novels: a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism

expressionism: a style of art originally from the 1900s that expresses extreme feelings

critics: a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something

open-air: taking place out of doors

pop art: art that features common objects from popular culture

inspired: of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse

surrealism: a twentieth century art movement in which artists combine unrelated images or events in a strange and fantastic way

posing: assume a particular attitude or position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

Lanscape: a painting or photograph of land forms and scenery

surfaces: the outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent)

site-specific: of artwork created for a particular location

impressionism: an artistics movement that began in France in about 1870 in which painters attempted to creat impressions of scenes objects and people rather yhan exact likenesses

pretentious: attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed