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Raphaelism :: Raphaelism (n.) The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter..

Painture :: Painture (v. t.) The art of painting.

Predella :: Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece..

Sgraffito :: Sgraffito (a.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath..

Genre :: Genre (n.) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners..

Form :: Form (n.) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body..

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting..

Drier :: Drier (n.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.

Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc..

Plaque :: Plaque (n.) Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch..

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing..

Painting :: Painting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pain.

Counterdraw :: Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance..

Underglaze :: Underglaze (a.) Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting..

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Halo :: Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus..

Painting :: Painting (n.) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture..

Aquarelle :: Aquarelle (n.) A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors..

Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.

Enamel :: Enamel (a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting..

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