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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A thin, continuous layer of a material. Films may be made from paints, lacquers, metal oxides, and plastics. Plastic films are usually transparent, self-supporting flexible sheets that are used for wrapping, packaging or photographic media. Packaging films, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cellophane cellophane], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=polyethylene polyethylene], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=polyvinylidene%20chloride polyvinylidene chloride] ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Saran%20film Saran]) act as barriers for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=water water] and sometimes [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=oxygen oxygen].  Photographic film, or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=safety%20film safety film], has been made with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=polyester%20film polyester] since 1965; prior to that it was made with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=acetate%20film acetate].
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A thin, continuous layer of a material. Films may be made from paints, lacquers, metal oxides, and plastics. Plastic films are usually transparent, self-supporting flexible sheets that are used for wrapping, packaging or photographic media. Packaging films, such as [[cellophane]], [[polyethylene]], [[polyvinylidene chloride]] ([[Saran film|Saran]]) act as barriers for [[water]] and sometimes [[oxygen]].  Photographic film, or [[safety film], has been made with [[polyester film|polyester]] since 1965; prior to that it was made with [[acetate film|acetate]].
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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film; película (Esp.); pellicule (Fr.); film (Fr.); pellicola (It.); filme (Port.); película (Port.)
 
film; película (Esp.); pellicule (Fr.); film (Fr.); pellicola (It.); filme (Port.); película (Port.)
  
== Authority ==
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==Resources and Citations==
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* ICOMOS-ISCS: [http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/monuments_and_sites/15/pdf/Monuments_and_Sites_15_ISCS_Glossary_Stone.pdf Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns]
  
 
* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
 
* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
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* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
 
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
  
* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
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* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 12:41, 20 August 2022

Paint film on limestone
Photo: V. Vergès-Belmin

Description

A thin, continuous layer of a material. Films may be made from paints, lacquers, metal oxides, and plastics. Plastic films are usually transparent, self-supporting flexible sheets that are used for wrapping, packaging or photographic media. Packaging films, such as Cellophane, Polyethylene, Polyvinylidene chloride (Saran) act as barriers for Water and sometimes Oxygen. Photographic film, or [[safety film], has been made with polyester since 1965; prior to that it was made with acetate.

Synonyms and Related Terms

film; película (Esp.); pellicule (Fr.); film (Fr.); pellicola (It.); filme (Port.); película (Port.)

Resources and Citations

  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
  • Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988
  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998