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Pieces: a part of something

noun he cut the cake into six pieces

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

verb nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone

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

noun Two years writing a novel that no one's gonna read

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

noun The appearance of stone is perfect to cover any surface

useful: able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways

adjective This week was particularly useful and practical for the participants

critics: a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something

noun Critics maintain that it places too

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

adjective art is pretentious

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

adjective an inspired performance

mythology: a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

noun greek mythology is very interesting

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

noun surrealism flourished between World War I and World War ll

pop art: art that features common objects from popular culture

noun warhol´s pictures of soup tins are a well-know example of pop art

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

noun the term impressionism comes from a painting by Claude Monet

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

noujn expressionism originated in Germany

cubism: a style of art that originated in the early twentieth century in which objects are shown as geometric shapes

noun Pablo Picasso was one of the founders of cubism

abstract: art that involves shapes and colors and not images of real people or things

noun I really like abstract art but i´m not sure what most of it means

still life: a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of motionless objects such as fruit or flowers

verb do you want to go to the still life exhibit?

site-specific: of artwork created for a particular location

adjective the artist made a site.specific statue of a waiting passenger at the old train station

portrait: a picture especially a painting of a person´s face head and shoulders

noun the artist painted a portrait of his mother

open-air: taking place out of doors

adjective we went to an open-air exhibition in the park

Lanscape: a painting or photograph of land forms and scenery

noun lanscapes painted in watercolors are very popular