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<title><![CDATA[Abbozzo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:14:44 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In painting, blocking in&nbsp;- the first sketching done on the canvas, and also the first underpainting. In sculpture, a mass of material that has been carved or manipulated into a rough form of the ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=431&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Abbozzo" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abject Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:43:17 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The abject is a complex psychological, philosophical and linguistic concept developed by Julia Kristeva in her 1980 book Powers of Horror. She was partly influenced by the earlier ideas of the Fren... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=360&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Abject Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Absorbent Ground]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:12:53 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Absorbent ground is a way of preparing a canvas so that it will not absorb oil from the paint. The process puts a chalk-like material on the canvas that dries fast, leaving a matte surface.</P>... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=3&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Absorbent Ground" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abstract Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:13:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Abstract art represents the idea that the forms and colors are independent entities from the subject itself. Abstract art has no connection with reality in the form it takes. There were two periods... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=4&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Abstract Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abstract Expressionism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:14:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Abstract Expressionism combines the principles of Abstract Art and Expressionism, by enabling the subconscious instincts to work, a theory the Surrealists first started. As a result of the subconsciou... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=5&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Abstract Expressionism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abstraction-Creation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:15:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Abstraction-Creation refers to group of abstract artists that started in 1931. Quite a few of the artists were refugees from Germany under Hitler. From 1932 until 1936 the group wrote and published "A... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=6&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Abstraction-Creation" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Academicism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:15:42 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Academicism is a term used by art critics to explain what happens when an artistic movement either meticulously clings to the rules of a movement or becomes unable to leave the standard elements of... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=7&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Academicism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Academy Figure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:16:17 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Academy figure refers most often to a half life-sized nude figure that is students draw, sketch, paint or sculpt. With this figure, the students practice their techniques for their classes. The academ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=8&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Academy Figure" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Accent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:14:19 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=435&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Accent" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achaemenian Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:16:48 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Achaemenian art was born in a small kingdom whose ruler, Cyrus, claimed descent from Achaemenes. He established the dynasty that included eleven sovereigns, overthrew the government in Babylon and inc... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=9&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Achaemenian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acid-Free]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:15:55 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Acid-free paper or canvas has been treated to neutralize its natural acidity in order to protect fine art and photographic prints from discoloration and deterioration.</P>... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=338&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Acid-Free" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acrylic]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:17:50 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "acrylic" refers to a vinyl polymer emulsion paint that combines the techniques of oil and watercolor. This paint is water soluble, allowing very thin coats of paint to be applied to the canv... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=10&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Acrylic" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acrylic Emulsion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:18:33 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A water dispersion of polymers or co-polymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or acrylonitrile. Acrylic emulsions dry by evaporation of the water and film coalescence.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=390&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Acrylic Emulsion" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acrylic Glazing (Art Conservation)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:22:16 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A range of rigid, light weight, weather resistant plastics, used commonly in the form of sheets. Acrylics are notable among plastics for their resistance to chemical change, making them valuable for t... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=432&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Acrylic Glazing (Art Conservation)" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Action Painting]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:18:19 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term action painting refers to the abstract artists who dripped or splashed the paint onto the canvas. The artists thus were able to allow their subconscious to do the painting, rather than consci... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=11&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Action Painting" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Actionism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:44:29 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[English version of general German term for Performance art, but was specifically used for the name of the Vienna based group Wiener Aktionismus founded in 1962. The principal members of the group were... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=361&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Actionism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ad Vivum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:18:55 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Ad Vivum" in Latin means "from the life". The artist uses a live model for a portrait. Artists formerly used a death mask or another portrait of the same person.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=12&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Ad Vivum" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Additive Color]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[color that results from the mixture of two or more colored lights, the visual blending of separate spots of transmitted colored light.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=391&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Additive Color" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aegean Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:19:25 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>This discussion pertains to Aegean art the 3rd millennium B.C. It covers continental Greece, the islands and the northwest part of Asia Minor. The entries of Cretan and Mycenaean art are separate. ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=13&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Aegean Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[African Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:19:52 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>African art, by nature, is extremely complex and diverse. The term "primitive" does not fit African art. The Africans use many materials and forms of expression in their art. Materials include gras... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=14&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "African Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Akkadian Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:20:35 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mesopotamia was the location of Akkad (or Agade). The exact location is unknown. However, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers come closest to each other at Dere, which is the most likely possibility. Akka... