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