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15 SIMPLE Letter A Activities

Are you looking for activities to practice the letter A?

 

I have 15 engaging activities that will help your child learn about the letter A! These activities are perfect to use in the classroom, or you can do them right at home! These play-based learning strategies will have your kids hooked on each activity!

 

Giving your student or child the opportunity to learn one letter at a time will help them remember each letter. By doing these fun activities, your child will create memories of each letter!

 

Let’s dive into my exciting activities to learn the letter A!

 


Activity #1: Letter Collages

 

Letter collages are a great way to practice letter recognition! Focusing on one specific letter and creating something special will help them recognize and remember the letter.

 

For the letter A, we did apple printing!

 

 

Apple printing is fun for kids to experiment with since it’s a different way to create art! I picked apple printing since apples start with the letter A.

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • cardstock paper
  • apples
  • washable paint (red, green, and yellow)
  • art tray
  • knife

 

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2. Set-up: Cut an apple in half using a knife (make sure you are the one doing this part). Make sure both sides of the apple are smooth. Lastly, print and cut out the letters and paste them to cardstock paper.

 

3. Activity: Let your little one dip the apples into the washable paint on an art tray. They will make prints with the apples on the letter A.

 

Focusing on both the upper and lower case letters is crucial for children to know before entering kindergarten. They will be asked about both on the kindergarten readiness assessment.

 

RELATED: 30 Kindergarten Activities For Kids

 


Activity #2: Do-A-Dot Letter Search

 

Who doesn’t love mess-free art?! Do-A-Dot paint markers pretty mess-free as long as your little one doesn’t wipe them all over their hand, wishful thinking, right?!

 

This printable is a perfect way to let you know if your little one can differentiate letters!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • FREE Do-A-Dot Letters Printables
  • Do-A-Dot markers

 

 

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2. Set-up: Print off the pages and get the paint markers ready!

 

3. Activity: Your little ones with use the paint markers to place a dot on only the letter A. See if they can find all the letter A’s on their own. To extend the learning, have them count how many letter A’s they found on the sheets.

 

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Activity #3: Letter A Search and Match

 

My kids are OBSESSED with search and match activities. Honestly, whenever I create a game using this same set-up, even though they have done it so many times, it’s always their favorite.

 

It’s effortless to set up and takes only a few minutes to prep!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • colored cardstock paper
  • sticky notes
  • markers

 

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2. Set-up: Draw an upper and lower case letter on cardstock paper. Tape it up on the wall! On post-it’s, write a bunch of upper and lower case letters, then hide them around your house or classroom.

 

3. Activity: Have your kids search for the post-it notes! Once they find one, have them place it on the matching letter they see on the paper. Once all of them are found, hide them again and repeat!

 

I wouldn’t be surprised if you do this activity several times through!

 

RELATED: Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers

 


Activity #4: Alligator Craft and Feed

 

A is for alligator! Isn’t this the cutest alligator you ever saw? This was a major hit with both my kids! I had to make several more because they even made up a game with the alligator clothespins!

 

How cute are these colored clothespins? I use them for so many different activities!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • colored clothespins
  • letter A toys
  • pipe cleaners
  • cardstock
  • hot glue and gun
  • googly eyes
  • white paint stick
  • Q-tips

 

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2. Set-up: Cut a small strip of green cardstock paper and two small strips of white paper. Hot glue the small strip of green cardstock on top of the clothespin. The white strips should be in a zig-zag pattern to look like teeth. Glue those onto the sides of the clothespin. Then glue the googly eyes on top! I added some red paint on to be the tongue.

 

3. Activity: Use the alligator craft to do an engaging activity to focus on the letter A! The alligator only wants to eat the letter A. Use letter toys and have the kids pick out a letter. They will use the alligator to eat only the letter A’s!

 

 


Activity #5: Letter Fill

 

Letter fill activities are quickly becoming one of my favorite activities to do with the kids.

 

They love using loose parts to be able to make the letters look beautiful! I like this process too because there are so many possibilities with the objects you can use!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • cardboard
  • Sharpie
  • glue
  • pom-poms
  • colored rice
  • pipe cleaners
  • stickers

 

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There could be other materials that you could use, but the list would go on forever!

