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Modern art
A movement in fine arts (starting from the mid-1800s) in which the styles, attitudes and subject-matter began to differ from those of traditional art.
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Seashell necklace
Arts & crafts; Modern art
A necklace made from seashells or an imitation of such shells.
Aquarelle
Arts & crafts; Modern art
The French word for watercolour; it is sometimes used in English to distinguish true watercolour painting - in transparent washes - from gouache, which is opaque.
Gouache
Arts & crafts; Modern art
Opaque watercolour, sometimes also known as body colour. It differs from transparent watercolour in that the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones are obtained by the admixture of white ...
Aquatint
Arts & crafts; Modern art
A printmaking method related to etching but producing finely granulated tonal areas rather than lines. The term applies also to a print made by this method.
Etching
Arts & crafts; Modern art
Term applied to a method of engraving in which the design is bitten into the plate with acid, and also to the print so produced.
Applied art
Arts & crafts; Modern art
Term describing the design or decoration of functional objects so as to make them aesthetically pleasing.
