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drawing
drawing art of the draftsman. In its broadest sense it includes every use of the delineated line and is thus basic to the arts of painting, architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, and geometry. The word drawing is commonly used to denote works in pen, pencil, crayon, chalk, charcoal, or similar... Read more |
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Madge Gill
Gill, Madge (d. 1961) British psychic and London housewife who practiced automatic drawing and painting and produced work claimed to be inspired by spirit guidance. Gill's mediumship began after the death of her eight-year-old son. She said she felt "impelled to execute drawings on a large scale... Read more |
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George Grosz
George Grosz , 1893-1959, German-American caricaturist, draughtsman, and painter, b. Berlin. Before and during World War I he contributed drawings on proletarian themes to Illustration and other German periodicals. He was associated with the Dada group at that time. In postwar Germany, Grosz was... Read more |
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cartoon
cartoon [Ital., cartone =paper], either of two types of drawings: in the fine arts, a preliminary sketch for a more complete work; in journalism, a humorous or satirical drawing. Cartoons in the Fine Arts In the fine arts, the cartoon is a full-sized preliminary drawing for a work to be executed... Read more |
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Academies of Art
ACADEMIES OF ART ACADEMIES OF ART. Academies of art were either private or official institutions. During the early modern period both kinds were part of the development of academies in general. PRIVATE ACADEMIES The first and most numerous art academies were privately organized. Following... Read more |
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Yellow Book
Yellow Book English illustrated quarterly published (1894-97) in book form in London. Henry Harland was literary editor, and Aubrey Beardsley , whose exotic and provocative drawings brought immediate attention to the publication, was art editor until 1896. The Yellow Book was a miscellany of... Read more |
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Francesco Guardi
Francesco Guardi , 1712-93, Venetian landscape and architectural painter. A follower of Canaletto, he developed a freer style of great brilliance. Guardi's work ranges from elaborate architectural scenes to spontaneous and delightful capricci, both in painting and drawings. His many charming... Read more |
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William Sommer
William Sommer 1867-1949, American painter and lithographer, b. Detroit. He was apprenticed as a lithographer and studied drawing with Julius Melchers in Detroit and drawing and painting in Munich. He settled near Cleveland. After years of painting part-time in addition to his work in lithography,... Read more |
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blueprint
blueprint white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. The drawing is then placed over blueprint paper, prepared with a mixture of... Read more |
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Squiggle
SQUIGGLE The squiggle was Donald Winnicott's technique of communicating with children through drawing, in psychotherapeutic consultation. First he would make a "squiggle," a twisted or wriggly line spontaneously drawn on a piece of paper. The child then adds elements to the drawing, and the analyst... Read more |
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