 

2. Set-up: On a piece of cardboard paper, draw a bubble letter A with a sharpie. Either you or your little one can squirt glue on the entire letter. This is one circumstance where they can add a bunch of glue and not have a disaster :).

 

3. Activity: Your child will put the object that you chose all over the letter! So if you chose pom-poms, for example, have them try to cover all the glue lines up with the pom-poms. To extend the learning, count how many items that were placed inside the letter.

 


Activity #6: Salt Painting

 

Have you ever tried salt painting? It always turns out SO pretty!

 

Kids love watching the paint flow throughout the salt. It’s a relaxing way to paint, and the kids will love trying a new way to create art.

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • cardboard
  • pencil
  • glue
  • salt
  • watercolors
  • paintbrush
  • art tray

 

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2. Set-up: On your piece of cardboard, draw the letter A with a pencil. Then, outline the letter in glue. Make sure to place the cardboard on an art tray for the next part! Shake a whole bunch of salt all over the glue the dump the access in the trash.

 

*You have to let the glue dry before you start painting, or else it will be REALLY messy!*

 

3. Activity: Have your little ones use the watercolor paints to paint the salt! It looks terrific, too, when you mix different colors throughout the letter.

 


Activity #7: Secret Letters

 

Kids love the element of surprise! Who doesn’t? I still do!

 

Secret letter activities are really engaging for kids because they can’t see the letters on the paper, so when they paint over the piece of paper, they will see letters magically pop up!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • white cardstock paper
  • watercolors
  • paintbrush
  • white crayon
  • art tray

 

2. Set-up: On a white piece of cardstock, use a white crayon to write the letter A all over the paper. You can do upper and lower case or just focus on one.

 

3. Activity: Your kiddo will use watercolors to paint all over the paper. They will see the letters start to pop up! If you mixed upper and lower case letters, make sure to ask them which kind they found.

 

When you are all done, ask them how many they found! Also, you can talk about the colors that they used for color recognition.

 

RELATED: How to Teach your Toddler Colors

 


Activity #8: Beginning Sounds

 

Talking about animals or objects that start with the letter A will help bring the letter to life for your little one.

 

These beginning letter worksheets are a perfect way to show your little one some fun things that start with the letter A!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • CLICK HERE FOR My beginning sounds letter A worksheet (I have letters A-Z available!)
  • crayons

 

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2. Set-up: Print off the worksheet and grab your crayons!

 

3. Activity: Go through each of the objects or animals that are inside the letter A. Say the name of each thing and make each object’s beginning sound before saying the whole word. This will help your little one understand the starting sound of each picture they see.

 

They will color each thing that starts with the letter A! 

 

I have beginning sound sheets for each letter of the alphabet! Create a booklet to go over each of the sounds that the letters make. This will make for a great resource to use repeatedly.

 


Activity #9: Alphabet Apple Tree Matching

 

Dot stickers are one of my favorite supplies! They are so versatile. In this specific activity, they work perfectly as pretend apples!

 

This is a great activity to learn about the differences between upper and lower case letters.

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • cardstock paper
  • toilet paper rolls
  • dot stickers

 

 

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2. Set-up: Create the trees by making a tree shape on the cardstock paper. Write an upper case letter on one tree and a lower case letter on the other. Then cut two small slits in the toilet paper roll at the top. Place the cardstock paper inside the slits.

 

Write a bunch of upper and lower case letters on red, yellow, and green dot stickers!

 

3. Activity: Have your little ones peel off the dot stickers and place them on the correct tree! Peeling the stickers is a great fine motor activity for kids to practice. The kids can also count many upper and lower case letter dots there are.

 

RELATED: FUN Fine Motor Activities For Kids

 


Activity #10: Ripped Letter Craft

 

Ripped paper crafts are a favorite around here. Kids love the chance to be able to rip paper! They actually get to rip something without getting in trouble!

 

This is a simple and craft for adults to prep and for kids to do!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • white cardstock paper
  • red, green, and brown construction paper

 

2. Set-up: Create an upper and lower case letter A on cardstock paper.

 

3. Activity: Your child will rip construction paper and paste them all around the letters. The goal is to try to cover the entire letter!

 


Activity #11: Letter Sensory Bin

 

Rainbow rice is a colorful and exciting sensory filler to play with! Kids love the rice feel, it stays good for months, and the colors are amazing!

