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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Decoupage
the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
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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, Visual art.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, Visual art.creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making and decorating pottery
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.carving or engraving (especially on stones)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making perfumes
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
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A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.See Lacquer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.of Lacquer
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: decorating, surface, shapes, pictures, then.
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