Art Dictionary - D
These are words taken from the ArtLex Art Dictionary at http://www.artlex.com/. The links will take you to the art dictionary, where you will find a definition and examples. The pages are divided into sections of the alphabet. There are pages for D-De, Df-Di, and Dj-Dz. Some of the links go to the exact page. Other links take you to a general page. Click the link and scroll down to the word listed.
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dada
an informal term for a father
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dado
a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
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daguerreotype
an early type of photograph produced on a silver plate
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dance
taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music
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Death
the personification of death
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death mask
a cast taken from the face of a dead person
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decagon
a closed shape with ten sides and ten angles
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decal
a design that can be transferred from paper to some surface
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decalcomania
either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
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deckle edge
rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper
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decoupage
art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
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deep
having great spatial extension downward or inward
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degenerate
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
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depth
the extent downward or backward or inward
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design
the act of working out the form of something
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diagonal
having an oblique or slanted direction
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diagram
a drawing intended to explain how something works
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die
lose all bodily functions necessary to sustain life
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difference
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
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different
unlike in nature, quality, form, or degree
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dilettante
an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
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dingbat
a silly empty-headed person
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diorama
a three-dimensional representation of a scene
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diptych
a painting or carving on two panels
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direction
a line leading to a place or point
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distemper
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
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distort
twist and press out of shape
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distortion
a shape resulting from being deformed
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docent
a lecturer or teacher at some universities
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documentation
confirmation that some fact or statement is true
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dodecagon
a twelve-sided polygon
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dodecahedron
any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
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dolly
a wheeled handcart for moving heavy objects
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dolmen
a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
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dome
a concave shape whose concavity faces downward
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Doric
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris
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dot
a very small circular shape
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dovetail
a mortise joint formed by interlocking parts
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dowel
a peg that holds two adjacent pieces together
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doweling
fastening by dowels
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draftsman
an artist skilled at drawing
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drapery
cloth that is elegantly hung and arranged in loose folds
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drawing
a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
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drawknife
a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces
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drove
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
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dry point
a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate
Created on Thu Nov 20 12:15:36 EST 2008
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