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=15&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Akkadian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alla Prima]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:21:08 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "alla prima" comes from the Italian. The method most likely started in the nineteenth century. ("Au premier coup" is the French equivalent.) Painters before that period believed that it was a... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=16&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Alla Prima" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Allegory]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:42:59 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>In art, a composition in which all the elements are designed to symbolise or illustrate some general idea such as life, death, love, virtue, faith, justice, prudence and so on.</P>... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=362&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Allegory" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amorino]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:21:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "amorino" comes from the Italian word that means "little love". It denotes a small cupid type of figure.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=17&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Amorino" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Analogous colors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A grouping of related colors next to each other on the color wheel. Example: Yellow, Yellow Green, and Green.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=436&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Analogous colors" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anamorphosis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:22:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Taken from the Greek word for "distorted form", "anamorphosis" represents a skull with an elongated that can only be seen through a special lens or from an extreme angle. It is similar to a distorted ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=18&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Anamorphosis" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ancona]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:22:51 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Of Italian derivation, "ancona" represents an altarpiece that is quite large. Several different compartments are together, surrounded by a frame.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=19&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Ancona" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Animation Cel]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:16:48 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A clear plastic sheet onto which a drawing is transferred. Colored paints are applied to the reverse side. One or more cels may be placed over a painted background, which serves as a setting for the a... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=339&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Animation Cel" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Animation Cel Sizes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:54:08 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P><STRONG>12-FIELD</STRONG>: An industry standard cel (and drawing paper) size approximately 10" x 12", depending on the studio and year. The term 12-field can also refer to the size of a background.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=414&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Animation Cel Sizes" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Animator]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:50:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An artist who draws characters in motion. One is not classified as an Animator until he is able to take a scene and put the character into motion so as to get the desired result on the screen. The act... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=413&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Animator" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anonimo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:23:18 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Italian term "anonimo" identifies anonymous Italian artists. However, the term also applies to two Italians: Marcanton Michiel and Anonimo Magliabechiano. Michiel was a writer during the beginning... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=20&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Anonimo" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Antiquing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[To finish or refinish by glazing, rubbing, striking or otherwise treating a newer object to give it an appearance of age and wear.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=410&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Antiquing" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Antwerp Mannerists]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:25:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Antwerp Mannerists evolved in the early sixteenth century. They were, for the most part, unnamed. They were not part of the Mannerism movement proper. The Antwerp Mannerists posed their figures in... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=21&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Antwerp Mannerists" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aquarelle]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=437&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:15:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The French term for the process and product of painting in transparent watercolor.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=437&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Aquarelle" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aquatint]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:17:18 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A printing technique capable of producing unlimited tonal gradations to re-create the broad flat tints of ink wash or watercolor drawings. This is achieved by etching microscopic cracks and pits into ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=340&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Aquatint" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arabian Pre-Islamic Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:26:27 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Arabian art, for purposes of definition here, includes the southern portion of Arabia that is now Yemen, the Aden Protectorate, Hadhramaut and Oman. It was not until the late 1800s that archaeologi... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=22&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Arabian Pre-Islamic Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aramaen Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:27:10 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tablets written in the eighteenth century B.C. show the beginnings of Aramaen. A number of separate groups emerged: the Lower Mesopotamians, the middle Euphrates people, and the Damascus group ruled b... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=23&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Aramaen Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Architectonic]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:30:24 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A term used by art critics to describe a painting or sculpture that possesses a large degree of stability and is harmoniously affluent in the manner of grand architecture.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=24&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Architectonic" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Archival Paper]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:16:37 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Archival watercolor paper is any pure 100% rag, cotton, or linen watercolor paper of neutral or slightly low ph, alkaline (base) vs. acidic, and pure ingredients. Some synthetic papers are archival in... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=438&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Archival Paper" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:31:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Little remains of the art of pagan Armenia. The ruins of a temple and foundations of the palace at Garni have a mosaic . It portrays gods of water and has many inscriptions in Greek. Armenian relig... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=25&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Armenian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:57:43 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Art, in its broadest meaning, is the physical expression of creativity or imagination. The word art comes from the Latin "ars", which, loosely translated, means "arrangement".</P>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Deco]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:49:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Design style of 1920s and 1930s in furniture, pottery, textiles, jewellery, glass etc. It was also a notable style of cinema and hotel architecture. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=363&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Art Deco" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Informel]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:51:56 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[French term describing a wide swathe of related types of abstract painting highly prevalent, even dominant, in the 1940s and 1950s, including tendencies such as Tachism, Matter Painting, and Lyrical A... