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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
easel painting (n)
a small painting on canvas, often executed on an easel and usually intended to be framed and hung on a wall, although it may be displayed on the easel
     
 

expressionistic (adj)
a type of art that seeks to convey emotion through distortions of color, shape, and space

     
  festoon (n)
a decorative strip or chain suspended in a curve between two points
     
  formalist (adj)
showing marked attention to style or form rather than the imitation of actual appearances. Formalist art is usually flat and two-dimensional and emphasizes abstract shapes.
     
  foreground (n)
the objects or figures situated in the front of a composition, intended to exist close to the viewer (as opposed to background)
     
  high-keyed (adj)
a term referring to bright colors free of gray, black, or dark hues; colors that approximate the range of colors seen on a sunny day
     
  horizon line (n)
the horizontal line in a work of art that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky
     
  Impressionism (n)/ Impressionist (adj)
progressive art movement 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 light and consisted largely of views of everyday middle-class life in the city and countryside of France.
     
  landscape (n)
an image representing a portion of the natural scenery, usually from a distant viewpoint
 

 

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