 

Making rainbow rice is really simple, and it takes only about 5 minutes to make it!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • My FREE Rainbow Letter Mats
  • fine motor tools
  • letter A toys (from puzzles, wood letters, or magnetic letters)
  • rice
  • food coloring
  • ziplock bags
  • parchment paper
  • baking sheet

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2. Set-up: Create the rainbow rice and print off the letter A rainbow letter mats.

 


*How to create rainbow rice*

 

a.  Dump 1 cup of rice into a ziplock bag.

 

b. Add in a few drops of food coloring or liquid watercolors.

 

c. Close the bag and shake it up until it’s covering all the rice

 

d. On a baking sheet, place parchment paper down and dump the rice onto the paper to dry. Make sure to spread it out to dry quicker.

 

e. Repeat this process for all the colors you want to do!


 

3. Activity: Once the rice dries, dump it into a sensory bin! Place all your letter A toys in the bin. You can place them on top or hide them in the rice. Your little ones will use the fine motor tools to search through the rice to find the letters. They will then place them on the correct upper or lower case mat!

 

RELATED: The BEST Sensory Bins for Kids

 


Activity #12: Letter Scavenger Hunt

 

Do you kids like to sit and learn all the time, or do you think they would love to move and learn?

 

I was a physical education teacher for 10 years, so I know in most cases, kids love movement and want to be active while they learn and not just sit!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • painter’s tape
  • hula hoop
  • letter A objects

 

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2. Set-up: With painter’s tape, make the letter A on the floor. Then, place a hula hoop over that letter!

 

3. Activity: Have your little ones go around the house and find objects that start with the letter A. If you have a younger one, place the objects out around the house so it’ll be easier for them to find. If you have an older one, challenge them to search for these objects and figure out which things would start with the letter A.

 

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Activity #13: Letter Sprinkle Sweep

 

When are sprinkles not a good idea?

 

When you mention that sprinkles are involved in a learning activity, I promise your kids are going to come bounding in ready to see what’s going on.

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • art tray
  • cardstock paper
  • marker
  • sprinkles

 

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2. Set-up: On a piece of cardstock paper, write a big bubble letter A. Place a tray underneath the paper to help with the mess.

 

3. Activity: Dump a bunch of cookie sprinkles onto the tray. Ask your little one to use the paintbrush to “sweep” the sprinkles into the letter. They will use as many sprinkles as they need to to try to fill in as much of the letter as they can!

 

This is an excellent activity to work on fine motor skills and letter recognition, and pre-writing skills!

 

RELATED: FUN Handwriting Activities For Kids

 


Activity #14: LEGO Letters

 

Got a kiddo who loves to use building with blocks? This activity will be right up their alley!

 

LEGO’s are an open-ended toy that I absolutely love using for learning activities. The possibilities are endless when it comes to using them!

 

 

Building letters is just one way that they can be used! This is a wonderful hands-on learning activity that helps kids understand how each letter shape is formed!

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • CLICK HERE FOR My LEGO Letter Building Mats
  • LEGO’s

 

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2. Set-up: Print off the sheets and grab your LEGO’s

 

3. Activity: Your child will use the blocks that you have to create the letter A. You can have them use little or DUPLO blocks for this activity. This activity asks them to identify what each letter is they create and how many blocks it took for them to create the letter. If you decide to do more letters than just A, they can see the letters’ differences!

 

RELATED: The BEST Open-Ended Toys For Kids

 


Activity #15: Popsicle Stick Letter Building

 

Building letters with popsicle sticks work on SO many different learning skills.

 

This specific activity works on letter recognition, counting skills, STEM skills, and pre-writing skills! It’s perfect for school centers or just for home learning!

 

 

How to do this activity:

 

1. Materials you need:

  • CLICK HERE FOR My popsicle stick letter cards
  • popsicle sticks
  • pencil

 

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2. Set-up: Print off the letter cards and grab the popsicle sticks!

 

3. Activity: Your kids will use the cards to help them know how to create each letter! Count how many popsicle sticks it takes to create the letters.

 


Final Thoughts and Conclusion

 

Individual letter activities are a fantastic way for kids to really grasp letter recognition of each letter of the alphabet! Doing some of these activities will help your little ones remember each letter of the alphabet.

