A
B C D E F G
H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
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amateur
artist
[n] |
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a
person who makes art for pleasure, not for money
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apprentice
[n] |
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a
person who learns a job by practicing it with a master tradesman, craftsman
or artist for several years
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batting
[n] |
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the
soft middle layer of a quilt; usually made of cotton or wool
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bedspread
[n] |
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a
decorative textile that covers the sheets and blankets of a bed
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cartouche
[n] |
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a
scroll-like tablet shape that encloses writing or a symbol
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cemetery
urn [n] |
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a
vase-shaped container used to decorate a grave
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colorist
[n] |
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a
person trained to mix paint colors and do decorative painting |
coverlet
[n] |
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a
bedcover woven on a loom (usually refers to those in the style of the nineteenth
century)
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figural
[adj] |
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containing
images of humans, animals, or the real objects
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genre
painting
[n] |
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a
type of painting that depicts scenes of everyday life of people in a place
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Jacquard
[n] |
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a
loom attachment of punch cards invented by Louis Jacquard that allowed
weavers to create patterns of figures like flowers, people, buildings,
or trees.
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kaolin
clay [n] |
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a
soft white clay used in making china pottery
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kiln
[n] |
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an
oven for baking clay pottery
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landscape
painting [n] |
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a
type of painting in which the subject is a view of nature
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motif
[n] |
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a
single design for decoration (for example, a leaf)
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portrait
[n] |
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a
painting of a person or a group of people posed together
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pottery
[n] |
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a
factory that makes clay pottery
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professional
artist
[n] |
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a
person who makes art for a living
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punch
card [n] |
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a
card (part of a Jacquard weaving system), punched with a series of small
holes that tell the loom attachment which warp threads to lift when the
weaver is weaving
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quarry
[n] |
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an
open pit from which clay or stone is dug
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scroll
saw [n] |
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a
thin-bladed saw that can make fine, complicated cuts in wood or metal
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self-portrait
[n] |
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a
painting or photograph in which the subject is the artist
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shuttle
[n] |
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a
device to carry the weft thread back and forth through the warp thread
when weaving
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snake
jug [n] |
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a
pottery container with clay snakes applied on the outside to warn drinkers
of the dangers of alcohol; popular in the nineteenth century
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still
life [n] |
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a
painting of an arranged group of objects, such as fruit, flowers, or books
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stoneware
[n] |
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a
heavy pottery
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symmetrical
[n] |
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having
an equal arrangement of forms or shapes on both sides of a central line.
Example: the human face is symmetrical because it looks the same on the
left and right side.
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temperance
[n] |
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a
political and religious movement in the United States called for a law
to forbid the making and sale of alcoholic drinks; the absence of alcoholic
drinks
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theorem
painting
[n] |
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a
type of painting, usually a still life, that was painted according to a
list of instructions and sometimes with stencils; popular in the mid-nineteenth
century
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warp
[n] |
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weaving
threads that are threaded through the loom and run the length of the cloth
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weft
[n] |
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threads
in a weaving that cross the warp threads from one side of the cloth to
the other
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