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=365&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Art Informel" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Movement]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:38:48 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time (usually a few months, years or decades). Art... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=426&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Art Movement" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Nouveau]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:32:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Sigfried Bing opened a gallery in Paris in December 1895. The name "Art Nouveau" came from the gallery. It is a decorative art that combines the Baroque and Romantic movements, especially concernin... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=26&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Art Nouveau" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Art Unions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:33:51 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Art unions were popular in the nineteenth century as a way of showing the middle class works of living artists. Unions held exhibitions annually and charged members a fee. After paying the fee, art... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=28&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Art Unions" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Artist Proof]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:34:47 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Print intended for the artist's personal use. It is a common practice to reserve approximately ten percent of an edition as artist's proofs, although this figure can be higher. The artist's proof i... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=354&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Artist Proof" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arts and Crafts Movement]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:33:25 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society started The Arts and Crafts Movement in London in 1888. C.R. Ashblee, an architect and designer and Walter Crane founded the society. Between the years of 186... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=27&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Arts and Crafts Movement" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ashcan School]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:34:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ashcan School included American realist painters who worked between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These artists included illustrators as well. They portrayed the wretched side of life in... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=29&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Ashcan School" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Assemblage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:34:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>An assemblage was the natural child of the Cubist's collages. The term refers to a group of non-art materials that were either natural or manufactured that the artists used for his work. The artist... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=30&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Assemblage" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Assyrian Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:35:12 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Until the 13th century B.C., the Sumerians were in control of Assyria, that was in the upper part of Mesopotamia. Beginning in the 13th century B.C. and continuing to the sixth century B.C., the As... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=31&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Assyrian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Atelier]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:35:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Atelier" is French and means "studio". In the art world of Europe, the "Atelier Libre" is a studio that is open but not free, and that has a live model in the nude for certain periods of time. There ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=32&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Atelier" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Attribution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Attribute refers to an unsigned or dated work of art. By defining attributes of artists' works, it is possible to identify their other works. It can definitely be an artist's work, or there can be of ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=33&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Attribution" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Aboriginal Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:38:03 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Australian Aborigines are migratory people whose lives depend on hunting, fishing and collecting their food. Their material culture is very simple. Nearly all the Aborigines' art is religious in na... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=34&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Australian Aboriginal Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automatism]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=35&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:40:28 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The definition of automatism is allowing the subconscious to take over when an artist closes his or her eyes while sketching or doodling.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=35&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Automatism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Avant-garde]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=364&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:51:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Originally a French term, meaning in English, vanguard or advance guard (the part of an army that goes forward ahead of the rest). Applied to art, means that which is in the forefront, is innovator... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=364&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Avant-garde" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aztec Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=36&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:41:34 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The Aztec people were the last tribe to arrive in Mexico on the high plateaus, and they were the people who wound up dominating all others. The Aztec civilization was both brilliant and horrible. B... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=36&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Aztec Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Azure]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=415&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:56:07 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Light purplish blue. ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=415&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Azure" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Babylonian Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=37&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:05:51 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Babylon is on the riverbanks of the Euphrates River in Iraq, about 50 miles south of the capital city of Baghdad. There were two important periods of time Babylonian art flourished: between the nin... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=37&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Babylonian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bambino]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=38&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:06:17 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bambino is the Italian word for "child". When used in art, bambino usually means the Christ Child.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=38&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bambino" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bambocciata]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=39&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:07:13 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The word Bambocciata is Italian and is refers to lower class subjects in a work of art, such as peasants. The subjects are usually small when painted and many Dutch and Flemish painters who lived in I... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=39&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bambocciata" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bancket]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=40&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:07:40 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bancket is a Dutch term and refers to still-lifes that have their roots in the breakfast pieces. These most often portray foods, utensils, glasses of wine and so forth. Van Beyeren and Kalf are two ar... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=40&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bancket" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barbarian Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=41&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:08:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Barbarian art refers to the arts and crafts during the period of about 360 A.D.-900 A.D. "The Great Migration" is the name given to this period in Europe.</P>
