Thematic Vocabulary: Art

Thematic Vocabulary: Arts – Part 3

Words in this exercise:

 

Word  Meaning 
Arabesque 

Motifs featuring interwoven plants, typical of Islamic design.

Banketjea  Still life paintings featuring food
Brushwork the way in which a painter uses their brush
Calligraphy  the art of writing beautifully with a special pen or brush
Curator 
a person in charge of a museum
Diptych   an object with two flat plates often attached by a hinge
Figurative  art that is derived from real object sources
Grafitti  pictures or writing on a wall
Impasto an area of thick paint or texture
Motif 
a picture or pattern on something
Proportion
the relationship of the size of one element compared to  another.
Triptych   an artwork made up of three panels
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