amateur
/ˈæməˌtɝ/, /ˈæməˌtʃɝ/
adjectivelacking skill or not done in a professional way
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1. Are you amateur?
2. I'm amateur.
3. I meant proper amateur!
4. Amateurs can do it also.
5. - Amateur gamers playing this game.
authentic
/əˈθɛnɪk/, /əˈθɛntɪk/, /ɔˈθɛnɪk/, /ɔˈθɛntɪk/
adjectivereal and not a copy
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1. Authentic equality, authentic equality doesn't prioritize sexual orientation.
2. In this kitchen, authentic materials play the Tuscanesque arid sunkissed hues.
3. Floral wallpapers, school house lighting and a cheerful breakfast serve sign add authentic flavor.
4. - These balls are authentic.
5. Nevertheless, not all smiles are authentic.
decorative
/ˈdɛkɹətɪv/
adjectiveintended to look attractive rather than being of practical use
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1. Decorative elements, do you have any thoughts?
2. No, these muscles are decorative.
3. The small square patches on a lot of backpacks nowadays are mostly decorative.
4. Sometimes the wrap is slightly decorative like this.
5. So the third one is decorative.
symbolic
/sɪmˈbɑɫɪk/
adjectiveconsisting of or employing symbols
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1. And the money largely had symbolic value.
2. The choice was wonderfully symbolic.
3. And what ancient concept proscribes symbolic, sacred meaning to certain geometric shapes?
4. So that House vote was mostly symbolic.
5. So that House vote was mostly symbolic.
auction house
/ˈɔːkʃən hˈaʊs/
nouna company in the business of selling items at auction
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1. Woman in seven, the auction house is one of the biggest drivers of the art market.
2. Robert Rauschenberg and Kiki Smith, five auction houses combined for over half of the global sales.
3. And the Sotheby’s Auction House sold David Bowie’s
4. And also the secondary market, like auction houses, that resell works at increasingly unbelievable prices.
5. The family took it to an auction house, Sotheby's, with an estimate of up to $300,000.
bronze
/ˈbɹɑnz/
nouna statue or any other artwork made of bronze
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1. But it got bronze.
2. [ Laughter ] "I won bronze."
3. "I won bronze."
4. Bronze gelatin is a grade of gelatin.
5. With every breath, my bronze pounded chest.
ceramic
/sɝˈæmɪk/
nounan object such as a pot, bowl, etc. that is made by heating clay
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1. Ceramics usually scratch at around 8 or 9 on Mohs scale of hardness.
2. The ceramic up here on the top corner looks alright.
3. Ceramic phones are a relatively new thing.
4. Every single surface of this phone is scratch proof ceramic.
5. About 1,000 years later, the Ceramic people began another migration.
canvas
/ˈkænvəs/
nounan oil painting done on a canvas
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1. Every blank wall is a canvas.
2. The Gutai group in Japan also embraced the canvas as an arena for action.
3. Canvas deals also a really bad grab.
4. Darkness is the canvas.
5. Lay the canvas down on top of the drop cloth.
mural
/ˈmjʊɹəɫ/
nouna large painting done on a wall
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1. They have chickens and murals.
2. Further into the cavern they find a mural.
3. She studied the mural bleakly.
4. murals, which is a lot of fun.
5. Okay, see this mural?
oil painting
/ˈɔɪl pˈeɪntɪŋ/
nounthe art or technique of painting with oil paint
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1. But we did oil painting.
2. Our number five pick here are portrait and landscape oil paintings.
3. Number five is a large oil painting over the fireplace.
4. Number five, in my Memory Palace around my living room is that large oil painting.
5. Um, I do oil paintings.
silhouette
/ˌsɪɫəˈwɛt/
nouna drawing that depicts the outline of someone or something that is in a single black color and against a light background, often from the side
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1. They widen the silhouette.
2. A silhouette of the hidden image appears.
3. Your silhouette is patient form.
4. - You made a silhouette.
