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 art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality
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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 artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
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"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.the revival of learning and culture
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history.the revival of learning and culture
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the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thoug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.One who experiences.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: movement, early, 20th, century, artist.One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century a…
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