Thursday, January 27, 2011

Vocabulary From Eggleston's Guide.

1. Vernacular: any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or indigenous styles.
2. Servile: extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality.
3. Consonant: in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent.
4. Ephemeral: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory.
5. Puerile: of or pertaining to a child or to childhood.
6. Synthetic Cubist: Fine Arts. The last phrase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and materials into painting.
7. Insular: detached; standing alone.
8. Intrinsic: belonging to a thing by its very nature.
9. Bucolic: of or pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
10. Romantic: the adoption and adaptation of large public issues, social or philosophical, for private artistic ends. Expressed ion a style heavy with special effects: glints and shadows, dramatic simplicities, familar symbols, and idiosyncratic technique.

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