abstractionist

(art) Someone who supports or creates abstract art.

abstraccionista

someone who paints or creates abstract art


academicism

en-noun

academicism (countable and uncountable, plural academicisms)

(art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.


acclamation

acclamation (countable and uncountable, plural acclamations)

* First attested in 1541.
* Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōnis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”)
* Compare French acclamation.

bor

The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals.

1826, James Elmes, A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts:

(art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.


futurism

en-noun

futurism (countable and uncountable, plural futurisms)

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃəɹɪzəm/

Suffice it to say that Futurism has a gratifying dislike both of Liberal politics and Christian morals; I say gratifying because, however unfortunately the cross and the cap of liberty have quarrelled, they are always united in the feeble hatred of such silly megalomaniacs as these. […

1910, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Futurists”, in Alarms and Discursions:

(art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.


accessible

en-adj

accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)

more accessible (comparative)
most accessible (superlative)

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible.

But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.


abstraction

en-noun

abstraction (countable and uncountable, plural abstractions)

From Middle English abstraccyone; either from Middle French abstraction or from Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“draw away”). Equivalent to abstract + -ion.

der

(art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.


nu

→ Russian: ню (nju)

→ Ukrainian: ню (nju)

Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.


industrial

industrial (nominative singular)
industrialu (genitive singular)
industrialowi (dative singular)
industrial (accusative singular)
industrialem (instrumental singular)
industrialu (locative singular)
industrialu (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English industrial.

ubor

(art) industrial art (aesthetic current in art looking for inspiration in forms associated with industrial civilization)


academic

en-adj

academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)

more academic (comparative)
most academic (superlative)

/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/

From both the Medieval Latin acadēmicus and the French académique, from Latin academia, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) or Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), the name of the place where Plato taught; compare academy.

(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.


accessory

desc

אַקְסֵסוֹרִי

→ Hebrew: אַקְסֵסוֹרִי (aksésori)

→ Japanese: アクセサリー (akusesarī)

→ Korean: 액세서리 (aekseseori)

From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.

(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.


absolute

en-adj

absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)

more absolute (comparative)
absoluter (comparative)
most absolute (superlative)
absolutest (superlative)

conditional

antonym(s) of “free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions”

antonym(s) of “independent of references

First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.

независим

grammar: not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence

categorical

absolute music

(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.


abstract

→ Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt

From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.

xifra

something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else


abstract

en-adj

abstract (comparative more abstract or abstracter, superlative most abstract or abstractest)

more abstract (comparative)
abstracter (comparative)
most abstract (superlative)
abstractest (superlative)

But his design is wonderful. He’s getting more and more abstract every day. He’d given up the third dimension when I was there and was just thinking of giving up the second. Soon, he says, there’ll be just the blank canvas. That’s the logical conclusion. Complete abstraction.

1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 12, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:

(art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

(art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.

abstracte

art: free from representational qualities


abstract

nl-adj

abstract (comparative abstracter, superlative abstractst)

abstracter (comparative)
abstractst (superlative)
abstract (adverbial positive predicative)
abstracter (adverbial comparative predicative)
het abstractst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het abstractste (adverbial predicative superlative)
abstracte (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
abstractere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
abstractste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
abstract (indefinite neuter positive singular)
abstracter (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
abstractste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
abstracte (indefinite plural positive)
abstractere (comparative indefinite plural)
abstractste (indefinite plural superlative)
abstracte (definite positive)
abstractere (comparative definite)
abstractste (definite superlative)
abstracts (partitive positive)
abstracters (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: abstrak

→ Indonesian: abstrak

Borrowed from Middle French abstract, from Latin abstractus; compare English abstract.


chartreuse

en-noun

chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.


action

action (countable and uncountable, plural actions)

→ Arabic: أَكْشِن (ʔakšin)

→ Bulgarian: екшън (ekšǎn)

→ German: Action

→ Irish: aicsean

→ Hebrew: אקשן (akshn)

→ Japanese: アクション (akushon)

→ Korean: 액션 (aeksyeon)

→ Russian: экшн (ekšn)

From Middle English accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āctus + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti; see also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.

der

(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.

liike

painting and sculpture: attitude or position of the several parts of the body


finale

(chiefly art) finale (grand end of a show or piece of music)


crew

From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”). Doublet of creature, crescent, croissant, recreation, and recruit.

doublet

There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!

The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.

(art) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.

There were three actors and six crew on the set.

(art, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.

тру́па

arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production

avustaja

arts: non-actor member of a theatrical stage production


szkoła

pl-noun

szkoła f (diminutive szkółka, augmentative szkolisko)

szkółka (diminutive)
szkolisko (augmentative)
szkoła (nominative singular)
szkoły (nominative plural)
szkoły (genitive singular)
szkół (genitive plural)
szkole (dative singular)
szkołom (dative plural)
szkołę (accusative singular)
szkoły (accusative plural)
szkołą (instrumental singular)
szkołami (instrumental plural)
szkole (locative singular)
szkołach (locative plural)
szkoło (singular vocative)
szkoły (plural vocative)

→ Kashubian: szkòła

→ Slovincian: szkôla

Inherited from Old Polish szkoła. Doublet of schola.

(chiefly art) school (community of creators using a similar method)


vernacular

en-adj

vernacular (comparative more vernacular, superlative most vernacular)

more vernacular (comparative)
most vernacular (superlative)

From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).

uder

(art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported.


juxtaposition

en-noun

juxtaposition (countable and uncountable, plural juxtapositions)

From French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)).

съпоставяне

the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter

The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.

The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.

(art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.


provenance

provenance (countable and uncountable, plural provenances)

Borrowed from French provenance (“origin”), from Middle French provenant, present participle of provenir (“come forth, arise”), from Latin provenio (“to come forth”).

The picture is of royal provenance.

(art) The history of ownership of a work of art.

omistajahistoria

in arts: the history of ownership of a work of art


hard

en-adj

hard (comparative harder or more hard, superlative hardest or most hard)

harder (comparative)
more hard (comparative)
hardest (superlative)
most hard (superlative)

easy

antonym(s) of “requiring a lot of effort to do or understand”

bearable

antonym(s) of “requiring a lot of effort to endure”

low-alcohol

antonym(s) of “of drink”; antonym(s) of “low in alcohol”

alcohol-free

antonym(s) of “of drink”; antonym(s) of “non-alcoholic”

→ Finnish: haarti

→ Spanish: hard

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu).

صَعْب

(art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.


depth

en-noun

depth (countable and uncountable, plural depths)

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th. Cognate with Scots deepth (“depth”), Saterland Frisian Djüpte (“depth”), West Frisian djipte (“depth”), Dutch diepte (“depth”), Low German Deepde (“depth”), Danish dybde (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt (“depth”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”).

The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

(art, photography) the property of appearing three-dimensional


proportion

en-verb

proportion (third-person singular simple present proportions, present participle proportioning, simple past and past participle proportioned)

proportions (present singular third-person)
proportioning (participle present)
proportioned (participle past)
proportioned (past)

/pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/

/pɹəˈpɔːʃən/

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

/pɹəˈpoəʃən/

From Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion.

der

(transitive, art) To set or render in proportion.


round

From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > French rond), from both Late Latin retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Doublet of rotund.

раздаване

card games: moment from the deal until the players are finished with the cards

(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.


