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  Salon (n)
official exhibition of art sponsored by the Academy of Fine Arts in France and held almost once every year from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Until challenged by the Impressionist exhibitions beginning in 1874, the Salon was the main venue for artists to exhibit their work, receive recognition, and make sales.
     
  Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Refused) (n)
the 1863 art exhibition held in Paris by order of Napoleon III for artists whose work had been rejected by the official Salon
     
  scale (n)
the relative size of one object in relation to another object
     
  still life (n)
a depiction of a group of inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit, usually arranged by an artist
     
  style (n)
a distinctive manner of expression (as in writing, speech, or art)
     
  vanishing point (n)
in perspective, the point at which receding parallel lines appear to converge. The vanishing point is often on the horizon line.
     
 

wet-nurse (n)
a woman hired to breastfeed and give constant care to another woman’s infant

     
  woodblock print (n)
a print made from a block of wood that has been engraved, inked, and printed
     
 

 

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