 

To go along with these activities, I suggest reviewing the alphabet letters once a day for at least 5 minutes. That’s it! 5 minutes is all it takes if you consistently go over the information with them; you’re going to see how they can pick up the information if repeated daily.

 

Do you have a favorite activity that you do in your classroom or at home with your kids for the letter A? Our community would love to hear about it! We all benefit from sharing our teaching strategies and activities. Leave a comment below to let us know about some ways you like to teach the letter A.

 

Happy Learning!

12 Awesome Letter A Crafts & Activities

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It is time to get creative with these Letter A crafts! A is the first letter of the alphabet. Apples, angels, alligators, airplanes, apple trees, avocados, aardvark…there are many words that start with the letter A. Today we have some fun preschool letter A crafts & activities to practice letter recognition and writing skill building that work well in the classroom or at home.

Let’s do a Letter A craft!

Learning the Letter A Through Crafts & Activities

These awesome letter A crafts and activities are perfect for kids ages 2-5. These fun letter alphabet crafts are a great way to teach your toddler, preschooler, or kindergartener their letters. So grab your paper, glue stick, and crayons and start learning the letter A!

Related: More ways to learn the letter A

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Letter A Crafts For Kids

1. A is for Angel Craft

This angel made from the letter A is a fun project and is easy to make. It’s so easy to make with paper, feathers, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. Don’t forget the black marker to give the angel a smiley face.

2. A is for Apple Craft

This paper plate apple craft is the easiest apple craft we have here at Kids Activities Blog that makes it a great alphabet craft for even toddlers!

3. A Is For Alligator Craft

Make an A is for alligator craft where we turn the letter a into a green alligator! via Miss Marens Monkeys

The angel has angelic wings!

4.

Ants On The Apple Craft

To work on the lowercase a, make this ants on the apple craft. Grab your red paint, black paint, and green paper, for this letter a craft. via Pinterest

5. A is for Alien Craft

Use your handprint to make a letter a alien. via Red Ted Art

6. A is for Acorn Craft

Use a lowercase a to make a paper acorn. via MPM School Supplies

7. Apple Tree Craft for the Letter A

Make an apple tree  from construction paper and use a stickers to place apples on them! via 123 Homeschool 4 Me

8. Toilet Paper Roll A is for Airplane Craft

Turn the letter A into a toilet roll airplane! This is the perfect way to learn the letter a as well as recycle. So grab your paint and popsicle sticks use different colors to make the coolest airplane. via Sunshine Whispers

9. A is for Astronaut Craft

The best way to learn is by hands on crafts. This letter a astronaut is a fun alphabet craft. via Glued To My Crafts Blog

Aliens start with A and look very silly!

Letter A Activities for Preschool

10.

Letter A Sound Activity

Use this printable to work on the letter A sound  and identify which images start with the letter a. This is such a great way to learn about letter sounds. via The Measured Mom

11. Letter A Worksheets

Grab these free letter A worksheets to work on tracing the letter and identifying which objects start with an a. What a great way to learn about upper case letters and lower case letters.

12. DIY Letter A Lacing Cards

Use these letter a lacing cards to practice the letter a and things that start with it. Plus, this is a great way to work on fine motor skills as well. Paper is great, but for a sturdier lacing card, you could back them with craft foam. via Homeschool Share

More Letter A Crafts & Printable Worksheets from Kids Activities Blog

We have even more alphabet craft ideas and letter A printable worksheets for kids. Most of these are also great for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners (ages 2-5).

  • Free practice tracing the letter a worksheets are perfect for reinforcing the letter a and its uppercase letter and its lowercase letter.
  • Use tissue paper to make this super amazing apple craft.
  • Grab your paint, pom poms, and paper plates to make this apple tree craft.
  • These alligator coloring pages are so much fun and an easy letter a craft.
  • Here is another alligator craft! How cute are these little alligators?
Oh so many ways to play with the alphabet!

More Alphabet Crafts & Preschool Worksheets

Looking for more alphabet crafts and free alphabet printables? Here are some great ways to learn the alphabet. These are great preschool crafts and preschool activities , but these would also be a fun craft for kindergarteners and toddlers as well. 