empire

empire (nominative singular)
empiret (nominative plural)
empire (accusative nominative singular)
empiret (accusative nominative plural)
empiren (accusative genitive singular)
empiret (accusative genitive plural)
empiren (genitive singular)
empirejen (genitive plural)
empirein (genitive plural rare)
empireä (partitive singular)
empirejä (partitive plural)
empiressä (inessive singular)
empireissä (inessive plural)
empirestä (elative singular)
empireistä (elative plural)
empireen (illative singular)
empireihin (illative plural)
empirellä (adessive singular)
empireillä (adessive plural)
empireltä (ablative singular)
empireiltä (ablative plural)
empirelle (allative singular)
empireille (allative plural)
empirenä (essive singular)
empireinä (essive plural)
empireksi (singular translative)
empireiksi (plural translative)
empirettä (abessive singular)
empireittä (abessive plural)
empirein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
empireni (nominative singular)
empireni (nominative plural)
empireni (accusative nominative singular)
empireni (accusative nominative plural)
empireni (accusative genitive singular)
empireni (accusative genitive plural)
empireni (genitive singular)
empirejeni (genitive plural)
empireini (genitive plural rare)
empireäni (partitive singular)
empirejäni (partitive plural)
empiressäni (inessive singular)
empireissäni (inessive plural)
empirestäni (elative singular)
empireistäni (elative plural)
empireeni (illative singular)
empireihini (illative plural)
empirelläni (adessive singular)
empireilläni (adessive plural)
empireltäni (ablative singular)
empireiltäni (ablative plural)
empirelleni (allative singular)
empireilleni (allative plural)
empirenäni (essive singular)
empireinäni (essive plural)
empirekseni (singular translative)
empireikseni (plural translative)
empirettäni (abessive singular)
empireittäni (abessive plural)
empireineni (comitative plural)
empiresi (nominative singular)
empiresi (nominative plural)
empiresi (accusative nominative singular)
empiresi (accusative nominative plural)
empiresi (accusative genitive singular)
empiresi (accusative genitive plural)
empiresi (genitive singular)
empirejesi (genitive plural)
empireisi (genitive plural rare)
empireäsi (partitive singular)
empirejäsi (partitive plural)
empiressäsi (inessive singular)
empireissäsi (inessive plural)
empirestäsi (elative singular)
empireistäsi (elative plural)
empireesi (illative singular)
empireihisi (illative plural)
empirelläsi (adessive singular)
empireilläsi (adessive plural)
empireltäsi (ablative singular)
empireiltäsi (ablative plural)
empirellesi (allative singular)
empireillesi (allative plural)
empirenäsi (essive singular)
empireinäsi (essive plural)
empireksesi (singular translative)
empireiksesi (plural translative)
empirettäsi (abessive singular)
empireittäsi (abessive plural)
empireinesi (comitative plural)
empiremme (nominative singular)
empiremme (nominative plural)
empiremme (accusative nominative singular)
empiremme (accusative nominative plural)
empiremme (accusative genitive singular)
empiremme (accusative genitive plural)
empiremme (genitive singular)
empirejemme (genitive plural)
empireimme (genitive plural rare)
empireämme (partitive singular)
empirejämme (partitive plural)
empiressämme (inessive singular)
empireissämme (inessive plural)
empirestämme (elative singular)
empireistämme (elative plural)
empireemme (illative singular)
empireihimme (illative plural)
empirellämme (adessive singular)
empireillämme (adessive plural)
empireltämme (ablative singular)
empireiltämme (ablative plural)
empirellemme (allative singular)
empireillemme (allative plural)
empirenämme (essive singular)
empireinämme (essive plural)
empireksemme (singular translative)
empireiksemme (plural translative)
empirettämme (abessive singular)
empireittämme (abessive plural)
empireinemme (comitative plural)
empirenne (nominative singular)
empirenne (nominative plural)
empirenne (accusative nominative singular)
empirenne (accusative nominative plural)
empirenne (accusative genitive singular)
empirenne (accusative genitive plural)
empirenne (genitive singular)
empirejenne (genitive plural)
empireinne (genitive plural rare)
empireänne (partitive singular)
empirejänne (partitive plural)
empiressänne (inessive singular)
empireissänne (inessive plural)
empirestänne (elative singular)
empireistänne (elative plural)
empireenne (illative singular)
empireihinne (illative plural)
empirellänne (adessive singular)
empireillänne (adessive plural)
empireltänne (ablative singular)
empireiltänne (ablative plural)
empirellenne (allative singular)
empireillenne (allative plural)
empirenänne (essive singular)
empireinänne (essive plural)
empireksenne (singular translative)
empireiksenne (plural translative)
empirettänne (abessive singular)
empireittänne (abessive plural)
empireinenne (comitative plural)
empirensä (nominative singular)
empirensä (nominative plural)
empirensä (accusative nominative singular)
empirensä (accusative nominative plural)
empirensä (accusative genitive singular)
empirensä (accusative genitive plural)
empirensä (genitive singular)
empirejensä (genitive plural)
empireinsä (genitive plural rare)
empireään (partitive singular)
empireänsä (partitive singular)
empirejään (partitive plural)
empirejänsä (partitive plural)
empiressään (inessive singular)
empiressänsä (inessive singular)
empireissään (inessive plural)
empireissänsä (inessive plural)
empirestään (elative singular)
empirestänsä (elative singular)
empireistään (elative plural)
empireistänsä (elative plural)
empireensä (illative singular)
empireihinsä (illative plural)
empirellään (adessive singular)
empirellänsä (adessive singular)
empireillään (adessive plural)
empireillänsä (adessive plural)
empireltään (ablative singular)
empireltänsä (ablative singular)
empireiltään (ablative plural)
empireiltänsä (ablative plural)
empirelleen (allative singular)
empirellensä (allative singular)
empireilleen (allative plural)
empireillensä (allative plural)
empirenään (essive singular)
empirenänsä (essive singular)
empireinään (essive plural)
empireinänsä (essive plural)
empirekseen (singular translative)
empireksensä (singular translative)
empireikseen (plural translative)
empireiksensä (plural translative)
empirettään (abessive singular)
empirettänsä (abessive singular)
empireittään (abessive plural)
empireittänsä (abessive plural)
empireineen (comitative plural)
empireinensä (comitative plural)

(art) Ellipsis of empiretyyli (“Empire style”).


empire

ro-adj

empire m or f or n (masculine plural empiri, feminine and neuter plural empire)

empiri (masculine plural)
empire (feminine neuter plural)
empire (accusative indefinite masculine neuter nominative singular)
empire (accusative feminine indefinite nominative singular)
empiri (accusative indefinite masculine nominative plural)
empire (accusative feminine indefinite neuter nominative plural)
empirele (accusative definite masculine neuter nominative singular)
empirea (accusative definite feminine nominative singular)
empirii (accusative definite masculine nominative plural)
empirele (accusative definite feminine neuter nominative plural)
empire (dative genitive indefinite masculine neuter singular)
empire (dative feminine genitive indefinite singular)
empiri (dative genitive indefinite masculine plural)
empire (dative feminine genitive indefinite neuter plural)
empirelui (dative definite genitive masculine neuter singular)
empirei (dative definite feminine genitive singular)
empirilor (dative definite genitive masculine plural)
empirelor (dative definite feminine genitive neuter plural)


handling

en-noun

handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).

cog

A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.

1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, Critical Reviews:

(art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.


luik

nl-noun

luik n (plural luiken, diminutive luikje n)

luiken (plural)
luikje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: luik

desctree

→ Russian: люк (ljuk)
→ Armenian: լյուկ (lyuk)
→ Georgian: ლიუკი (liuḳi)
→ Ukrainian: люк (ljuk)

→ Sranan Tongo: loiki

From Middle Dutch luke, from the (now obsolete) verb luiken. Cognate with German Luke.


passage

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.


ADA

en-noun

ADA (countable and uncountable, plural ADAs)

(art) Initialism of autodestructive art.


AAA

Allied Artists Association
w:Allied Artists Association

(UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.


cherub

nl-noun

cherub m (plural cherubs, diminutive cherubje n)

cherubs (plural)
cherubje (diminutive neuter)

More recent than cherubijn. Borrowed from Latin cherub, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (k'rúv).


tangent

Borrowed from Latin tangentem, the accusative of tangēns (“touching”) (in the phrase līnea tangēns (“a touching line”)), the present participle of the verb tangō (“touch”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).
Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”). More at thack, thwack.

cog

(art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.


Christ

From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.

(art) A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.


wash

en-noun

wash (countable and uncountable, plural washes)

From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wascan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).

der

(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.


turnaround

en-noun

turnaround (countable and uncountable, plural turnarounds)

Many media arts companies use turnarounds to ensure that when you draw the character you know what it looks like from the front, the side and the back.

2012, Bryan Tillman, Creative Character Design, page 134:

(art) A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.


baba

pl-noun

baba f (diminutive babka or babcia, augmentative babsko or babisko)

babka (diminutive)
babcia (diminutive)
babsko (augmentative)
babisko (augmentative)
baba (nominative singular)
baby (nominative plural)
baby (genitive singular)
bab (genitive plural)
babie (dative singular)
babom (dative plural)
babę (accusative singular)
baby (accusative plural)
babą (instrumental singular)
babami (instrumental plural)
babie (locative singular)
babach (locative plural)
babo (singular vocative)
baby (plural vocative)

nie miała baba kłopotu, kupiła sobie prosię

(obsolete, art) leather pillow for applying paint in manual printing of canvases


ASCII art

Japanese: AA (AA)

(computing, art) A form of letter art that uses only ASCII characters.


historical

en-adj

historical (comparative more historical, superlative most historical)

more historical (comparative)
most historical (superlative)

From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to).

suf

Hagiography, the historical genre which is the subject of this week's seminar, comprises narratives concerned with the saints and their achievements, especially the miracles which God has performed through them and on their behalf.

2017 December 8, Paul Hayward, “Seminar VII: Hagiography”, in Medieval Primary Sources—Genre, Rhetoric and Transmission:

There is no acknowledgment—because there is no understanding—that sometimes historical fiction departs from facts in order to reach for more abstract, thematic, or complexly intuitive truths that even the most diligently fact-checked histories and biographies can fail to illuminate.

2015 January 28, Mark Harris, “How 'Selma' Got Smeared”, in Grantland:

Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

(literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.

Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.


roman

fr-adj

roman (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)

romane (feminine)
romans (masculine plural)
romanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin romanusor derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”).


pelta

Latin, a shield, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “shield”).

A pattern of red and blue peltae on a white ground, arranged in groups of four with two peltae placed back to back and one at each end facing inward, forms the outer border on the east side of the mosaic.

1960, Saul S. Weinberg, The Southeast Building, the Twin Basilicas, the Mosaic House:

Evidently it was a deliberate choice to select from the repertory of opus sectile, often extremely figurative, only those decorative motifs that were amenable to sixteenth-century architectural classicism, like the peltae on the Farnese tables, which were still used for the seventeenth-century pavement of the Confessio of St Peter's.

2006, Anna Maria Giusti, Pietre Dure: The Art of Semiprecious Stonework:

Surrounding the square frame of round-tongued double guilloche is a broad white band with large lozenges (two on each side), outlined dark grey, with their acute angles terminating in voluted peltae with undulating spurs on their roundels.

2009, David S. Neal, Roman Mosaics of Britain: South-East Britain, page 424:

(art, historical) A crescent-shaped design used in mosaics.


couch

→ German: Couch

→ Serbo-Croatian: кауч／kauč

From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.

For the re-lining, the usual method is to strain a new and strong cloth of an even surface upon the stretcher, to rub it down smooth with pumice stone, and then to give it an even couch of paste, a similar couch is then to be applied to the back of the picture after it has been freed from all inequalities; […]

1839, Jean-François-Léonor Mérimée, W[illiam] B[enjamin] Sarsfield Taylor, “On the Preservation of Pictures, and the Methods Used for Restoring Them”, in The Art of Painting in Oil, and in Fresco: Being a History of the Various Processes and Materials Employed, from Its Discovery, by Hubert and John Van Eyck, to the Present Time: Translated from the Original French Treatise of M. J. F. L. Mérimée, Secretary to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Paris. With Original Observations on the Rise and Progress of British Art, the French and English Chromatic Scales, and Theories of Colouring, by W. B. Sarsfield Taylor, Senior Curator of the Living Model Academy, &c. &c., London: Whittaker & Co. Ave Maria Lane, →OCLC, page 231:

Once you have chosen which color of underpainting you will use, you should apply the paint to get the values, lighting, and the likeness perfect. The underpainting is applied using a couch of medium and the paint is worked into that medium in very small amounts and in small areas at a time. […] Your paint should glide and then melt into the couch as you work the paint with your brush.

2008, Jodi Brody, Portrait Painting with Classical Old Masters Techniques: A Guide to Using the Venetian Methods, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 58:

(art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.


torso

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso and possibly trozo.


taulu

taulu (nominative singular)
taulut (nominative plural)
taulu (accusative nominative singular)
taulut (accusative nominative plural)
taulun (accusative genitive singular)
taulut (accusative genitive plural)
taulun (genitive singular)
taulujen (genitive plural)
taulua (partitive singular)
tauluja (partitive plural)
taulussa (inessive singular)
tauluissa (inessive plural)
taulusta (elative singular)
tauluista (elative plural)
tauluun (illative singular)
tauluihin (illative plural)
taululla (adessive singular)
tauluilla (adessive plural)
taululta (ablative singular)
tauluilta (ablative plural)
taululle (allative singular)
tauluille (allative plural)
tauluna (essive singular)
tauluina (essive plural)
tauluksi (singular translative)
tauluiksi (plural translative)
taulutta (abessive singular)
tauluitta (abessive plural)
tauluin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
tauluni (nominative singular)
tauluni (nominative plural)
tauluni (accusative nominative singular)
tauluni (accusative nominative plural)
tauluni (accusative genitive singular)
tauluni (accusative genitive plural)
tauluni (genitive singular)
taulujeni (genitive plural)
tauluani (partitive singular)
taulujani (partitive plural)
taulussani (inessive singular)
tauluissani (inessive plural)
taulustani (elative singular)
tauluistani (elative plural)
tauluuni (illative singular)
tauluihini (illative plural)
taulullani (adessive singular)
tauluillani (adessive plural)
taulultani (ablative singular)
tauluiltani (ablative plural)
taululleni (allative singular)
tauluilleni (allative plural)
taulunani (essive singular)
tauluinani (essive plural)
taulukseni (singular translative)
tauluikseni (plural translative)
tauluttani (abessive singular)
tauluittani (abessive plural)
tauluineni (comitative plural)
taulusi (nominative singular)
taulusi (nominative plural)
taulusi (accusative nominative singular)
taulusi (accusative nominative plural)
taulusi (accusative genitive singular)
taulusi (accusative genitive plural)
taulusi (genitive singular)
taulujesi (genitive plural)
tauluasi (partitive singular)
taulujasi (partitive plural)
taulussasi (inessive singular)
tauluissasi (inessive plural)
taulustasi (elative singular)
tauluistasi (elative plural)
tauluusi (illative singular)
tauluihisi (illative plural)
taulullasi (adessive singular)
tauluillasi (adessive plural)
taulultasi (ablative singular)
tauluiltasi (ablative plural)
taulullesi (allative singular)
tauluillesi (allative plural)
taulunasi (essive singular)
tauluinasi (essive plural)
tauluksesi (singular translative)
tauluiksesi (plural translative)
tauluttasi (abessive singular)
tauluittasi (abessive plural)
tauluinesi (comitative plural)
taulumme (nominative singular)
taulumme (nominative plural)
taulumme (accusative nominative singular)
taulumme (accusative nominative plural)
taulumme (accusative genitive singular)
taulumme (accusative genitive plural)
taulumme (genitive singular)
taulujemme (genitive plural)
tauluamme (partitive singular)
taulujamme (partitive plural)
taulussamme (inessive singular)
tauluissamme (inessive plural)
taulustamme (elative singular)
tauluistamme (elative plural)
tauluumme (illative singular)
tauluihimme (illative plural)
taulullamme (adessive singular)
tauluillamme (adessive plural)
taulultamme (ablative singular)
tauluiltamme (ablative plural)
taulullemme (allative singular)
tauluillemme (allative plural)
taulunamme (essive singular)
tauluinamme (essive plural)
tauluksemme (singular translative)
tauluiksemme (plural translative)
tauluttamme (abessive singular)
tauluittamme (abessive plural)
tauluinemme (comitative plural)
taulunne (nominative singular)
taulunne (nominative plural)
taulunne (accusative nominative singular)
taulunne (accusative nominative plural)
taulunne (accusative genitive singular)
taulunne (accusative genitive plural)
taulunne (genitive singular)
taulujenne (genitive plural)
tauluanne (partitive singular)
taulujanne (partitive plural)
taulussanne (inessive singular)
tauluissanne (inessive plural)
taulustanne (elative singular)
tauluistanne (elative plural)
tauluunne (illative singular)
tauluihinne (illative plural)
taulullanne (adessive singular)
tauluillanne (adessive plural)
taulultanne (ablative singular)
tauluiltanne (ablative plural)
taulullenne (allative singular)
tauluillenne (allative plural)
taulunanne (essive singular)
tauluinanne (essive plural)
tauluksenne (singular translative)
tauluiksenne (plural translative)
tauluttanne (abessive singular)
tauluittanne (abessive plural)
tauluinenne (comitative plural)
taulunsa (nominative singular)
taulunsa (nominative plural)
taulunsa (accusative nominative singular)
taulunsa (accusative nominative plural)
taulunsa (accusative genitive singular)
taulunsa (accusative genitive plural)
taulunsa (genitive singular)
taulujensa (genitive plural)
tauluaan (partitive singular)
tauluansa (partitive singular)
taulujaan (partitive plural)
taulujansa (partitive plural)
taulussaan (inessive singular)
taulussansa (inessive singular)
tauluissaan (inessive plural)
tauluissansa (inessive plural)
taulustaan (elative singular)
taulustansa (elative singular)
tauluistaan (elative plural)
tauluistansa (elative plural)
tauluunsa (illative singular)
tauluihinsa (illative plural)
taulullaan (adessive singular)
taulullansa (adessive singular)
tauluillaan (adessive plural)
tauluillansa (adessive plural)
taulultaan (ablative singular)
taulultansa (ablative singular)
tauluiltaan (ablative plural)
tauluiltansa (ablative plural)
taululleen (allative singular)
taulullensa (allative singular)
tauluilleen (allative plural)
tauluillensa (allative plural)
taulunaan (essive singular)
taulunansa (essive singular)
tauluinaan (essive plural)
tauluinansa (essive plural)
taulukseen (singular translative)
tauluksensa (singular translative)
tauluikseen (plural translative)
tauluiksensa (plural translative)
tauluttaan (abessive singular)
tauluttansa (abessive singular)
tauluittaan (abessive plural)
tauluittansa (abessive plural)
tauluineen (comitative plural)
tauluinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish tafla, ultimately from Latin tabula.