5. Now, I like the silhouette.
still life
/stˈɪl lˈaɪf/
nouna painting or drawing, representing objects that do not move, such as flowers, glassware, etc.; an artwork created using this method
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1. But still life pops out.
2. Landscapes and still lifes were at the bottom.
3. This is still life.
4. So what is this still life painting?
5. Still life on a rooftop, dead trees in barrels, a bench broken, dogs, excrement, sky.
print
/ˈpɹɪnt/
nouna picture or design created by pressing an engraved surface onto a paper or any other surface
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1. Digitally printed Moon camouflage.
2. Printing your pattern.
3. Publishers printed the new scientific papers.
4. Print more money.
5. Then print a black and white physical copy of it.
depth
/ˈdɛpθ/
nounthe characteristic that gives an artwork or picture a three-dimensional aspect
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1. Is the depth?
2. Head overall depth. -
3. We love depth.
4. They lack depth.
5. You really want depth.
finish
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/
nounthe last layer that is put on the surface of something as a way of protection or decoration or the substance that does this
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1. What time do you finish work?'
2. Finish the lyrics!
3. French soldiers finished the well in 1939.
4. The cheesecake just finished cooking.
5. That movie just finished.
harmony
/ˈhɑɹməni/
nouna pleasing combination of things in a way that forms a coherent whole
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1. But the birds sing the harmony.
2. So, to recap, the synthsters have achieved harmony both musically and personally.
3. These chords still dominate the harmony in a lot of songs.
4. so with this definition, does music need harmony?
5. Again the key here is harmony.
patron
/ˈpeɪtɹən/
nounan individual who provides monetary aid for an artist, charity, cause, etc.
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1. Patrons get access to cool perks, like monthly livestreams and bloopers.
2. Her patrons included journalists, lawyers, government officials, Army officers: the top echelon of the Parisian society.
3. Patrons are worth bonus points in the end game.
4. The next few videos are coming patreon patrons.
5. I really appreciate my patrons.
sculptor
/ˈskəɫptɝ/
nounsomeone who makes works of art by carving or shaping wood, clay, metal, etc. into different forms
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1. His sculptors are carving 92 mythical scenes, or metopes, to decorate the temple.
2. Shortly before his death, a sculptor made a famous bust of him.
3. 1025 AD, Song Dynasty, China A sculptor produces this representation of a beautiful kindly female Buddhist deity called Guanyin.
4. I'm a sculptor.
5. Ice sculptors must also be strong and skilled artists.
palette
/ˈpæɫət/
nouna thin oval board that a painter uses to mix colors and hold pigments on, with a hole for the thumb to go through
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1. What's the palette?
2. The colors repeat the palette from the tree and mantle.
3. I love this palette.
4. Also p will change the palette.
5. - What are those called, palettes?
reproduction
/ˌɹipɹəˈdəkʃən/
nounthe act or process of making a copy of an artistic or literary piece, a document, etc.
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1. These nuclei actually divide differently during reproduction.
2. The reproduction is very different.
3. Reproduction only takes place between separate groups.
4. The third area is reproduction.
5. Sexual reproduction enters the picture.
restoration
/ˌɹɛstɝˈeɪʃən/
nounthe act of repairing something such as an artwork, building, etc. to be in its original state
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1. I deny restoration of civil rights.
2. And restoration, is that 80 percent, 50 or 60 percent?
3. Does the site itself justify environmental restoration?
4. Restoration of basic sensory function is critical.
5. restoration, life, renewal, creation, birth, healing, receptivity, openness, nurturing, love, understanding, compassion, insight, intuition, wisdom, forgiveness, the moon, connection, harmony and sensuality.
viewpoint
/ˈvjuˌpɔɪnt/
nouna certain way of thinking about a subject
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1. Voices become viewpoints.
2. Voices become viewpoints.
3. Voices become viewpoints.
4. Voices become viewpoints.
5. Demographic shift, people's viewpoints change.
watercolor
/ˈwɔtɝˌkəɫɝ/
nouna painting that is created using paints that are water-soluble
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1. It's a lot like watercolor.
2. Facing your fears in a watercolor platformer.
3. - I just made a watercolor in there.
