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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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foam core or foam board
Art history; General art history
A strong, stiff, resilient, and lightweight board of polystyrene laminated with paper on both of its sides. It may be any of several thicknesses, in any of a variety of colors. It ...
gesture drawing
Art history; General art history
The act of making a sketch with relatively loose arm movements (gestures) — with the large muscles of the arm, rather than with the small muscles of the hand and wrist of the ...
formalism
Art history; General art history
An aesthetic and critical theory of art which places emphasis on form — the structural qualities instead of either content (sometimes called literal or allegorical qualities) or ...
giclée
Art history; General art history
French for "sprayed ink." A sophisticated printmaking process, today typically produced on an IRIS ink-jet printer, capable of producing millions of colors using continuous-tone ...
gesso
Art history; General art history
Plaster or a fine plaster-like material made of gypsum, which is also called whiting, used for sculptures. An especially versatile medium in reliefs, gesso can be either a ...
foil - A thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal
Art history; General art history
e.g. aluminum, copper, gold, silver, and tin — often used alone or adhered (laminated) to surfaces of other materials, sometimes for packaging. Also, a thin layer of polished ...
gemütlichkeit or Gemütlichkeit
Art history; General art history
A quality akin to coziness that one finds in especially comfortable rooms ? warm, friendly, welcoming, informal, and not too large. "Cordiality" and "hominess" are close to being ...
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