  • These gummy letters can be made at home and are the cutest abc gummies ever!
  • These free printable abc worksheets are a fun way for preschoolers to develop fine motor skills and practice letter shape.
  • These super simple alphabet crafts and letter activities for toddlers are a great way to start learning abc’s.
  • Older kids and adults will love our printable zentangle alphabet coloring pages.
  • Oh so many alphabet activities for preschoolers!

Which letter a craft are you going to try first? Tell us which alphabet craft is your favorite!

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Compliments with the letter "A"

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Here you will find the most complete list of beautiful, affectionate words, compliments for both a girl and a man. Each of the words begins with the letter "A". Please note that not all compliments are traditional, some of them are original and original.

If you need compliments starting with other letters of the alphabet - click on the desired letter in the list: A, B, C, D, E, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R , S, T, U, F, X, C, H, W, W, E, Yu, Z

for a girl

  • Absolute, absolutely (feminine, beautiful, bewitching, etc. )
  • Avangard
  • adventurist
  • August
  • adamant (from the English Adamant - Almaz)
  • adaptive
  • adequate
  • adrenaline
  • infernal (in a good way - hellish beauty, charming, hellishly leggy, smart, etc.)
  • gambling
  • neat
  • Gently
  • Active
  • Actual
  • Shark (in the profession, in sports, dancing, etc.)
  • Allegoric
  • Diamond
  • Altruistic 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000
  • Amazon
  • ambitious
  • Angel
  • Angel
  • Angel-like
  • Guardian Angel
  • Angelic is good
  • abnormally (abnormally beautiful, abnormally smart, abnormally adequate, etc.)

for men

  • Apricot
  • Absolute (man, absolutely brutal, adequate, smart, etc.)
  • Avangard
  • Autonomous
  • 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 adamantic (from the English word "adamant" - diamond)
  • adaptive
  • adequate
  • adequate
  • adrenaline
  • adrenaline
  • Hell (cool, beautiful, charming, charming, etc. )
  • gambling
  • AI-Bolit (AI-Bolivik mine)
  • Neat
  • Aksakal
  • 9000
  • Almaza
  • 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9 Diazopodical
  • Altruistic
  • Alfa-male
  • ambitious
  • amethyst
  • Amur
  • Analytic (analytical mind)
  • anomalous (abnormal-perceptive, anomalous mock, etc.)0010
  • Nuclear
  • Nuclear charge
  • Atom-barked
  • Atmospheric
  • Authentic
  • Rounder
  • PRICE
  • ANRODISIAS (mine)

If you need only words of adjectives (according to the alphabetical) of adjectives (according to the alphabetical), they are complich here.

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ABRIS — linear (contour) drawing for auxiliary purposes (when coloring, in the process of working on color lithography). In a broader and less precise sense, the term ABRIS coincides in meaning with the concept of a contour. nine0003

ABSTRACTIONISM is a direction in the art of the 20th century, in which the work is built exclusively from formal elements: line, color spot, configuration. It arose in the 1910s, after the Second World War it became the dominant trend in the art of Western Europe and North America. The largest representatives: V. V. Kandinsky, K. S. Malevich, P. Mandrian, R. Delaunay, F. Kupka. Related links: article about Abstractionism

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM is a movement of abstract painting that arose between 1933 and 1945. in America based on European styles. This title combines two different directions Action Painting (action painting) and Color Field Minting (painting of color spaces). The color scheme and the play of colors are a common feature for both directions. The largest representatives: D. Pollock, V. De Kooning, X. Hoffman, A. Gorka, R. Motherwell, M. Rothko, F. Kline.

AVANT-GARDISM is a concept that defines experimental, innovative, modernist beginnings in art. At different stages, different directions acted as pioneers. Read the full article Avant-gardism

SELF-PORTRAIT - (from Greek autos - self). The image of the artist, made by himself. A special kind of portraiture.

ACADEMISM is a trend formed in the art academies of the 16th-19th centuries, based on the academization (turning into a norm, model and basis) of an art school of any direction. Read full article Academicism

WATERCOLOR — water-based paints with vegetable glue as a binder and painting with them. nine0003

ACRYLIC - Synthetic dye, first used in the 1940s, combining the properties of oil and watercolor. Can be used to obtain a variety of effects - from transparent washes to pasty strokes.

