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UNIT 1

1. art, artistry, creative work, creative endeavour, creativity

2. picture, canvas, graphics (graphic art), sculpture, head, statue, bust, applied art, pottery, embroidery, jewelry, glasswork, weaving and textile design, patchwork, mosaic

3. painting, easel painting, canvas painting, fresco, illumination, mural painting, panel painting, icon painting; genre, portrait (portraiture), self-portrait, landscape, cityscape, seascape (marine painting), genre painting, historical painting, still life, battle scene painting, animal piece painting

4. drawing, cartoon, pastel, sketch, print, engraving, etching, lithography, poster artist, artiste, painter, engraver, landscapist, marine (seascape) painter, sculptor, sculptress, amateur artist, professional, connoisseur, dilettante (dilettanti)

5. school (of art), trend (in art), tendency, style, manner

6. composition, arrangement, foreground, in the foreground, near foreground, middle ground, background, against the background, on the left, to the right, in the upper right -hand corner, in the (far) distance, view, perspective

7. theme (central, dominant, primary, permanent, leading, etc.), idea, message, concept, subject matter, model (nude, sitter), in full face, in profile, object, image, pose (attitude), silhouette, outline, shape

8. colour, intensity, brightness, colouring, colour scheme, palette, stroke, hue, tone, shade,

9. effect, light and shade, form, technique, brushwork, line work, light and shade, chiaroscuro, texture, plasticity, volume (three-dimensional), atmosphere, feeling, quality, impression

10. to paint, draw, engrave, portray, cut, exhibit (exhibition), display, restore, revive, represent, depict, treat, convey, disclose, unveil, render, achieve, embody, glorify, observe, draw importance, accentuate, emphasize, attack (on), manifest, show (sympathy, etc), glorify, expose, criticize, strive (for)

11. studio, studio skylight, painting materials: easel (folding easel), stand, canvas stretcher frame, canvas, brush, palette, paint box, paint (oil, water-colour, pastel, tempera/gouache), varnish, crayon, pencil, charcoal

12. classic, realistic, genuine, authentic, prominent, renowned, celebrated, natural, conventional, trivial, distinct, vague, subtle, veiled, smoky, transparent, opaque, pure, awesome, unintelligible, obscure, meaningful (-less), superb, gifted, supreme, superior (inferior), rough, smooth
13. breathtakingly beautiful, awfully sentimental, exceptionally difficult, strikingly interesting, dreadfully monotonous, typically old-fashioned, interestingly complicated, exceptionally wonderful, artistically perfect, extremely varied, deliberately rough, distinctly individual, surprisingly intelligent