(art) picture, print etc., especially a framed one


carrier

но́сьбіт

person or object that carries someone or something else

Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.

inert carrier gas (which transports a chemical reactant)

(art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.


fair

en-verb

fair (third-person singular simple present fairs, present participle fairing, simple past and past participle faired)

fairs (present singular third-person)
fairing (participle present)
faired (participle past)
faired (past)

From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”). See also peace.

cog

Since the sequence of data contain sampling noises, the captured motion is not smooth and wiggles along the moving path. There are well-known fairing algorithms in Euclidean space based on difference geometry.

1996, Computer Animation '96: June 3-4, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland, page 136:

(transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.


value

en-noun

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

der

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 812a. Value

When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.

2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design:

Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.

2010, Rose Edin, Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light:

(art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.


cinquecento

a cinquecento painting


cinquecento

cinquecento (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un cinquecento (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cinquecentoul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cinquecento (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui cinquecento (dative genitive indefinite singular)
cinquecentoului (dative definite genitive singular)
cinquecentoule (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cinquecento.


sauce

en-noun

sauce (countable and uncountable, plural sauces)

→ Japanese: ソース

→ Scottish Gaelic: sabhs

From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“I salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa.

source (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

(art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.


breadth

breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)

From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th. Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

(art) A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.


santo

A santo may get a new coat of paint on its feast day or at Christmas. Or sometimes, when a prayer has been granted, a Puerto Rican repays his santo with a fresh coat of paint.

1972, Shirley Glubok, The Art of the Spanish in the United States and Puerto Rico:

(art) A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.


antic

en-adj

antic (comparative more antic, superlative most antic)

more antic (comparative)
most antic (superlative)

Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”). See also grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique.

The amusement park environment of seaside resorts such as Venice and the antic eclecticism of Greene & Greene's pre-Craftsman work all preceded the establishment of the movie colony in Hollywood.

2004, John Chase, Glitter Stucco and Dumpster Diving: Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular city, page 58:

(architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.


antic

(architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.

groteski

architecture: grotesque representation of a figure


ornament

ornament (nominative singular)
ornamenty (nominative plural)
ornamentu (genitive singular)
ornamentów (genitive plural)
ornamentowi (dative singular)
ornamentom (dative plural)
ornament (accusative singular)
ornamenty (accusative plural)
ornamentem (instrumental singular)
ornamentami (instrumental plural)
ornamencie (locative singular)
ornamentach (locative plural)
ornamencie (singular vocative)
ornamenty (plural vocative)

→ Ukrainian: орна́мент (ornáment)

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnāmentum.

(architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment


combine

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre, present active infinitive of combīnō (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).

(art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.


prop

id-noun

prop (first-person possessive propku, second-person possessive propmu, third-person possessive propnya)

propku (first-person possessive)
propmu (possessive second-person)
propnya (possessive third-person)

From English prop (“property”), or a clipping of properti.

(art) property, an item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.


medallion

(art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.


term

From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

член

one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation

The pillers that haue bolſtered vp thoſe tearmes,
Are falne in cluſters at my conquering feet.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

You have been already informed, I have no doubt, of the subject which we have chosen: the adorning a Term of Hymen with festoons of flowers.

1773, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 42:

(art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.


performer

id-noun

pêrformêr (first-person possessive performerku, second-person possessive performermu, third-person possessive performernya)

pêrformêr (canonical)
performerku (first-person possessive)
performermu (possessive second-person)
performernya (possessive third-person)


origami

en-noun

origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)

/ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/

[ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]

Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).

(uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding.

The production notes are folded like the funny origamis that I made in grammar school (only I used to write boy's names inside each section).

(countable, art) A piece of art made by folding paper.


origami

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori) + 紙 (kami).


chiaroscuro

en-noun

chiaroscuro (countable and uncountable, plural chiaroscuros or chiaroscuri)

chiaroscuros (plural)
chiaroscuri (plural)

/kɪˌɑːɹəˈskʊəɹəʊ/

Mid-17th century, borrowed from Italian chiaroscuro, from chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”).

(art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique.


chiaroscuro

From chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”).

af

(painting, art) chiaroscuro (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts)


album

pl-noun

album m inan (diminutive albumik, related adjective albumowy)

albumik (diminutive)
albumowy (adjective)
album (nominative singular)
albumy (nominative plural)
albumu (genitive singular)
albumów (genitive plural)
albumowi (dative singular)
albumom (dative plural)
album (accusative singular)
albumy (accusative plural)
albumem (instrumental singular)
albumami (instrumental plural)
albumie (locative singular)
albumach (locative plural)
albumie (singular vocative)
albumy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Album or French album. First attested in 1609.

ref

Jadwiga Chotkowska (11.06.2019) “ALBUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

(art) album, sketchbook, sketch pad (book or pad with blank pages for sketching)


pick

From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.
Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)).

inh

(art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.


performance

en-noun

performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

→ Albanian: performancë

→ Catalan: performance

→ Danish: performance

desctree

→ French: performance
→ Turkish: performans

→ German: Performance

→ Italian: performance

→ Japanese: パフォーマンス (pafōmansu)

→ Portuguese: performance

→ Spanish: performance

→ Swedish: performance

From Middle English parfourmaunce; equivalent to perform + -ance.

The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.

We saw the whole ballet performance from the front row.


performance

/pɨɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

/pɛɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

ubor

(art) performance (artistic manifestation based on staging that can combine dance, music, audiovisual media)


תנועה

he-noun

תְּנוּעָה • (tənuʻá) f (plural indefinite תְּנוּעוֹת, singular construct תְּנוּעַת־)

תְּנוּעָה (canonical)
tənuʻá (romanization)
תְּנוּעוֹת (indefinite plural)
תְּנוּעַת־ (construct singular)

Root
 נ־ו־ע (n-w-ʿ)
In the “vowel” sense, likely a mediaeval calque of Arabic حَرَكَة (ḥaraka).

היעדרו של חזון כזה המתייצב כאלטרנטיבה לקיים הוא שאיפשר את הבעירה הגזענית של תנועת העליונות היהודית, שכבר כבשה נתחים רבים בפוליטיקה הישראלית הממסדית.

2019 April 9, Michael Sfard, “מה שחסר לשמאל זה חזון – לא מקום בממשלה [What the left lacks is vision – not a place in the government.]”, in HaMakom HaKi Kham b'Geyhinom:

The lack of such a vision presenting an alternative to the existing one is what enabled the racist combustion of the Jewish supremacy movement, which had already conquered many parts of Israeli institutional politics.


abstrakt

abstrakt (indefinite singular)
abstrakte (definite plural singular)
mer abstrakt (comparative)
mest abstrakt (superlative)

From Latin abstractus (“drawn away, abstract”).

bor

abstrakt kunst

musikken er en underlig kunstart – helt abstrakt, og samtidig helt konkret

2006, Lars Roar Langslet, Når fuglen letter, page 178:

music is a strange art - completely abstract, and at the same time very concrete

kunsten, alle kunstarter, beveget seg henimot det abstrakte; maleri og skulptur var kjed av menneskekroppen

1964, Lorentz Eckhoff, En verden, page 98:

art, all art forms, moved towards the abstract; painting and sculpture were bored of the human body

det ville være bedre med en retrospektiv utstilling, for å sette den abstrakte kunsten i perspektiv

2014 May 7, Helgeland Arbeiderblad, page 28:

it would be better with a retrospective exhibition, to put the abstract art in perspective

i hans nye utstilling «Ship of Fools» vises nyproduserte figurative og abstrakte malerier av ulike fartøyer, hovedsakelig skip og fly

his new exhibition «Ship of Fools» shows newly produced figurative and abstract paintings of various vessels, mainly ships and aircraft

(art, dance, music) abstract (pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them)


plot

id-noun

plot (first-person possessive plotku, second-person possessive plotmu, third-person possessive plotnya)

plotku (first-person possessive)
plotmu (possessive second-person)
plotnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch plot, from English plot, from Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin.

(art, literature) plot, storyline: the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.


underground

en-adj

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

more underground (comparative)
most underground (superlative)

/ˌʌndəˈɡɹaʊnd/

/ˌʌndɚˈɡɹaʊnd/

From Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under + ground or under- + ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.

underground music

‘[…]he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?’ ‘Why not what?’ said Tom. ‘Why not do the same thing here?’ ‘You mean an underground magazine?’ ‘Yup.’

"In many ways, it showed there was no longer an underground, as such. This proved that there was no longer one society with everyone agreeing how to live . . . The underground had officially come above ground, and consequently no longer existed."