<P>The revolution that occurred durin... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=41&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Barbarian Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barbizon School]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=42&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:08:30 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Located in the town of Barbizon, about thirty miles south of Paris, the Barbizon School is where independent landscape artists met during the second half of the nineteenth century.</P>
<P>Fontaine... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=42&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Barbizon School" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Baroque]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=366&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:52:39 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Highly emotional style in architecture, painting and sculpture, at height from c.1630-80 in Rome but influential across Europe. Greatest exponents: sculptor and architect Bernini in Rome, and in north... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=366&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Baroque" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Baroque Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=43&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:09:27 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Baroque art came after the Mannerist movement. The actual meaning of baroque is "bizarre" or "irregular". The eighteenth century writer Francesco Milizia defined baroque as "the ultimate in the biz... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=43&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Baroque Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Batik]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=439&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:17:16 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=439&amp;cmd=showdef"</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Using wax resist designs on dyed fabrics. Colors are dyed lightest color to darkest color, with new design elements added before each color bath.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=439&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Batik" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bauhaus]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=44&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:09:47 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The architect Walter Gropius formed the Bauhaus School in 1915 in Weimar, Germany. He combined the Art Academy and the Polytechnic School at the invitation of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Gropius succe... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=44&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bauhaus" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Baxter Prints]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=45&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:10:12 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[George Baxter, who lived between the years 1804 and 1867, invented the Baxter Print process, in that color prints reproduce oil paintings. Baxter patented the process in 1835. The process consisted of... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=45&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Baxter Prints" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Biedermeierstil]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=46&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:10:33 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "biedermeierstil" refers to a style of furniture and decoration that occurred in Austria and Germany from about 1815 until about 1848, at the same time as Early Victorian was flourishing in E... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=46&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Biedermeierstil" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Binder]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=440&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:17:42 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[That which holds the paint together, such as linseed oil for oil painting, polymers for acrylics, gum arabic for watercolors and gouache.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=440&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Binder" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Biomorphic Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=47&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:10:59 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Biomorphic Art is a type of abstract art that takes its subjects from living things; as compared to Constructivism that took its subjects from geometry. Two of the most famous biomorphic artists were ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=47&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Biomorphic Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bistre]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=48&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:11:21 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bistre is a brown pigment that artists used to make from burned wood. Rembrandt used bistre in many of his paintings. Artists in the seventeenth century used bistre as a wash with ink or chalk.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=48&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bistre" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bitumen]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=49&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:11:48 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bitumen was a favorite brown pigment in use by English artists during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Made out of asphaltum, it never completely dries. As a result, there are many paintings d... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=49&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bitumen" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blending]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:18:08 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fusing two color planes together so no discernable sharp divisions are apparent.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=441&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Blending" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Block Book]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=50&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:12:22 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When a printer cuts both illustrations and the text from the same block, the book is a block book. The method started about 1460. Methods included block and movable type books, and books with illustra... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=50&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Block Book" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blocking in]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=442&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:18:34 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=442&amp;cmd=showdef"</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The simplifying and arranging of compositional elements using rough shapes, forms, or geometric equivalents when starting a painting.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=442&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Blocking in" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blot Drawing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:12:47 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alexander Cozens first coined the term blot drawing. Artists determine the whole composition by letting a few blots fall on the paper. An artist might also fold the paper to create additional blots. S... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=51&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Blot Drawing" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blotting]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=443&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:19:04 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=443&amp;cmd=showdef"</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Using an absorbent material such as tissues or paper towels, or a squeezed out brush, to pick up and lighten a wet or damp wash. Can be used to lighten large areas or pick out fine details.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=443&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Blotting" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boast]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=52&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:13:09 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The pronunciation of this term is "boost". It refers to the initial shaping of a statue. Sculptors use wide chisels or pointed hammers to make their carvings in stone.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=52&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Boast" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bodegon]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=53&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:13:28 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bodegon is the Spanish word for "tavern". In art, "bodegon" refers to still lifes that have kitchen scenes for subjects. Two paintings done by Velasquez are now in Edinburgh and London (National Galle... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=53&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bodegon" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Body Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:37:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Movement linked to the Happenings of the 1960s which used the human body as the prime medium for the art. Examples include tattooing, piercing, body painting, scarification, henna painting and bran... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=425&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Body Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Body Color]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:13:56 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Watercolor and pigment mixed together make the pigment opaque. Another term, Gouache, is a synonym for body color. On tinted paper, body color makes the contrasts stronger. It also makes stronger cont... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=54&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Body Color" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bolus Ground]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=55&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:14:57 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This term refers to a canvas or panel primed with a dark red or other dark earth-tone color. As the painting ages, the darker priming color seeps through the painting. This throws off the balance of t... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=55&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bolus Ground" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bondieuserie]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=56&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:15:13 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Bondieuserie" is a French work that means "good Goddery". This primarily refers to religious art that is extremely sentimental, almost to the point of overkill. Artists painted these pictures in larg... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=56&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bondieuserie" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bottega]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=57&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:15:41 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Bottega" is an Italian word meaning "shop". It refers to the studio or workshop of an artist. The artist's students or assistants worked on a part of a commissioned painting or other work of art. The... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=57&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bottega" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bozzetto]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:16:19 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The word "bozzetto" comes from the Italian word that means "sketch". Most often, the term refers to models who posed for sculpture; however, it also refers to painted sketches.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=58&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bozzetto" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Breakfast Piece]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=59&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A breakfast piece is a still life painting that painters from the Netherlands originated. Haarlem was the center of the Breakfast Piece paintings from about 1620. In a Breakfast Piece painting, the di... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=59&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Breakfast Piece" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Broken Colors]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=444&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:19:31 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The unequal mixing of two complementary colors.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=444&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Broken Colors" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bronze]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=60&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:17:24 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>As a material for sculpture, bronze was first used in ancient Greece and Rome. African and Chinese people also used bronze to make various artworks. During the Middle Ages, artists used less bronze... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=60&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Bronze" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brücke]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=368&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:54:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>German Expressionist group founded in Dresden in 1905. Name means bridge and may have been intended to convey the idea of a bridge between the artist seen as a special person and society at large. ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=368&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Brücke" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brushwork]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=61&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:17:41 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Brushwork is a technique used by an artist to create paintings. Brushes covered with paint create certain textures, depending on how the artist handles them. Each artist's brushwork is individually un... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=61&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Brushwork" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brutalism]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=367&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:54:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Term coined by the British architectural critic Reyner Banham to describe the approach to building particularly associated with the architects Peter and Alison Smithson in the 1950s and 1960s. The ter... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=367&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Brutalism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:17:59 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A burin is a tool used in engraving. "Graver" is another name for a burin. It makes lines in the surface of either wood or metal.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=62&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Burin" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burmese Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:19:27 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>There were two different groups of people in Burma until they came together in the eighth century A.D. Burma there were two different groups of people. At that time, the Burmese created the new cap... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=63&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Burmese Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Byzantine Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:19:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The most salient feature of Byzantine art was that it existed as an adjunct to Christianity. The Church Fathers commissioned the art, including illustrations, mosaics and frescoes, to reveal the tr... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=64&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Byzantine Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabinet Picture]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:20:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A cabinet picture was usually a still-life or landscape picture painted on a small easel, most often no more than three feet wide. The cabinet pictures primarily were done by the Dutch and Flemish mas... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=65&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cabinet Picture" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Calligraphy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:21:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "Calligraphy" means beautiful handwriting. When applied to drawing, there would often be squiggles that appeared to be almost handwriting. When used in a painting context, calligraphic refers... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=66&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Calligraphy" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Camera Obscura]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:23:01 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "camera obscura" is taken from the Latin and means "dark room". Invented in the sixteenth century, the camera obscura is made out of an arrangement of lenses and mirrors in a box that is dark... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=68&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Camera Obscura" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Camieu]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:22:30 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The word "camieu" comes from the French and refers to a painting that, although done in a single color, has different tones and thus is an imitation of bas-relief.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=67&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Camieu" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Canvas]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:55:45 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Strong, woven cloth traditionally used for artists’ supports. Commonly made of either linen or cotton thread, but also manufactured from man-made materials such as polyester.