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artist's spatulas (<ink and paint preparation tools>, image-making equipment, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Artists' implements having a flattened surface of various forms and made of various materials; used by painters and other artists, particularly as used to mix, spread, or transfer ink or paint, or for other purposes. For spatulas comprising blades of flexible metal used in creating art, usage overlaps with "palette knives (painting equipment)." |
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artist's spatulas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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artist's spatula (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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spatula (artists' tool) (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
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spatulas (artists' tools) (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)
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artists' spatulas (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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spatels (kunstenaarsgereedschap) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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spatel (kunstenaarsgereedschap) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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tempermessen (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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spatules (artists' tools) (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
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spatule d'artiste (C,U,French,AD,U,FSN)
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spatule (artists' tool) (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
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Spachtel (Malereiwerkzeug) (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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Spachteln (Künstlerwerkzeuge) (C,V,German,AD,PN)
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espátulas (herramientas del artista) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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espátula (herramienta del artista) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TH |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ equipment (G) |
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................ <equipment by process> (G) |
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.................... image-making equipment (G) |
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........................ <ink and paint preparation tools> (G) |
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............................ artist's spatulas (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................ <equipment by process> (G) |
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.................... <mixing tools and equipment> (G) |
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Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Bladen van flexibel metaal die worden gebruikt om inkt of verf te mengen, verspreiden of verplaatsen. |
German ..... Biegsame Metallklinge an einem Handgriff, um damit Farbe oder Tinte zu vermengen, aufzutragen oder zu verteilen. |
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Related concepts: |
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meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
palette knives (painting equipment) |
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(painting equipment, image-making equipment, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300022600] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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spatulas (artists' tools)............ |
[GCI Preferred, VP] |
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AATA database (2002-) 129083 checked 26 January 2012 |
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Banister, Etching (1969) illustration, 6; spatulas |
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Gettens and Stout, Painting Materials (1966) illustration, 312; spatulas |
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules |
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Gottsegen, Manual of Painting Materials (1987) IND; spatulas |
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Heller, Printmaking Today (1972) 328; spatulas |
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Hiler, Painter's Pocket-Book (1970) GLOS; spatulas |
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Mayer, Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (1981) IND; spatulas |
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Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 370; spatulas |
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Melot et al., Prints, History of an Art (1981) GLOS; spatulas |
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Taubes, Painter's Dictionary of Materials and Methods (1971) 216; spatulas |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) illustration; spatulas |
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Wehlte, Materials and Techniques of Painting (1982) IND; spatulas |
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