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PreCollege Vocab: Visual Arts

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abstract
(Abstract art does not depict a person, place or thing in the natural world.)
(n) theoretical, not concrete
抽象
visual
(Towards the end of his life, the musical composer John Cage turned to visual art, creating paintings that are strangely peaceful.)
(adj) related to seeing
视觉的
aesthetic
(Designers must make their products functional and aesthetic.)
(adj) artistic, relating to beauty
审美的
pattern
(Escher was famous for using patterns taken from nature and architecture in his amazing and confusing modern works of art.)
(n) a repeated design
样式
subject
(A favorite subject of the French painter Edgar Degas was the ballerina.)
(n) what the artwork is about
主题
scenery
(The mountainous scenery of Guilin is a favorite subject of traditional Chinese painters.)
(n) view of nature, painted background
景色
decorate
(The children liked the suitcases decorated to resemble animals.)
(v) make more beautiful by adding something
装饰
ornamental
(The tombs of high-ranking Chinese in the Ming Dynasty were highly ornamental.)
(adj) beautiful rather than useful; synonym: decorative
装饰的
decoration
(The bright green decoration gave the room a cheerful appearance.)
(n) adding detail to make beautiful; synonym: ornamentation
(n) an aesthetic detail; synonym: ornament
装饰
pigment
(Chinese first used cobalt oxide pigment from the Middle East to add blue to their pottery.)
(n) chemical producing color
颜料
composition
(Jan Vermeer was a master of composition that balanced many realistic details of a scene.)
(n) how objects in a work of art fit together, process of making art
创作；作品
functional
(Teapots are an example of art that is both functional and beautiful.)
(adj) having a practical purpose; synonym: useful
有用的
exhibit
(The museum exhibited the works of artists who won the photography contest.)
(v) show; synonym: display
(n) a display; synonym: exhibition
展示
illustrate
(The illustrated book of fairy tales was popular with children and their parents.)
(v) accompany with details or pictures
举例说明
carve
(The father carved a beautiful horse out of wood for his daughter's birthday.)
(v) cut away to produce a shape
雕刻
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