SCARLET ROSE - association of artists in Saratov in 1904-1907. Read full article Scarlet Rose

AMPIR - French style of the 1st third of the 19th century. The most striking features of the style were expressed in the decoration of furniture, bronzes. products, decorative painting and costume. Empire - the final phase of the evolution of classicism. nine0003

ANALYTICAL ART is a method developed and substantiated by the Russian artist Pavel Filonov (1881-1941) in a number of theoretical works and in his own painting work of 1910-1920. Read full article Analytical art

PLASTIC ANATOMY is an auxiliary discipline in the system of special art education; a branch of anatomy that studies the properties of the human body depending on its internal structure, based on the analysis of the muscles and skeleton. nine0003

UNDERGROUND - underground culture as part of the so-called counter culture. Originated in the USA. In the USSR, it became the designation of communities of artists representing art not recognized by the authorities.

ANIMAL GENRE - (from lat. Animal - animal) - a genre variety of fine arts dedicated to depicting animals. An artist who has specialized in this area is called an animal painter. Outstanding animal painters were the artists of the 17th-20th centuries A. Cape, P. Potter, R. Boner, A. Bari, N.E. Sverchkov, A.S. Stepanov, E.A. Lansere et al. Read the full article Animal genre. nine0003

ANTIQUE ART - the art of the ancient era of Ancient Greece and those countries and peoples of the ancient world whose culture developed under the decisive influence of the ancient Greek cultural tradition: the Hellenistic states, Rome, Etruscans, Scythians, Thracians, Gauls, etc. It has a common repertoire of topics motives and forms, an aesthetic ideal.

ANTI-ART - This term, which refers to new revolutionary forms of art, is believed to have been first applied around 19Marcel Duchamp is 14 years old. An example of anti-art is the obscene inscription he made and the mustache added to the reproduction of the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo before Vinci. The term also includes most of the anarchist experiments of the Dadaists. Subsequently, the term was used by the conceptualists of the 1960s to denote the work of artists who abandoned the traditional practice of art, or at least the creation of works intended for sale. The exhibition of John Baldessari, which exhibited the ashes of burnt canvases, was perceived as a typical manifestation of anti-art. nine0003

FULL FACE, full face - the image of the person being portrayed facing the viewer, in front.

APPLICATION - a method of creating ornaments and images by sewing, gluing onto paper, fabric, etc. multi-colored pieces of various materials of a different color and dressing.

ARCHETYP - in medieval Christian aesthetics, the initial, initial image (sacred person, event), to which the content of images of Christian art (icons, murals, miniatures) goes back. nine0003

A SECCO, secco - a kind of wall painting technique; applied on dried plaster with paints rubbed with vegetable glue, egg or mixed with lime

ASSIST - In medieval painting, lines or ornamental prayers, filled with gold leaf over a dried paint layer.

ASSEMBLY - The inclusion of three-dimensional non-artistic materials and found objects in the work of art, originating in the technique of collage. The assemblage is rooted in the art of the early 20th century, when Pablo Picasso began to use real objects in Kufist constructions - for example, he added a real spoon to his witty sculpture A Glass of Absinthe. One of the earliest and most famous examples of assemblage was Marcel Duchamp's bicycle wheel on a stool, which he called the term readymade. Later, the Dadaists and Surrealists built their art on amazing juxtapositions of unrelated objects and images. The assemblage technique became especially popular at the end of the 19The 1950s saw artists such as Armand and Jim Dine extensively incorporate foreign materials into painting and sculpture, including food and miscellaneous waste. The spread of assemblage in the 20th century testifies to the growth of rebellious attitudes towards traditional art techniques.

ASPHALT, bitumen - dark brown transparent paint.

ATTRIBUT - (from lat. Attributum - property, belonging). In the field of art, this is a constant distinguishing feature of one or another hero of a work of art - an object, external property or action that is invariably associated with him. Most often, attributes were used in works on mythological and religious themes (for example, Neptune was usually depicted with a trident, St. Cecilia behind the organ, etc.). The attribute often turns out to be the main means for determining the plot of such works. nine0003

ATRIBUTION - establishment of the authorship of the work, place and time of its creation during a comprehensive scientific examination.

AIRBRUSH - A device for thin spraying of paint with compressed air when applying it to paper, fabric, etc. A. of various sizes and designs is used for painting fabrics, in the manufacture of theatrical scenery and large-format wall posters, for retouching photographic negatives, photographic prints and illustrations, etc.


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