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  • 51aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …

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  • 52animation — /an euh may sheuhn/, n. 1. animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit: to talk with animation. 2. an act or instance of animating or enlivening. 3. the state or condition of being animated. 4. the process of preparing animated cartoons. [1590 …

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  • 53dance — dancingly, adv. /dans, dahns/, v., danced, dancing, n. v.i. 1. to move one s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music. 2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or… …

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  • 54emotion — emotionable, adj. emotionless, adj. /i moh sheuhn/, n. 1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. 2. any of the… …

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  • 55romanticism — /roh man teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. romantic spirit or tendency. 2. (usually cap.) the Romantic style or movement in literature and art, or adherence to its principles (contrasted with classicism). [1795 1805; ROMANTIC + ISM] * * * Literary, artistic …

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  • 56Hogarth, William — born Nov. 10, 1697, London, Eng. died Oct. 26, 1764, London British painter and engraver. Apprenticed at 15 to a silversmith, he opened his own engraving and printing shop at 22. He took private drawing lessons while earning a living as an… …

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  • 57Morris, Robert — I born Feb. 9, 1931, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. U.S. artist. His first one man exhibition of paintings was held in San Francisco in 1957. In 1960, while living in New York City, he began producing large, monochromatic geometric sculptures, groups of… …

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  • 58Berlioz, Hector — ▪ French composer Introduction in full  Louis Hector Berlioz  born December 11, 1803, La Côte Saint André, France died March 8, 1869, Paris  French composer, critic, and conductor of the Romantic period, known largely for his Symphonie… …

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  • 59Kandinsky, Wassily — ▪ Russian artist Introduction Russian  in full Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky   born Dec. 4 [Dec. 16, New Style], 1866, Moscow, Russia died Dec. 13, 1944, Neuilly sur Seine, Fr.       Russian born artist, one of the first creators of pure… …

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  • 60painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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