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=369&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Canvas" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Canvas Transfer]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=341&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:17:57 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A canvas transfer is a print or poster image that has been transferred and fixed to a canvas surface. The result is a piece of printed art that has the appearance of an original canvas painting withou... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=341&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Canvas Transfer" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Capriccio]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:23:28 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Taken from the Italian word for "caprice", capriccio refers to fantasy subjects in architecture or topography that are either strictly imaginary or taken from any one of several elements, such as myth... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=69&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Capriccio" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Caricature]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:24:03 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>The term "caricature" is taken from the Italian word "caricare", that means "to lead". Hogarth, the eighteenth century English artist, was extremely fond of painting caricatures in that a particula... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=70&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Caricature" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Casein]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=392&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:21:07 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A natural protein obtained from cow's milk. Produces a flat, water-resistant film.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=392&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Casein" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cassone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:24:27 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Derived from the Italian for a particular kind of coffer, "cassone" refers to a chest in that a bride stored her linen prior to marriage. These chests often had elaborate decorations, carved moldin... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=71&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cassone" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cast]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=370&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:56:12 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A form created by pouring liquid material, such as plaster or molten metal, into a mould.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=370&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cast" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cast Shadow]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=445&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:20:07 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The dark area that results when the source of light has been intercepted by an object.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=445&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cast Shadow" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Celtic Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:24:52 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Because the Celts were not restricted to one geographical boundary and never organized themselves into only one nation, there is no geographic area where Celtic art was confined. They did have a co... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=72&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Celtic Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chalk]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:56:40 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[White or off-white inorganic material composed of calcium carbonate. Naturally occurring, although also produced industrially throughout the twentieth century.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=371&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chalk" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charcoal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:25:19 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term charcoal refers to that particular type of charcoal used by artists most often to do the first drawings on walls or canvas prior to finishing the painting or picture. This charcoal is made by... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=73&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Charcoal" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chiaroscuro]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=446&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:21:12 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In drawing, painting, and the graphic arts, chiaroscuro (ke-ära-skooro) concerns the rendering of forms through a balanced contrast between light and dark areas. The technique that was introduced duri... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=446&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chiaroscuro" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chiaroscuro Woodcut]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:33:04 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A form of woodcut involving several blocks in which one or more of the blocks is used to print large areas of tone. Typically, a chiaroscuro woodcut will involve a line block to indicate the outlines ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=404&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chiaroscuro Woodcut" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:25:44 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some Chinese art is more than three thousand years old. The Chinese people absorbed outside influences and influenced neighboring countries. Chinese architecture was only built to last one lifetime, s... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=74&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chinese Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chroma]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=394&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:22:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The relative intensity or purity of a hue when compared to grayness or lack of hue.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=394&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chroma" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chromolithograph]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:33:42 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A color lithograph usually involving a large number of lithographic stones to allow a complex color separation. The term is often used to describe late nineteenth-century color lithographs that emulat... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=405&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Chromolithograph" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Classic, Classical, Romantic]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=75&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:26:38 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Besides the standard definitions of these terms, they are used in writings about art. The term classic most generally refers to something that follows a standard type of excellence as in, for example,... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=75&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Classic, Classical, Romantic" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cloisonnism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:27:02 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Emile Bernard and Paul Gauguin invented the style of painting called cloisonnism. It features arabesques marked strongly which surround large areas of color. The color areas are pure and juxtaposed wi... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=76&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cloisonnism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CMYK]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:24:45 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The acronym for the four basic ink colors used in "process" color printing: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Some printers use six ink colors to achieve smoother, more photographic prints. The two add... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=419&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "CMYK" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold Color, Tone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:27:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cold colors and tones refer to colors that are blue or that combine blue and green or blue and red. Cold colors are the exact opposite of hot or warm colors such as reds and oranges.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=77&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cold Color, Tone" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold Pressed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:21:56 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Watercolor paper that is Cold Pressed (CP) or 'Not' Pressed (NP) has mildly rough texture. It takes color smoothly but the tooth allows for slight irregularities and graining in washes.