Term: Voussoirs Definition: The wedge-shaped stones which form the curved portions of an arch or a vaulted ceiling. (pr. voo-swahr')Related link: The illustrated article on voussoir in the Glossary of

Term: Russian bassoon Definition: upright, now obsolete instrument with brass bellA form of serpent or bass horn with a U-shaped section of tube fashioned in a single piece of wood like the butt of a bassoon

Term: Teaspoon Definition: A unit of measure of both liquid and dry quantities that is equal to a third of a tablespoon. To convert teaspoons to ounces (US, fluid), multiply by 0.16667. Abbreviated t.

Term: Riffler Definition: A fine, small, usually double-edged and often rounded rasp. The riffler is used in delicate shaping and finishing of a carving. Rifflers are made for work in wood, metal, and

Term: Aqueous Definition: Watery. Often used to designate pigmented media in which water is an ingredient in the vehicle, as in gouache, tempera, and watercolors. Such media are water-soluble.Also see

Term: Index Definition: A recording of an event produced by a connection between an object and its role in the event. In semiotics, as presented by Charles Sanders Peirce (American pragmatist, 1839-1914;

Term: Obscene Definition: Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty. Lewd. Or, more broadly, repulsive or offensive to the senses. Obscenity is the state or quality of being obscene.Also see

Term: Canvas Definition: A heavy, woven fabric used for support for artwork, usually oil paintings, and considered desirable by painters because of the regular texture and flexibility. The negative is

Term: Decadent art Definition: A derogatory term for expressions of artists and writers of the Aesthetic Movement in England in the last two decades of the 19th Century, it was directed against people

Term: Mail art Definition: Small-scale art whose senders used the U.S. Mail for distribution, it consists of envelopes that are drawn or painted on or contain collages or the like, on which there may be

Term: Se Definition: In solfeggio, Se is the lowered fifth, indicating the seventh tone of the descending chromatic scale. In the " fixed Do " system, Se is always G-flat. Music Word of the Day

Term: Achieve achievement Definition: To achieve is to accomplish; to perform with success; to attain with effort or despite difficulty. Achievement is either the act of accomplishing or the thing

Term: Tracing Definition: Making a drawing by referring to an image visible underneath it. Tracing paper is made translucent for this purpose. While artists sometimes use tracing simply as a means of copying

Term: Binder Definition: A substance mixed with pigment, it holds raw pigment in such a way that it becomes workable in a painting medium. Its purpose is to weld the pigment granules into some sort of

Term: Guard mounting Definition: A military bugle call, in the category of warning calls, played to signal a warning that the guard is about to be assembled for guard mount.Play Guard Mounting - Music

Term: Sevres porcelain sevres porcelain factory Definition: Named for a French word for paste, both hard and soft, Sevres Porcelain was made from 1756, first at Vincennes and then at the royal factory

Term: Alto horn Definition: A small valved Brass instrument in the key of E -flat related to various members of the brass family. Rarely used in modern ensembles as it was replaced by other instruments.

Term: Lumiere technology Definition: A multi-spectral digitization technology, it derives from a camera developed by the French photographer Pascal Cotte. This LT camera projects a ray of light across

Term: Logan medal of the arts Definition: Named for Jsephine Hancock Logan, founder of the Society for Sanity in Art, it is awarded to exhibiting members of the Society of Western Art, a branch of the

Term: Quatrefoilquatrefoil Definition: An ornament, especially in architecture, having four lobes, or foils. In heraldry, a four-petaled flower.(pr. KAH-trə-foyl)Related link: The Glossary of Medieval