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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 is often employed ...

gesture drawing

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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 artist. Or a drawing ...

formalism

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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 contextual qualities. ...

giclée

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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 technology. Also a ...

gesso

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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 material cast in a mold or ...

foil - A thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal

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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 metal placed under a ...

gemütlichkeit or Gemütlichkeit

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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 synonyms, but ...