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What is Medium or medium? In publishing and art.
The various meaning of medium you may need to know.
Medium is an online publishing platform launched in August 2012 by Evan Williams. It’s a blog host, a social platform and a publisher.
It’s all about what matters to you.
Medium is also an American superntural drama television series that originally aired on NBC and on CBS.
And,
Medium can refer to both to the type of art (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking), and the materials an artwork is made.
For example,
a sculpture in the medium of bronze or marble
a painting in the medium of acrylic, oil paint on canvas, or ink and watercolor on paper.
a drawing in the medium of pen, pencil or crayon.
a print in the medium of etching, lithography or digital art.
Art can be made of absolutely any material.
So the media of modern art, is made with materials of all kinds.
Many modern artwork is made from a variety of things and is called mixed media.