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English Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Translation Glossary

English term English translation
"explaining form by superimposed colour, as in architectural mouldings" Ruskin held that form was disguised, not revealed, by the use of colour
"Laid the cup down" It is a bit odd, but not really questionable.
"The artist printmaker..." "The artist printmaker who is keen to take (artistic) advantage of the sensitivity of pigments (see the remainder in the answer)
...rigidity, schematism or greed Some issues I think.
Entered by: Lara Barnett
a craftsman producing sieves sievewright
A journalist who discriminates. biased
a thousand times a fool but not in her room in thousand times and places a fool, but in her room she was not a fool
Artistic setting Live Entertainment
Entered by: eski
at the edge edge, on edge, edgy or edgey used ironically
étoile étoile (highest rank in the Paris Opera Ballet)
Entered by: Henry Dotterer
BBQ pit deck A deck containing a barbecue pit...
butterflies in stomach nervousness (or excitement/anticipation) and the accompanying "fluttery" feelings in the stomach
celebrati celebrities + brat
comico-sentimental a mixture of comic and sentimental
connect around issues bringing together people to discuss issues
dishevelled not in order/ unkempt
Elis Yale students
except in the sense that... the only thing that...
Illustrations translation were warmly treated
in brief in brief
in the slivered heart of the half second... in the heart of that very small moment (a small slice of a second)
Km 22 SO 22nd Km. SW
Laybyes Accepted payment by installments
Letter "kiss-off" letter short and to the point
live-streaming video feed live webcam
munzbergo Munzberg puppets
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
oil-paint poster hand-painted poster
open-eyed uncensored
out of context not appropriate to the situation
outside the easy sway of either/or (definition) outside of a possible defintion
perspective perspective and time being used ironically
protest button small badge bearing a slogan, usually political
Entered by: Noha Mostafa
PTE private used as abbreviation in small advertisements
quaquaquaqua see down
Res: resource
Rodolphe Salis/Le Chat Noir Le Chat Noir
scroll a shape or pattern made up of curving forms
Entered by: Tony M
sculptoric sculptural or sculpturesque (sculptoric does not exist)
sentence "his man", in this case, means Robinson Carusoe's "man Friday"
sentence explanation
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