4. - I do watercolor work
5. Here are watercolor pencils.
impressionism
/ˌɪmˈpɹɛʃəˌnɪzəm/
nouna movement in painting originated in 19th-century France that uses light and color in a way that gives an impression rather than a detailed representation of the subject
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1. But the best case for Impressionism is the art itself.
2. Impressionism was an inspiration.
3. He encountered impressionism and the work of Degas and Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec and the cabaret culture that reigned supreme.
4. Impressionism, to Neo-Impressionism, to Post-Impressionism-- ism begetting ism, as if the creation of art is a single timeline rather than a vast confusing web.
5. In the wider world of art, Impressionism was out.
modernism
/ˈmɑdɝˌnɪzəm/
nouna style or movement in art, literature, and architecture developed in the beginning of 20th century that greatly differs from ones that are traditional
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1. Modernism was all around.
2. He led the charge toward modernism in the late 1800s.
3. And modernism is all about verticality, from a certain angle.
4. His interests include critical theory, aesthetic modernism, and the history of full employment discourses.
5. That's especially important to Modernism.
realism
/ˈɹiəɫɪzm/
nouna literary or artistic style that gives a lifelike representation of people, events, and objects
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1. Realism's seeing the problems in this world and in our work and in our lives.
2. To create this, this realism.
3. Excitement tempered by realism.
4. It was Realism.
5. Realism is the balance between optimism and pessimism.
romanticism
/ɹoʊˈmæntəˌsɪzəm/
nouna literary and artistic movement that was prevalent in the late 18th century, which emphasized the significance of imagination, subjective feelings, and a return to nature
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1. Romanticism emerged as an ideology in Europe in the mid 18th century in the minds of poets, artists and philosophers.
2. Romanticism has manifested a powerful disdain for practicalities and money.
3. Romanticism began in Western Europe in the mid-18 century, in the work of artists, poets and philosophers.
4. Romanticism is best understood as a reaction to the birth of the modern world and some of its key features: industrialization, urbanization, secularization and consumerism.
5. Romanticism borrows from Christianity.
surrealism
/sɝˈiəˌɫɪzəm/, /sɝˈiɫɪzəm/
nouna 20th-century style of art and literature in which unrelated events or images are combined in an unusual way to represent the experiences of the mind
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1. This is the case for surrealism.
2. What's more, surrealism gives us a way to think about the connection between individual creative freedom and collective liberation.
3. We are essentially used to surrealism.
4. Dali's name became synonymous with surrealism, although, they would give him the boot by 1934.
5. She likes surrealism.
to carve
/ˈkɑɹv/
verbto shape or create by cutting or sculpting, often using tools or a sharp instrument
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1. These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins.
2. Carve some walrus tusk?
3. Computer program tools carve different shapes out of the steel.
4. And glaciers still carve the windswept terrain.
5. Windblown sands and dust carve the stone into eerie goblin silhouettes.
to mold
/ˈmoʊɫd/
verbto give a soft substance a particular shape or form by placing it into a mold or pressing it
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1. You said mold?
2. Mold is a very common cause of brain fog, anxiety, and depression.
3. Mold is a microscopic fungus.
4. Mold is good in the cheese world.
5. Your mind in fact, molds the energy of this universe into shape, substance and form.
to pose
/ˈpoʊz/
verbto maintain a specific posture in order to be photographed or painted
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1. Hitler carefully practiced his speaking, looking at himself in the mirror as he rehearsed and tried out various poses, and gestures, and facial expressions.
2. Muller's ratchet poses a conundrum for our understanding of amoebas.
3. Tree pose.
4. Today's case poses two key questions.
5. Nearby, the Weddell seals should pose no threat.
to shade
/ˈʃeɪd/
verbto darken part of a picture or drawing using pencils, etc.
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1. The stigma shades the photoreceptor, but just on one side of the euglena.
2. Most people shaded their estimate a little bit.
3. so, sunglasses, shades as well.
4. Shades can also have a big style impact.
5. The first one is shade.
