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  finial (n)
an ornamental element at the top of a piece of furniture or architectural structure
     
  flora (n)
the plants of a particular region, period, or environment
     
  genre (n)
indoor and outdoor scenes of anonymous figures engaged in the activities of everyday life; a category of painting, such as the genre of landscape painting
     
  impasto (n)
the thick application of a pigment or paint to canvas
     
  Impressionist (adj)
relating to the progressive art movement (Impressionism) that originated in France in the late 19th century. Impressionist painters wanted to capture the rapidly changing modern world and the fleeting moods of nature. Impressionism relied on optical blending to depict the fluctuations of sunlight and consisted largely of views of everyday middle-class life in the cities and countryside of France.
lithographic (adj)
relating to a method of printing and printmaking from a design drawn directly onto limestone or other suitable surface on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent
     
 

lithotint (n)
type of lithographic printing patented in 1840 that enabled artists to achieve varied tones similar to watercolor washes
     
  mahogany (adj)
made from one of several tropical trees yielding a hard, reddish-brown wood, often used for making furniture
     
  marine (adj)
of or relating to the sea
     
  mezzotint (n)
engraving type popular during the 18th century, made by roughing the surface of a copper or steel plate with a tool called a rocker and then scraping and burnishing the roughed surface to produce an image
     
  New World
the western hemisphere, including the continents of North and South America, their islands, and the surrounding waters; discovered by Europeans in the late 15th century
 

 

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