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Abstract Art
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Term covers many kids of non-represntational art, e.g. action painting, works by Kandinsky, the Cycladic sculptures
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amphora
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Greek vase, usually quite large, with two handles, used to store food staples
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avant-garde
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A French term meaning, literally, "advanced guard," used to designate innovators and experimentalists in the various arts
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black figure technique
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Greek vase painting in which the subject is incised in black on a light, usually orange background. Essentially silhouette painting
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chiaroscuro
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In the visual arts the use of gradiations of light and dark to represent natural light and shadows
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cloisonne
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Enamel used for artistic purposes and painted on metal bases
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collage
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Paper and other materials pasted on a two-dimensional surface
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enamel
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A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware
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embossing
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In metalworking, the adding of decorative relief designs
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engraving
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The process of using a sharp instrument to cut a design intoa metal plate, usually copper; also the print that is made form the plate after the ink has been added
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etching
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A kind of engraving in which the design is incised into a wax-covered metal plat, after which the exposed metal is etched by a corrosive acid.
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fresco
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Painting on plaster, usually wet plster, into which the colors sink as the plaster dries so that the fresco becomes part of the wall
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hue
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The attribute of a color. The cihief colors of the spectrum are: red, yellow, blue (primary) green, orange, violet (secondary)
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icon
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Two-dimensional representation of a holy person; in the Greek churcha a panel painting of a sacred person
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iconography
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Visual imagery used to convey concepts in the visual arts; the study of symbolic meanings in the pictoral arts
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illumination
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Decorative illustrations or designs, associated primarily with mediaval illuminated manuscripts
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montage
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A composition made of existing photographs, paitings, or drawings; in cinematography the effecs achieved by superimposing images or using rapid squences
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mosiac
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The technique of embedding bits of stone, colored glass or marbile in wet concrete to make designs or pictures for walls for floors
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mural
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A painting on a wall; a fresco is a type of mural
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perspective
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The illusion of a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface
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still life
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In pictorial arts, inanimate objects used as subject matter
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terra-cotta
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A baked clay used in ceramics and sculptures; a reddish color
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trompe-l'oeil
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Illusionistic painting designed to convince the observer that what is seen is an actual three dimensional object rather than two dimesional; eye fooling
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vanashing point
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In linear perspective the point at which parallel lines converge on the horizon
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altarpiece
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a painted or sclutured panel placed behind an altar
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arabesque
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Literally Arab-like. Elaborate designes of intertwined flowers, foliage, and geometric patters used in Islamic architecture
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atrium
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The court of a Roman house, roofless, and near the entrance. Also the open colonnaded court attached to the fron of early Christian churches
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balustrade
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A railing plus supporting row of posts
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buttress
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Exterior support used to counter the lateral thrust of an arch or vault
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cantilever
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A self-supported projection that needs no exterior bracing
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cloister
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An inner court bounded by covered walks; a standard feature of monastery architecture.
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column
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A vertical support, usually circular, which has a base, shaft, and capital
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cupola
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a rounded roof or ceilin; a small dome
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façade
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in architecture the face of a building; one or more of the exterior walls of a building, especially the one containing the main entrance
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finial
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in gothic architecture an ornament fitted to the peak of an arch; any ornamental terminating point, such as the screw-top of a lamp
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proscenium
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In traditional theateres the framework of the stage opening.
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Donatello
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Works: Sculptor - Prophet, David as a boy, Hermes, Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata Bio: 1386-1466 Primarily in Florence
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Botticelli
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Works: Painter - master of use of line, Birth of Venus Bio: 1445 -1510 Florentine
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da Vinci
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Works: Ginevra de'Benci, The Last Supper Bio: 1452 - 1519 universal man of Renaissance, multi-talented, lived in Florence and Milan
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Michelangelo
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Works: Sculptures - Pieta, David as a young man, painting - Creation of Adam BIO: 1475-1564
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Durer
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Works: Knight, Death, and the Devil Bio: 1471-1528 German High Renaissance, painter
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Rembrandt
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Works: The Descent from the Cross Bio: 1606-1669 Dutch, painter
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Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun
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Works: Self-Portrait Bio: 1755-1842, served as painter to Queen Marie Antoinette before escaping
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Francisco de Goya
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Works: The Third of May, 1808 at Madrid, The Shootings on Principe Pio Mountain Bio: 1746-1828 Spanish, Napoleon invaded Spain
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Thomas Cole
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Works: The oxbow, Essay on American Scenery Bio: 1801 - 1848, American landscape painter
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Winslow Homer
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Works: Breezing Up, Bio: 1836-1910 American, covered war for Harper's Weekly
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Monet
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Works: Impression Sunrise, Rouen Cathedral, West Facade Sunlight Bio: 1840 - 1926 Impressionist style, French
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Renoir
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Works: Le Moulin de la Galette Bio: 1841-1919 portrait painter, great painter of nudes
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Van Gogh
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Works: La Mousme, The Starry Night Bio: 1853-1890 Dutch, started as impressionist
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Gaugin
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Works: Where do we come from: What are we: Where are we going Bio: 1848 - 1903 British bizarre colors and crude drawings
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Edward Munch
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Woks: The Scream, banquet Rousseau Bio: 1864 - 1944 Norwegian
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