2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian:

(of music, art etc.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.


gloria

gloria (nominative singular)
glorie (nominative plural)
glorii (genitive singular)
glorii (genitive plural)
gloryj (archaic genitive plural)
glorii (dative singular)
gloriom (dative plural)
glorię (accusative singular)
glorie (accusative plural)
glorią (instrumental singular)
gloriami (instrumental plural)
glorii (locative singular)
gloriach (locative plural)
glorio (singular vocative)
glorie (plural vocative)

(art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)


style

→ Czech: styl

→ Italian: stile

→ Polish: styl

→ Romanian: stil

→ Serbo-Croatian: stȉl

→ Turkish: stil

Inherited from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, borrowed from Latin stilus.

(art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined


tavla

tavla (indefinite nominative singular)
tavlan (definite nominative singular)
tavlor (indefinite nominative plural)
tavlorna (definite nominative plural)
tavlas (genitive indefinite singular)
tavlans (definite genitive singular)
tavlors (genitive indefinite plural)
tavlornas (definite genitive plural)

(art) a painting; piece of painted canvas


kudos

kudos (nominative singular)
kudokset (nominative plural)
kudos (accusative nominative singular)
kudokset (accusative nominative plural)
kudoksen (accusative genitive singular)
kudokset (accusative genitive plural)
kudoksen (genitive singular)
kudosten (genitive plural)
kudoksien (genitive plural)
kudosta (partitive singular)
kudoksia (partitive plural)
kudoksessa (inessive singular)
kudoksissa (inessive plural)
kudoksesta (elative singular)
kudoksista (elative plural)
kudokseen (illative singular)
kudoksiin (illative plural)
kudoksella (adessive singular)
kudoksilla (adessive plural)
kudokselta (ablative singular)
kudoksilta (ablative plural)
kudokselle (allative singular)
kudoksille (allative plural)
kudoksena (essive singular)
kudoksina (essive plural)
kudokseksi (singular translative)
kudoksiksi (plural translative)
kudoksetta (abessive singular)
kudoksitta (abessive plural)
kudoksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kudokseni (nominative singular)
kudokseni (nominative plural)
kudokseni (accusative nominative singular)
kudokseni (accusative nominative plural)
kudokseni (accusative genitive singular)
kudokseni (accusative genitive plural)
kudokseni (genitive singular)
kudosteni (genitive plural)
kudoksieni (genitive plural)
kudostani (partitive singular)
kudoksiani (partitive plural)
kudoksessani (inessive singular)
kudoksissani (inessive plural)
kudoksestani (elative singular)
kudoksistani (elative plural)
kudokseeni (illative singular)
kudoksiini (illative plural)
kudoksellani (adessive singular)
kudoksillani (adessive plural)
kudokseltani (ablative singular)
kudoksiltani (ablative plural)
kudokselleni (allative singular)
kudoksilleni (allative plural)
kudoksenani (essive singular)
kudoksinani (essive plural)
kudoksekseni (singular translative)
kudoksikseni (plural translative)
kudoksettani (abessive singular)
kudoksittani (abessive plural)
kudoksineni (comitative plural)
kudoksesi (nominative singular)
kudoksesi (nominative plural)
kudoksesi (accusative nominative singular)
kudoksesi (accusative nominative plural)
kudoksesi (accusative genitive singular)
kudoksesi (accusative genitive plural)
kudoksesi (genitive singular)
kudostesi (genitive plural)
kudoksiesi (genitive plural)
kudostasi (partitive singular)
kudoksiasi (partitive plural)
kudoksessasi (inessive singular)
kudoksissasi (inessive plural)
kudoksestasi (elative singular)
kudoksistasi (elative plural)
kudokseesi (illative singular)
kudoksiisi (illative plural)
kudoksellasi (adessive singular)
kudoksillasi (adessive plural)
kudokseltasi (ablative singular)
kudoksiltasi (ablative plural)
kudoksellesi (allative singular)
kudoksillesi (allative plural)
kudoksenasi (essive singular)
kudoksinasi (essive plural)
kudokseksesi (singular translative)
kudoksiksesi (plural translative)
kudoksettasi (abessive singular)
kudoksittasi (abessive plural)
kudoksinesi (comitative plural)
kudoksemme (nominative singular)
kudoksemme (nominative plural)
kudoksemme (accusative nominative singular)
kudoksemme (accusative nominative plural)
kudoksemme (accusative genitive singular)
kudoksemme (accusative genitive plural)
kudoksemme (genitive singular)
kudostemme (genitive plural)
kudoksiemme (genitive plural)
kudostamme (partitive singular)
kudoksiamme (partitive plural)
kudoksessamme (inessive singular)
kudoksissamme (inessive plural)
kudoksestamme (elative singular)
kudoksistamme (elative plural)
kudokseemme (illative singular)
kudoksiimme (illative plural)
kudoksellamme (adessive singular)
kudoksillamme (adessive plural)
kudokseltamme (ablative singular)
kudoksiltamme (ablative plural)
kudoksellemme (allative singular)
kudoksillemme (allative plural)
kudoksenamme (essive singular)
kudoksinamme (essive plural)
kudokseksemme (singular translative)
kudoksiksemme (plural translative)
kudoksettamme (abessive singular)
kudoksittamme (abessive plural)
kudoksinemme (comitative plural)
kudoksenne (nominative singular)
kudoksenne (nominative plural)
kudoksenne (accusative nominative singular)
kudoksenne (accusative nominative plural)
kudoksenne (accusative genitive singular)
kudoksenne (accusative genitive plural)
kudoksenne (genitive singular)
kudostenne (genitive plural)
kudoksienne (genitive plural)
kudostanne (partitive singular)
kudoksianne (partitive plural)
kudoksessanne (inessive singular)
kudoksissanne (inessive plural)
kudoksestanne (elative singular)
kudoksistanne (elative plural)
kudokseenne (illative singular)
kudoksiinne (illative plural)
kudoksellanne (adessive singular)
kudoksillanne (adessive plural)
kudokseltanne (ablative singular)
kudoksiltanne (ablative plural)
kudoksellenne (allative singular)
kudoksillenne (allative plural)
kudoksenanne (essive singular)
kudoksinanne (essive plural)
kudokseksenne (singular translative)
kudoksiksenne (plural translative)
kudoksettanne (abessive singular)
kudoksittanne (abessive plural)
kudoksinenne (comitative plural)
kudoksensa (nominative singular)
kudoksensa (nominative plural)
kudoksensa (accusative nominative singular)
kudoksensa (accusative nominative plural)
kudoksensa (accusative genitive singular)
kudoksensa (accusative genitive plural)
kudoksensa (genitive singular)
kudostensa (genitive plural)
kudoksiensa (genitive plural)
kudostaan (partitive singular)
kudostansa (partitive singular)
kudoksiaan (partitive plural)
kudoksiansa (partitive plural)
kudoksessaan (inessive singular)
kudoksessansa (inessive singular)
kudoksissaan (inessive plural)
kudoksissansa (inessive plural)
kudoksestaan (elative singular)
kudoksestansa (elative singular)
kudoksistaan (elative plural)
kudoksistansa (elative plural)
kudokseensa (illative singular)
kudoksiinsa (illative plural)
kudoksellaan (adessive singular)
kudoksellansa (adessive singular)
kudoksillaan (adessive plural)
kudoksillansa (adessive plural)
kudokseltaan (ablative singular)
kudokseltansa (ablative singular)
kudoksiltaan (ablative plural)
kudoksiltansa (ablative plural)
kudokselleen (allative singular)
kudoksellensa (allative singular)
kudoksilleen (allative plural)
kudoksillensa (allative plural)
kudoksenaan (essive singular)
kudoksenansa (essive singular)
kudoksinaan (essive plural)
kudoksinansa (essive plural)
kudoksekseen (singular translative)
kudokseksensa (singular translative)
kudoksikseen (plural translative)
kudoksiksensa (plural translative)
kudoksettaan (abessive singular)
kudoksettansa (abessive singular)
kudoksittaan (abessive plural)
kudoksittansa (abessive plural)
kudoksineen (comitative plural)
kudoksinensa (comitative plural)

sävellyksen polyfoninen kudos

the polyphonic texture of the composition

(art) texture (quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts)


gola

Inherited from Old Catalan gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).


practice

en-noun

practice (usually uncountable, plural practices)

The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.
The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticāre, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós).
The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.

what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.

2016, Raphael Vella, Artist-Teachers in Context: International Dialogues, Springer, →ISBN, page 53:

(uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.


model

model (nominative singular)
modely (nominative plural)
modelu (genitive singular)
modelů (genitive plural)
modelu (dative singular)
modelům (dative plural)
model (accusative singular)
modely (accusative plural)
modele (singular vocative)
modely (plural vocative)
modelu (locative singular)
modelech (locative plural)
modelem (instrumental singular)
modely (instrumental plural)

→ Silesian: model


kabuki

id-noun

kabuki (first-person possessive kabukiku, second-person possessive kabukimu, third-person possessive kabukinya)

kabukiku (first-person possessive)
kabukimu (possessive second-person)
kabukinya (possessive third-person)


aleatory

From Latin āleātōrius, from āleātor (“dice-player”), from ālea (“a die”).

(art, music) Produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).


delineation

en-noun

delineation (countable and uncountable, plural delineations)

(art) An image of the outline of an object.


chimera

monolith

antonym(s) of “anything composed of very disparate parts”

Variant of Middle English chimere, chymere, & chymera under renewed Latin influence from the 16th century, from French chimère, from Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing mythological monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”, from χίμαρος (khímaros, “male goat”) + -α (-a)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-. In reference to the fish, directly from Latin Chimaera, used by Linnaeus. In reference to organisms with distinct areas of different genetic makeups, a calque of German Chimäre, used by Hans Winkler in 1907.

af

A voice had called him forth to think in solitude—a voice he durst not resist, the awful one of the future. It fell on John's heart like the mutter of approaching desolation. He heard it coming on, as the spell-bound in a hideous dream await, wordless and shivering, the progress of some chimera monster, whose grasp is to crush and destroy.

1853, “the O’Hara Family” [pseudonym; John Banim], chapter XV, in The Nowlans, London: Simms and M‘Intyre, Paternoster Row; and Donegall Street, Belfast, →OCLC, page 142:

The Magophonia was essentially the eruption of a long-simmering animosity between the pārsās (who revered Ahura Mazdā) and the Median magi (who believed in the supremacy of Mithra and Apam Napāt). A vivid expression of this animosity is displayed on the door jambs of Persepolis, where Darius is killing with a dagger a chimera monster with a scorpion tail.

2014, Abolala Soudavar, “Appendix II – From the Avesta to Sufi Treatises: A Standard Literary Technique”, in Mithraic Societies: From Brotherhood Ideal to Religion’s Adversary, Houston, Tx.: Abolala Soudavar, →ISBN, page 359:

(mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.

khimaira

any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals


chimera

pl-noun

chimera f (related adjective chimerny or chimeryczny)

chimerny (adjective)
chimeryczny (adjective)
chimera (nominative singular)
chimery (nominative plural)
chimery (genitive singular)
chimer (genitive plural)
chimerze (dative singular)
chimerom (dative plural)
chimerę (accusative singular)
chimery (accusative plural)
chimerą (instrumental singular)
chimerami (instrumental plural)
chimerze (locative singular)
chimerach (locative plural)
chimero (singular vocative)
chimery (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira).

(art) chimera (artistic representation of the Chimera, a mythological monster)


figuration

en-noun

figuration (countable and uncountable, plural figurations)

/ˌfɪɡ.jə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

/ˌfɪɡ.ə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Late Middle English figuracion, from Middle French figuration, from Latin figūrō (“to form”). Equivalent to figurate + -ion.

To recapitulate: consider the human form—skin, bone, and flesh. Consider the painting—surface, structure, and pigment. With a little license, the first gives us the ingredients for what might be called human or “figurative” figuration; the second gives us the ingredients for abstract or “nonfigurative” figuration.

1986, Frank Stella, Working Space, page 74:

(art) Representation through visual forms.


core

core (countable and uncountable, plural cores)

desc

Translingual: core eudicots, core Malvales

From Middle English core, kore, coor (“apple-core, pith”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Possibly of native English origin, from Old English *cor, related to Old English *coruc, *corc (diminutive) (> Middle English cork, crok (“core of a apple or other fruit, heart of an onion”)) and Old English corn (“seed", also "grain”); or alternatively perhaps from Old French cuer (“heart”), from Latin cor (“heart”); or from Old French cors (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Compare also Middle English colk, coke, coll (“the heart or centre of an apple or onion, core”), Dutch kern (“core”), German Kern (“core”). See also heart, corpse.

unc

obscure and uncertain

сърцеви́на

something that produces a hollow space in a casting

Photographs of cottagecore focuses on countrysides or forests.

The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.

(art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic


sprite

en-verb

sprite (third-person singular simple present sprites, present participle spriting, simple past and past participle sprited)

sprites (present singular third-person)
spriting (participle present)
sprited (participle past)
sprited (past)

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit.
(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.
(meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

doublet

sprited the new NPCs

(art, informal) To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.


Baroque

en-adj

Baroque (comparative more Baroque, superlative most Baroque)

more Baroque (comparative)
most Baroque (superlative)

Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

(art, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

barokní

relating or belonging to the Baroque period


Baroque

(art, music) A period in western architecture, art and music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760 CE, known for its abundance of drama, rich color, and extensive ornamentation.


trope

Japanese: トロープ (torōpu)

Korean: 트로프 (teuropeu)

From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a manner, style, turn, way; a trope or figure of speech; a mode in music; a mode or mood in logic”), related to τροπή (tropḗ, “solstice; trope; turn”) and τρέπειν (trépein, “to turn”); compare turn of phrase. The verb is derived from the noun.

der

You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre. And by blending it with the common YA [young adult] trope of a young female protagonist who leads the world into a new revolutionary era, they almost get there—largely thanks to newcomer [Sennia] Nanua, who presents her character's grappling with complex themes of identity and original sin with a childlike guilelessness.

2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The A.V. Club:

They have completely supported the Russians diplomatically, they’ve abstained in key votes at the United Nations, they’ve absolutely cynically repeated all the Russian tropes, particularly in places like Africa and Latin America – [by]^([sic]) blaming Nato and all of this stuff.

2023 July 20, Helen Davidson, quoting Richard Moore, “China complicit in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says MI6 chief”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Contrary to the familiar trope that regulation kills innovation, Harding argues that in fact the political, moral and legal clarity provided by the Warnock commission spurred investment and economic growth.

2024 May 11, John Thornhill, “More than human?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 8:

(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

троп

art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature


diptych

From Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Ancient Greek, neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι- (di-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).

(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.


triptych

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

uder

Hieronymus Bosch
The Garden of Earthly Delights
triptych

Meronym: volet

I never thought breastfeeding would be hard. When I thought about it at all, my mind conjured beatific scenes suffused with a sort of religious glow. […] These days I envisage more of a triptych: the infant Jesus spluttering at the breast, face purple with hangry fury; the infant Jesus possetting milk down Mary’s front; the infant Jesus and the nappy explosion.

2022 May 9, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, “Turns out breastfeeding really does hurt – why does no one tell you?”, in The New York Times:

(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.

եռապատկեր

art: a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges


歌舞伎

English: kabuki

Daijisen
Tenshō (Momoyama period)
ja:松村明

Term first attested around the Tenshō era (1573-1592).
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 傾く (kabuku, “to tilt, to lean”).
The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), literally "song, dance, and skill".

(culture, art) kabuki: traditional Japanese dance-drama featuring bizarrely-dressed performers


auricular

/ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.ə/

Late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin auriculāris, from auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to auricle + -ar. Doublet of auricularis.
The finger is so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.

af

(art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.


RSA

(art, UK) Initialism of Royal Society of Arts.


figurative

en-adj

figurative (comparative more figurative, superlative most figurative)

more figurative (comparative)
most figurative (superlative)

/ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/

1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy
They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.

(art) Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.


edgy

edgy (comparative edgier, superlative edgiest)

edgier (comparative)
edgiest (superlative)

From edge + -y. Compare German eckig (“angular, edgy”).

A sculptor's ideas must, I should guess, be somewhat rigid and inflexible, like the materials in which he works. Besides, Nollekens's style was comparatively hard and edgy.

1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “(please specify the essay name)”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co.:

(art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.

éles vonalú/rajzú/rajzolatú

art: having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined


render

en-verb

render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

renders (present singular third-person)
rendering (participle present)
rendered (participle past)
rendered (past)

→ Dutch: renderen

→ Portuguese: renderizar

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

uitsmelten

convert animal fat into liquid form or into a usable byproduct

(transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.


sympathy

en-noun

sympathy (countable and uncountable, plural sympathies)

Borrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathīa (“feeling in common”), from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sumpátheia, “fellow feeling”), from σῠμπᾰθής (sumpathḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-y”, nominal suffix). Equivalent to sym- (“acting or considered together”) + -pathy (“feeling”). Displaced native Old English efnþrōwung (literally “suffering with or together”).

تَعَاطُف

feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another — see also compassion

An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.

(art) Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.


podium

nl-noun

podium n (plural podia or podiums, diminutive podiumpje n)

podia (plural)
podiums (plural)
podiumpje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: podium

Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pui.


construction

en-noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)

→ Mongolian: констракшн (konstrakšn)

From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
Morphologically construct + -ion.

"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.

(art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.


abbozzo

We speak of a typical instance. Now what is typical? It is derived from the Greek τύπος, the name which Greek artists used of their first sketches, the abozzi of the Italians.

