This page gathers the 1,296 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Arts”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 12 of 13: from “Statue of Liberty” to “umbrella”.
- Statue of Liberty noun A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other.
- step noun The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- step and repeat noun A kind of design, typically for banners or backdrops, consisting of logos or images at fixed offsets.
- stewpot noun A jumble, especially one that lacks intellectual coherence.
- stickerbomb verb To partake in stickerbombing; to completely cover a surface (like a car's body panel or interior trim) with a dense, overlapping collage of…
- stickerbombing noun The art of covering a surface completely with overlapping stickers and decals; a customization technique for cars, laptops, skateboards…
- stickyback noun A small photographic portrait with an adhesive backing.
- stigmat noun A stigmatic lens or combination of lenses.
- still noun A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- stock noun A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- stop verb To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- stop down verb To decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher…
- stop off verb To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
- stop up verb To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower…
- stop-motion noun An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement…
- stork noun The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
- strapwork noun A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often…
- strike noun A puddler's stirrer.
- stroke noun A line making up a written character.
- stud finder noun A hand-held device used to determine the location of framing studs used in light-frame construction after the walling surface has been…
- subminiature adj of photography equipment and techniques using a smaller frame than 35mm
- subrealism noun An artistic movement that seeks to explore the basis of perception.
- sunlamp noun A high-intensity lamp, used to produce an illusion of daylight.
- superflat noun A postmodern art movement, founded by Takashi Murakami, influenced by manga, anime, and Japanese consumer culture.
- superwide adj Extremely wide; panoramic.
- Suprematism noun A genre of abstract art based on simple geometric forms, championed by the Russian avant-garde in the early twentieth century.
- surcharge noun A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
- surmoulage noun The fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.
- surrealism noun An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative…
- surrealist adj Of, or relating to the modernist art movement surrealism; (by extension) having a similar surreal aesthetic or narrative.
- swage block noun A perforated iron block with grooved sides and variously-sized holes in its face, used to hold in hot metal bars while swaging large…
- sweep noun A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- swing back noun A device for adjusting the plate-holder of a camera to any desired angle.
- sword letter noun in Nordic folklore: an amulet, a type of "galder letter" (worn written spell), which protects against damage in war, especially sword wounds
- symbolism noun An art movement originating in late 19th-century France and Belgium, seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and…
- symbolist adj Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
- sympathy noun Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
- synaesthesia noun A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
- synthetism noun A style of postimpressionism that aims to synthesize various elements: the outward appearance of the thing depicted, the artist's feelings…
- synthetist noun An artist working in the style of synthetism.
- T-stop noun A transmission stop; an alternative to an f-stop.
- tabletop noun A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
- tag noun Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- tagged adj Having been marked with the signature graffiti of an individual.
- tailgut noun A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to…
- tailpiece noun An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- tangent noun A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist…
- tastemaking adj Influential in the determination of current taste.
- tauroctony noun A depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the…
- tearout noun Synonym of blowout.
- teleconverter noun A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective…
- telephoto lens noun A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects.
- telephotography noun Photography of distant subjects using a telephoto lens.
- tenebrism noun A style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
- term noun A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
- ternion noun A section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages.
- tetramorph noun The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure or a group of four figures.
- texture noun The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
- thingly adj Pertaining to the substance of a work, separate from what is conveyed; material, substantive.
- throw up noun Synonym of throwie (“kind of simple graffiti”).
- throwie noun A type of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.
- tilt noun The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
- tilt-shift noun The use of camera movements to simulate a miniature scene in the resulting photograph.
- time exposure noun An exposure made by leaving a camera's shutter open for a period greater than a fraction of a second.
- time for print noun An arrangement between a model and a photographer whereby the photographer agrees to provide the model with a number of photographs from…
- time stop noun A stop (mechanical part that adjusts an aperture or interval size) which operates on a timer.
- time stretching noun A type of slow motion editing achieved during post-production by inserting new frames in between frames that have actually been…
- time-exposed adj Of a photograph, exposed by leaving a camera's shutter open for a period greater than a fraction of a second.
- time-lapse adj Of or relating to a technique in which exposures are taken at fewer intervals than usual so that, on playback, a naturally slow process may…
- title noun The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- tombstone noun A museum plaque or caption displaying information about a work of art or exhibited object.
- tommyknocker noun A mythical creature, like a brownie or leprechaun, believed to live in underground tunnels; later associated with dead miners.
- tonalism noun An American artistic style of the nineteenth century, characterised by landscapes with a misty atmosphere and dark, neutral hues.
- tooled adj Impressed with an ornamental design.
- top noun A plug or conical block of wood with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- toss juggling noun A form of juggling that involves throwing props in the air and catching them, in contrast to contact juggling.
- tower noun A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- townscape noun A depiction of an urban scene
- toy noun An inferior graffiti artist.
- traditional noun Art produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.
- transduction noun The improvement of an electronic logic network by reduction of redundant components in an initial version, using an established pruning…
- transparency noun A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- transparent adj Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.
- transpressionism noun A movement in art characterized by its emphasis on the role of observer in interpreting the artist's representation of collective memories…
- trench art noun Any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians, where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its…
- triplex noun A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- triptography noun A surrealist photographic technique whereby a roll of film is used three times (by one or more photographers), resulting in a triple…
- triptych noun A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
- triptyque noun A triptych.
- troll noun a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- troll cat noun In Scandinavian folklore, a witch's familiar made from hair, wood shavings, etc. that would suck milk from cows and steal cream from…
- trope noun Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- trophy noun A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist…
- turn noun A short skit, act, or routine.
- turnaround noun A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
- turning tool noun A handheld tool for woodturning.
- twin-lens reflex adj Of a type of camera design, characterized by the presence of two lenses of identical focal length arranged vertically on the camera body.
- twistie noun Synonym of latticino.
- uke-e noun A kind of ukiyo-e (“Japanese painting or woodblock print showing a scene of everyday life”) depicting an auspicious subject, which was…
- umbrella noun An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.