the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
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an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
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the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling wa…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflecte…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
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A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: artistic, movement, france, beginning, 1907.Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a…
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