1886, Good Words and Sunday Magazine, volume 27, page 536:

But as regards the first six, might they not be mistaken for an abbozzo or first sketch of the Bill which was presented to Parliament in April 1886, one hundred and one years later?

1887 August 5, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 270:

Either way, it is far enough advanced beyond the early abbozzo stage that it would be better to designate it as "unfinished" than as an abbozzo.

1997, Richard E. Spear, The "Divine" Guido: Religion, Sex, Money, and Art in the World of Guido Reni:


abacule

Learned borrowing from Latin abaculus, a diminutive of abacus (“panel”).

(art and architecture) a mosaic tessera; tessella; abaculus


dorsal

From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.

af

(art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.


frottage

en-noun

frottage (countable and uncountable, plural frottages)

(uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.


concretism

concretism (countable and uncountable, plural concretisms)

(art) An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.


blotto

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.

The authors' most penetrating work seems to me, their contribution along the lines of the interview with the child, the use of sketches, blottoes, etc. "Draw a picture of this house. Who lives there? Show where the different members sleep" […]

1932, Public Health Reviews, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Division of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Michigan, →OCLC:

The pictures on these cards which I am going to show you are such ink-blot pictures. They do not really represent anything. They are accidental blottos. All you have to do is to look at them one by one and tell me what they might be, what they could represent for you.

1942, Bruno Klopfer, Douglas McGlashan Kelley, “Appendix to Part Three”, in The Rorschach Technique: A Manual for a Projective Method of Personality Diagnosis, Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y.: World Book Company, →OCLC, page 292:

The ink splattered blottoes on the wall. The door closed precipitately. Screaming, "Told those monkeys to stay out unless I said come in!" The door opened and the jet brunette with the perfect profile minced in wearing a look of critical suffering.

1946, Theodora Du Bois, Death Sails in a High Wind, London: T[homas] V[olney] Boardman & Co., →OCLC, page 134:

One can object to a few of the crafts included—paper punch pictures, blottos and metal foil sculpture—because they are more likely to lead to "tricks" than to art.

1955, Craft Horizons, volume 15, New York, N.Y.: American Craft Council, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

She feels that whatever they absorb of the basic fundamentals of art will be valuable in later life. Even a knowledge of balanced colors may be a help later in decorating a home. She starts them simply with ordinary "blottos." "Then they learn perspective, and the various techniques. I try to take them through as many as possible; water color, crayons, charcoal, tempera, and india ink, casein—everything but oil."

1963, Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha, volume 62, number 1, Menasha, Wis.: Zeta Tau Alpha, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 3:

Under the topic of Color, creative writing students will create blottos, using the primary colors; will listen for "color" in a familiar song and then write their own words; and, with the help of resource people from Mesabi Community College, will attempt to show color through facial expression […]

1974, Minnesota Elementary School Principal, St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association, →OCLC, page 132, column 1:

(art) An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.


exempt

ca-adj

exempt (feminine exempta, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)

exempta (feminine)
exempts (masculine plural)
exemptes (feminine plural)

una escultura exempta


quadro

From Latin quadrum. Compare Galician cadro, Spanish cuadro, and Italian quadro.


mimesis

mimesis (nominative singular)
mimesikset (nominative plural)
mimesis (accusative nominative singular)
mimesikset (accusative nominative plural)
mimesiksen (accusative genitive singular)
mimesikset (accusative genitive plural)
mimesiksen (genitive singular)
mimesisten (genitive plural)
mimesiksien (genitive plural)
mimesistä (partitive singular)
mimesiksiä (partitive plural)
mimesiksessä (inessive singular)
mimesiksissä (inessive plural)
mimesiksestä (elative singular)
mimesiksistä (elative plural)
mimesikseen (illative singular)
mimesiksiin (illative plural)
mimesiksellä (adessive singular)
mimesiksillä (adessive plural)
mimesikseltä (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltä (ablative plural)
mimesikselle (allative singular)
mimesiksille (allative plural)
mimesiksenä (essive singular)
mimesiksinä (essive plural)
mimesikseksi (singular translative)
mimesiksiksi (plural translative)
mimesiksettä (abessive singular)
mimesiksittä (abessive plural)
mimesiksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
mimesikseni (nominative singular)
mimesikseni (nominative plural)
mimesikseni (accusative nominative singular)
mimesikseni (accusative nominative plural)
mimesikseni (accusative genitive singular)
mimesikseni (accusative genitive plural)
mimesikseni (genitive singular)
mimesisteni (genitive plural)
mimesiksieni (genitive plural)
mimesistäni (partitive singular)
mimesiksiäni (partitive plural)
mimesiksessäni (inessive singular)
mimesiksissäni (inessive plural)
mimesiksestäni (elative singular)
mimesiksistäni (elative plural)
mimesikseeni (illative singular)
mimesiksiini (illative plural)
mimesikselläni (adessive singular)
mimesiksilläni (adessive plural)
mimesikseltäni (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltäni (ablative plural)
mimesikselleni (allative singular)
mimesiksilleni (allative plural)
mimesiksenäni (essive singular)
mimesiksinäni (essive plural)
mimesiksekseni (singular translative)
mimesiksikseni (plural translative)
mimesiksettäni (abessive singular)
mimesiksittäni (abessive plural)
mimesiksineni (comitative plural)
mimesiksesi (nominative singular)
mimesiksesi (nominative plural)
mimesiksesi (accusative nominative singular)
mimesiksesi (accusative nominative plural)
mimesiksesi (accusative genitive singular)
mimesiksesi (accusative genitive plural)
mimesiksesi (genitive singular)
mimesistesi (genitive plural)
mimesiksiesi (genitive plural)
mimesistäsi (partitive singular)
mimesiksiäsi (partitive plural)
mimesiksessäsi (inessive singular)
mimesiksissäsi (inessive plural)
mimesiksestäsi (elative singular)
mimesiksistäsi (elative plural)
mimesikseesi (illative singular)
mimesiksiisi (illative plural)
mimesikselläsi (adessive singular)
mimesiksilläsi (adessive plural)
mimesikseltäsi (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltäsi (ablative plural)
mimesiksellesi (allative singular)
mimesiksillesi (allative plural)
mimesiksenäsi (essive singular)
mimesiksinäsi (essive plural)
mimesikseksesi (singular translative)
mimesiksiksesi (plural translative)
mimesiksettäsi (abessive singular)
mimesiksittäsi (abessive plural)
mimesiksinesi (comitative plural)
mimesiksemme (nominative singular)
mimesiksemme (nominative plural)
mimesiksemme (accusative nominative singular)
mimesiksemme (accusative nominative plural)
mimesiksemme (accusative genitive singular)
mimesiksemme (accusative genitive plural)
mimesiksemme (genitive singular)
mimesistemme (genitive plural)
mimesiksiemme (genitive plural)
mimesistämme (partitive singular)
mimesiksiämme (partitive plural)
mimesiksessämme (inessive singular)
mimesiksissämme (inessive plural)
mimesiksestämme (elative singular)
mimesiksistämme (elative plural)
mimesikseemme (illative singular)
mimesiksiimme (illative plural)
mimesiksellämme (adessive singular)
mimesiksillämme (adessive plural)
mimesikseltämme (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltämme (ablative plural)
mimesiksellemme (allative singular)
mimesiksillemme (allative plural)
mimesiksenämme (essive singular)
mimesiksinämme (essive plural)
mimesikseksemme (singular translative)
mimesiksiksemme (plural translative)
mimesiksettämme (abessive singular)
mimesiksittämme (abessive plural)
mimesiksinemme (comitative plural)
mimesiksenne (nominative singular)
mimesiksenne (nominative plural)
mimesiksenne (accusative nominative singular)
mimesiksenne (accusative nominative plural)
mimesiksenne (accusative genitive singular)
mimesiksenne (accusative genitive plural)
mimesiksenne (genitive singular)
mimesistenne (genitive plural)
mimesiksienne (genitive plural)
mimesistänne (partitive singular)
mimesiksiänne (partitive plural)
mimesiksessänne (inessive singular)
mimesiksissänne (inessive plural)
mimesiksestänne (elative singular)
mimesiksistänne (elative plural)
mimesikseenne (illative singular)
mimesiksiinne (illative plural)
mimesiksellänne (adessive singular)
mimesiksillänne (adessive plural)
mimesikseltänne (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltänne (ablative plural)
mimesiksellenne (allative singular)
mimesiksillenne (allative plural)
mimesiksenänne (essive singular)
mimesiksinänne (essive plural)
mimesikseksenne (singular translative)
mimesiksiksenne (plural translative)
mimesiksettänne (abessive singular)
mimesiksittänne (abessive plural)
mimesiksinenne (comitative plural)
mimesiksensä (nominative singular)
mimesiksensä (nominative plural)
mimesiksensä (accusative nominative singular)
mimesiksensä (accusative nominative plural)
mimesiksensä (accusative genitive singular)
mimesiksensä (accusative genitive plural)
mimesiksensä (genitive singular)
mimesistensä (genitive plural)
mimesiksiensä (genitive plural)
mimesistään (partitive singular)
mimesistänsä (partitive singular)
mimesiksiään (partitive plural)
mimesiksiänsä (partitive plural)
mimesiksessään (inessive singular)
mimesiksessänsä (inessive singular)
mimesiksissään (inessive plural)
mimesiksissänsä (inessive plural)
mimesiksestään (elative singular)
mimesiksestänsä (elative singular)
mimesiksistään (elative plural)
mimesiksistänsä (elative plural)
mimesikseensä (illative singular)
mimesiksiinsä (illative plural)
mimesiksellään (adessive singular)
mimesiksellänsä (adessive singular)
mimesiksillään (adessive plural)
mimesiksillänsä (adessive plural)
mimesikseltään (ablative singular)
mimesikseltänsä (ablative singular)
mimesiksiltään (ablative plural)
mimesiksiltänsä (ablative plural)
mimesikselleen (allative singular)
mimesiksellensä (allative singular)
mimesiksilleen (allative plural)
mimesiksillensä (allative plural)
mimesiksenään (essive singular)
mimesiksenänsä (essive singular)
mimesiksinään (essive plural)
mimesiksinänsä (essive plural)
mimesiksekseen (singular translative)
mimesikseksensä (singular translative)
mimesiksikseen (plural translative)
mimesiksiksensä (plural translative)
mimesiksettään (abessive singular)
mimesiksettänsä (abessive singular)
mimesiksittään (abessive plural)
mimesiksittänsä (abessive plural)
mimesiksineen (comitative plural)
mimesiksinensä (comitative plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).


