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1. abbozzo, n. View full entry 1849
...A preliminary sketch for a painting or other work of art; a rough drawing; a cartoon (cartoon1)....
2. abraxas, n. View full entry 1829
...General attrib., esp. in abraxas stone...
3. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry 1851
...Fine Art. Designating art which is not founded on an attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve an effect on the viewer purely by the use of shape,...
4. abstract, adj. and n. View full entry 1949
...An abstract work of art, esp. an abstract painting. See sense A. 6....
5. abstract-concrete, adj. View full entry 1955
...Fine Art. Designating a form of abstract art which uses only colour and geometric shapes....
6. abstract expressionism, n. View full entry 1922
...A form of art, typically painting, in which techniques of abstraction are used to convey strong emotional or expressive content; spec. = action paintingaction1....
7. abstract expressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1929
...A practitioner or exponent of abstract expressionism; (sometimes) spec. = action painteraction1....
8. abstract expressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1936
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract expressionism....
9. abstract impressionism, n. View full entry 1950
...Painting which combines characteristics of abstraction and impressionism; esp. a form of painting which resembles the works of the Impressionists, esp. Monet, in brushwork and effect, but has no representational...
10. abstract impressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1949
...A painter whose work combines characteristics of abstraction and impressionism; spec. a practitioner or exponent of abstract impressionism....
11. abstract impressionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1950
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract impressionism....
12. abstraction, n. View full entry 1909
...In Fine Art, esp. in painting....
13. abstractionism, n. View full entry 1921
...A style or method in the visual arts and architecture characterized by freedom from or absence of representational qualities. Also in extended use with reference to literature, music, etc....
14. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1917
...An advocate or practitioner of abstraction in the arts, esp. a painter in the abstract style....
15. Academy figure in academy, n. View full entry 1715
...a human figure of a type traditionally drawn or painted as studies by students in academies of art, usually one drawn half-life-size in crayon or pencil from a nude model;a figure...
16. accent, n. View full entry 1849
...Distinctive visual emphasis; contrast of colour or light; a touch of colour or light which brings the features of a structure into relief or provides a contrast in a composition or colour...
17. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1612
...Painting. Designating (the effects of) secondary or artificial light which falls on a subject, introduced esp. to create contrast. Now rare....
18. accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1826
...Painting. The effect created by secondary or artificial light falling on a subject, introduced esp. to create contrast. Now rare....
19. accidental point in accidental, adj., n., and adv. View full entry 1672
...a point at which a number of parallel lines appear to meet which are not perpendicular to the picture plane; cf. vanishing pointvanishing2; also fig....
20. acierage, n. View full entry 1852
...The action or process of coating metal, esp. an engraved copper plate, with a thin layer of steel by means of an electric current....
