Quizlet Terms Dealing With the Arts

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  1. avant-garde: experimentalists or innovators in any art
  2. bas-relief: sculpture in which the figures project only slightly from the background
  3. baton: rod a conductor uses to direct an orchestra or band
  4. chef d'oeuvre: chief work; masterpiece in art, literature, etc.
  5. denouement: solution ("untying") of the plot in a play, story, or complex situation; outcome, end
  6. encore: audience's demand for an additional performance; repetition or additional performance in response to applause
  7. genre: kind; sort; category / style of painting depicting scenes from everyday life
  8. musicale: social gathering with music as the featured entertainment
  9. palette: thin board (with a thumb hole at one end) on which an artist lays and mixes colors
  10. repertoire: stock of plays, operas, roles, compositions, etc., that a company or individual is prepared to perform / collection
  11. vignette: short verbal description; small, graceful literary sketch