mimesis

Learned borrowing from Latin mīmēsis, from Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis).

(art, literature) mimesis (representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions)


ethos

ethe (plural)
ethea (plural)
ethoses (plural)

From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”).

cog

(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.


halo

From Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor; disk; disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon”), of unknown origin. The threshing floor's circular threshold or oxen walking on it in a circle gave rise to the other meanings. Used in English since 1563; the sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.

der

massive astronomical compact halo object

massive astrophysical compact halo object

(art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head


diorama

diorama (nominative singular)
dioramy (nominative plural)
dioramy (genitive singular)
dioram (genitive plural)
dioramie (dative singular)
dioramom (dative plural)
dioramę (accusative singular)
dioramy (accusative plural)
dioramą (instrumental singular)
dioramami (instrumental plural)
dioramie (locative singular)
dioramach (locative plural)
dioramo (singular vocative)
dioramy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French diorama, from Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + ὅραμα (hórama).

(art) diorama (three-dimensional display of a scenery)


diorama

[d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

[d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

(art) diorama (a three-dimensional display of a scenery)


autograph

/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/

From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.

uder

Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.

1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37

Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.

1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 116:

(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.


pietà

Inherited from Old Italian pietade, pietate, from Latin pietātem (“piety”, “pity”). By surface analysis, pio (“pious”) + -età (“-ity”).


scorcio

Deverbal from scorciare (“to shorten”) + -o.

it-deverbal

(art) foreshortening (technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space)


focal point

(art) A feature that attracts particular attention.


pastel

en-noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello (“pastel”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pastegh, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

doublet

(art) A drawing made with any of those colors.


pastel

→ English: pastel

→ Danish: pastel

→ Dutch: pastel

→ Indonesian: pastel

→ Romanian: pastel

From Italian pastello (“pastel”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pastille.


pastel

id-noun

pastèl (first-person possessive pastelku, second-person possessive pastelmu, third-person possessive pastelnya)

pastèl (canonical)
pastelku (first-person possessive)
pastelmu (possessive second-person)
pastelnya (possessive third-person)

From Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pasta.
* For the sense of a type of fried curry puff, from Portuguese pastel (“a type of pastry”), from above.
* For the sense of pastel, from Dutch pastel (“pastel”), from French pastel (“pastel”), from Italian pastello (“pastel”), from above.

(art) pastel:
drawing made with these paste.

(art) pastel:
any of several subdued tints of colors.


pastel

From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.


MLA

(in the US, art) Initialism of master of liberal arts.


bois

fr-noun

bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)

Inherited from Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.

der

croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer


cartoon

Punch (magazine)
Russian Bear
The Great Game
cartoon

→ Portuguese: cartune, cartum

→ Swahili: katuni

In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.

(art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.


cartoon

en-verb

cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)

cartoons (present singular third-person)
cartooning (participle present)
cartooned (participle past)
cartooned (past)

(art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.


croquis

(art) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.


warmth

en-noun

warmth (countable and uncountable, plural warmths)

From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

inh

(art) The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.


fantasia

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-fantasia.wav

Borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy; musical composition with improvisational characteristics”), from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā, “appearance, look; display, presentation; pageantry, pomp; impression, perception; image”), from φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phántasis) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (Phántasis) is derived from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phantázō, “to make visible, show; to become visible, appear; to imagine”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear; to reveal; to shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). The English word is a doublet of fancy, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.

doublet

It is, however, a ceremony of immense antiquity, and the chief civil festival of the year among the Arabs, who love nothing more dearly than a "phantasia" of this sort.

1872 October 19, “The Cutting of the Nile: From The Pall Mall Gazette”, in Littel’s Living Age, volume XXVII (Fourth Series; volume CXV overall), number 1480, Boston, Mass.: Littel & Gay, →OCLC, page 189, column 2:

When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.

1899, I[srael] Zangwill, “The Keeper of Conscience”, in “They that Walk in Darkness”: Ghetto Tragedies, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Jewish Publication Society of America, →OCLC, section VII, page 289:

Consequently 'War in the Air' means social destruction instead of victory as the end of war. It not only alters the methods of war but the consequences of war. After all that has happened since this fantasia of possibility was written, I do not think that there is much wrong with this thesis.

[1921], H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Preface”, in The War in the Air (Collins’ Thin Paper Pocket Edition; 20), London, Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, →OCLC; quoted in Charles E. Gannon, “Promoters of the Probable, Prophets of the Possible: Technological Innovation and Edwardian Near-future War Fiction”, in Rumors of War and Infernal Machines: Technomilitary Agenda-setting in American and British Speculative Fiction, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003, →ISBN, page 82:

[The Warrior's Barrow (Kjæmpehøjen)] admirably conformed to his employers' National-Romantic aims. This is equally true of the four new plays with which [Henrik] Ibsen honoured his contract: St. John's Night) (Sancthansnatten, 1853), a phantasia having a good deal in common with [William] Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream [...]

1966, Brian W[esterdale] Downs, “Ibsen before 1884”, in Modern Norwegian Literature 1860–1918, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 44:

These are the years in which she [Ellen Terry] begins to sign her letters in a phantasia of different names.

1987, Nina Auerbach, “Our Lady of the Lyceum”, in Joan DeJean, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Peter Stallybrass, Gary Tomlinson, editors, Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time (New Cultural Studies), Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 209:

Her art is always with her, clothing her from throat to toes in an indelible fantasia of color and form and myth.

2003, Ann K. Schwader, “Body of Work”, in Kevin L. O’Brien, editor, Strange Stars & Alien Shadows: The Dark Fiction of Ann K. Schwader, Aurora, Colo.: Lindisfarne Press, →ISBN, page 39:

David and my parents looked up from passing bowls of potato and chicken salad. Great, a mayonnaise fantasia.

2012, Zoe Fishman, chapter 2, in Saving Ruth, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN:

[T]he zippy musical numbers in which Mary Poppins (a stiff-lipped Emily Blunt) whisks cherubs Annabel, John, and Georgie (Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, and Joel Dawson, respectively) away into colorful hyperreal fantasias impress.

2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-05-24:

(chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.


pointing

en-noun

pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings)

Verfugen

filling of gaps in brickwork or masonry with mortar

(art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.


engraving

engraving (countable and uncountable, plural engravings)

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

نَقْشْ

the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface


curvilinear

From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear.

In early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessels.

1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 52:


colonial

From colónia／colônia (“colony”) + -al (“of or relating to”).

affix

Arquitetura colonial.

(chiefly art) colonial (relating to the period when a country was a colony)


virtualize

en-verb

virtualize (third-person singular simple present virtualizes, present participle virtualizing, simple past and past participle virtualized)

virtualizes (present singular third-person)
virtualizing (participle present)
virtualized (participle past)
virtualized (past)

(transitive, art) To make or conform to a virtual reality.


campo

From Latin campus (“wild field”). Compare English camp.


minimal

en-adj

minimal (comparative more minimal, superlative most minimal)

more minimal (comparative)
most minimal (superlative)

mínimu

the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree

(art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.

minimalista

art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures


minimal

(art) minimal (characterised by the use of simple form or structures)