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17 Cards in this Set
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camera obscura
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a dark chamber or box in which the image of an object enters through a lens or small opening and is focused on a facing wall
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Daguerreotype
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An early photographic process invented by Louis Daguerre
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lithography
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surface printmaking traditionally on a smooth bavarian limestone
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trompe L' oeil
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a form of illusionistic painting designed to fool or deceive the eye
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kitsch
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artistic or literary work of low quality
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plein air
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an approach to painting much favored by the impressionists that involved working out of doors
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plane
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a flat or two-dimensional surface
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pigment
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a powdered substance used to give color to paints dyes, and inks
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medium
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the material (marble, clay, bronze, fresco) in which an artist works
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impasto
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thickly applied paint
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modello
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an oil sketch
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abstract art
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art that is altered or modified, to extract the essence
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avant garde
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when innovation is emphasized and challenges past conventions
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Ferroconcrete
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steel reinforced concrete
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lost wax process
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a casting process in which wax is melted away before the molten metal is poured into a mold
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patina
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the colored oxidation appearing on bronze and copper sculpture
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arts and crafts movement
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a late 19th c movement beginning in England dedicated to producing functional objects with high aesthetic value for a wide public
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