menu; to apply a new type, click on the Types property header of the topic, then use autocomplete to type and select the desired type.

Embossing: embossing media or process

2008-02-24T20:01:37.0005Z

embossing is a process not a media. it is done on many media, plastic,paper,mud,leather,metals,etc. just as casting is a process done on many media.clay ,plastic,synthetic stone,metals(bronze,copper,gold,silver,zinc,lead,etc.) I think It would be helpful to link process to media and the reverse.

Painting: Visual Art Media

2007-05-09T20:56:18.0006Z

Ah, you found the type just as I was composing my reply!

The art form is linked to art media (and vice versa) through artworks, without any hierarchy. The Artwork type has properties to capture its art form and art media used, with reverse links back to the artwork. That means if you browse an art medium, you can see a list of artworks using that art medium, and if you look at an art form, such as Painting, you can see a list of paintings that users have entered.

OK, I see your other reply just before I post this -- I'll be the silly one. ;) There may be other users with similar questions, so I'm going to post this yet...hopefully this info is not redundant.

Painting: Visual Art Media

2007-05-09T20:49:54.0006Z

Thanks faye. I added my follow up comment before your reply so it looks silly now :)

Painting: Paint media

2007-05-09T20:41:20.0016Z

Well, not quite. ;) "Painting" is of type Visual Art Form, which categorizes, at a higher level, the form of the finished artwork. Other examples are photography, sculpture, etc.What you're looking for, namely the material or media used to construct a work of art, is covered in the Visual Art Medium type:

http://www.freebase.com/view/filter?id=/visual_art/visual_art_medium

You will find watercolor paint, acrylic paint, and oil paint there. Feel free to add other art media!

Painting: Visual Art Media

2007-05-09T20:40:43.0006Z

It's under Visual Art Media isn't it? How should the relationship between painting and its subset of media be represented?

Painting: Paint media

2007-05-09T20:26:03.0012Z

Is this the place to add media types? eg: watercolo(u)r, acrylic, oil?

Comics: Types?

2007-04-27T17:13:06.0006Z

We have some automated processes that assign types to data imported from other sources (wikipedia in this case), and as you can see, the accuracy is not always 100% ;) But with the help of folks (like you!) who fix the errors as they find them, we can catch the things that slip through the cracks - so thanks!

Comics: Types?

2007-04-27T09:23:32.0012Z

Greetings.
Why this topic is under Types: Film Actor (Film) and Person (People)?
I think it should be under Art FormDrawings, or even separated art form.

All the best, stay free!

sprecho