Texes Art Ec-12

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Tapestry

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form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom. However, it can also be woven on a floor loom.

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Warp

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Parallel to the length of a tapestry

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Weft

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Parallel to the width of a tapestry

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Weaving

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method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth

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Basting

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temporarily hold the quilt's top, batting and backing together while you sew the quilting stitches.

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Embroidery

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handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials withneedle and thread or yarn.

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Trompe l'oeil

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realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

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Faux Painting

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decorative paint finishes that replicate the appearance of materials such as marble, wood or stone.

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Filigree

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delicate kind of jewellery metalwork, usually of gold and silver, made with tiny beads or twisted threads, or both in combination, soldered together or to the surface of an object of the same metal and arranged in artistic motifs

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Glaze (oil painting)

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thin, oily, transparent layer of paint spread over the top of an opaque passage that has been given some time to dry. Light travels through the ______ and is reflected back off of the opaque layer below. This can cause a glowing effect similar to looking at a brightly lit white wall behind a film of colored cellophane.

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Impasto

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technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible.

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approximate symmetry

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use of forms which are similar on either side of a central axis.

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daguerreotype definition

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early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate.

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cloisonne

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technique was in ancient times mostly used for jewellery and small fittings for clothes, weapons or similar small objects decorated with geometric or schematic designs, with thick cloison walls

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Millefiori

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(thousand flowers) Murano glass filled with floral designs.

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Batik

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process of waxing and dyeing cloth

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gilding

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applying fine gold leafor powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating ofgold.

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Interlacing

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bands or portions of other motifs are looped, braided, andknotted in complex geometric patterns, often to fill a space

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Paper Marbling

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aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other stone. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size, and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface, such as paper or fabric.

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De Stijl

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used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the Netherlands.

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Ashcan School

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artistic movement in the United States during the early twentieth century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods.

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Duomo

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term for an Italian cathedral church