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=447&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cold Pressed" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Collage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:28:20 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The term "collage" is taken from the French word "coller", that means "to stick". A "collage" is made completely or partially from various pieces of different materials such as cloth or paper that are... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=78&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Collage" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Collotype]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:18:34 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A photomechanical process. The preparation of a plate by coating a metal surface with light-sensitive gelatin. A photographic negative is placed on the surface and the two are exposed to light. The ge... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=342&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Collotype" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Complimentary Colors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:28:57 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Complimentary colors are made by mixing two out of three of the primary colors, that are red, blue and yellow. Therefore, by mixing red and yellow, one creates orange, that is a complimentary color. I... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=79&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Complimentary Colors" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Composition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:29:13 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Composition refers to the way in that a work of art is put together; i.e., how an artist shapes the pieces or shapes into a whole unit that will be satisfying for the viewer. In abstract painting the ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=80&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Composition" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conceptual Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:57:50 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>This term came into use in the late 1960s to describe a wide range of types of art that no longer took the form of a conventional art object. In 1973 a pioneering record of the early years of the m... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=372&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Conceptual Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Concrete Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:29:36 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kandinsky, Kupka, Malevich and Mondrian defined concrete art in their "Manifesto of Concrete Art" to mean a group of forms or shapes that are not natural in their origin. Later, the term concrete art ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=81&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Concrete Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Constructivism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:29:52 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<P>Constructivism began in Russia and was an offshoot of collage. Vladimir Tatlin, a Russian artist who lived between 1885 and 1953, was the primary developer of the style, with his abstract compositi... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=82&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Constructivism" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conte]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:30:08 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Conte is a trademarked name for chalks that are made of synthetic materials and are either black, red or brown. Nicolas Conte also invented lead pencils in 1870.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=83&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Conte" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Continuous Representation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:30:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Continuous representation refers to medieval, early Renaissance and some Mannerist paintings in that various events are depicted on the same painting or relief. An example of continuous representation... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=84&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Continuous Representation" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Contour]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:30:55 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Taken from the Italian word "contorno", contour refers to the outline of a particular shape or form in the painting. The outline is at the same time the boundary around a shape and also the shape as i... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=85&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Contour" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Contrapposto]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:31:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Contrapposto" is taken from the Italian and refers to a model posing in an unnatural pose such as having the legs turning one way and the upper torso turning another way. The use of "contrapposto by ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=86&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Contrapposto" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conversation Piece]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:31:32 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The conversation piece painting was started in the Netherlands by such artists as Coques and later became popular with English painters such as Hogarth, Devis and Zoffany. In a conversation piece pain... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=87&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Conversation Piece" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coptic Art]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:32:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The "Copts" were very early Egyptian Christians. Some of the more famous Copts were Anthony, Paul, who has been labeled the first Christian hermit, Marcarius and Pachomius. These men started Christian... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=88&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Coptic Art" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Copyright]]></title>
<link>http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=424&amp;cmd=showdef"</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:34:31 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by government for a limited time to protect the particular form, way or manner in which an idea or information is expressed. Copyright may subsist in a... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=424&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Copyright" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cosmati]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:38:55 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cosmati refers to a group of artists who worked in the marble and mosaic mediums between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries in Rome. Many of these workers came from the same family. The term is a ge... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=89&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Cosmati" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coulisse]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:39:21 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Coulisse" is a French term that refers to the placement of sets on a stage that are placed so that the exits and entrances are not blocked for the actors and actresses. Further, "coulisse" has also c... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=90&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Coulisse" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Counterproof]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:39:47 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Counterproof refers to a process in printing whereby the original is covered with a damp sheet of paper, run through the press, thereby creating a mirror-image of the original drawing or engraving. So... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=91&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Counterproof" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Craquelure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:40:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Craquelure" comes from the French word for "cracking". On an old painting the surface is covered with very small cracks due to the paint shrinking, the ground moving and other types of deterioration ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=92&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Craquelure" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crayon]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2006 19:40:26 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The English definition of a crayon refers to a dry powder color that is combined with wax for drawing purposes. The color that comes from a crayon is similar to that of a pastel. However, the crayon, ... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a href="http://www.artrev.com/account/learning/dictionary/index.asp?dtid=93&amp;cmd=showdef" target="_blank">See the full definition of "Crayon" in the ArtRev.com Learning Center</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cross-Hatching]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:21:45 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[More than one set of close parallel lines that crisscross each other at angles, to model and indicate tone.... (Continued on ArtRev.com Learning Center)<br><br><a