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Japonisme- A style in French and American nineteenth century art that was highly influenced by Japanese art, especially prints.
Japonisme		 Jasperware- A fine-grained unglazed, white ceramic developed by Josiah Wedgewood, often colored by metallic oxides with the raised designs remaining white.
Jasperware		 Kinetic art- Art that contains parts that can be moved either by hand, air, or motor.
Kinetic art		 Kore- An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
Kore		 Krater- An ancient Greek vessel for mixing wine and water with many subtypes that each have a distinctive shape. Calyx krater is a bell shaped vessel with handles near the base that resemble a flower calyx. A volute krater is a type of krater with handles shaped like scrolls.
Krater		 Kylix- A shallow Greek vessel cup, used for drinking with a wide mouth and small handle near the rim.
Kylix
Lamassu- Supernatural guardian-protector of Ancient Near Eastern palaces and throne rooms, often represented sculpturally as a combination of the bearded head of a man, powerful body of a lion or bull, wings of an eagle, and the horned headdress of a god, and usually possessing five legs.
Lamassu		 Landscape painting- A painting in which a natural outdoor scene or vista is the primary subject.
Landscape painting		 Limner- An artist, particularly a portrait painter in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and in New England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Limner		 Lintel- A horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening.
Lintel		 Literati painting- A style of painting that reflects the taste of the educated class of East Asian intellectuals and scholars. Aspects include an appreciation for the antique, small scale, and an intimate connection between maker and audience.
Literati painting		 Lithography- Process of making a print (lithograph) from a design drawn on a flat stone block with greasy crayon. Ink is applied to the wet stone and adheres only to the greasy area of the design
Lithography
Japonisme- A style in French and American nineteenth century art that was highly influenced by Japanese art, especially prints. Paul Gauguin artwork often showed an influence of Japonisme.

Jasperware- A fine-grained unglazed, white ceramic developed by Josiah Wedgewood, often colored by metallic oxides with the raised designs remaining white.

Joined- wood sculpture- A method of constructing large scale wooden sculpture developed in Japan. The entire work is constructed from smaller hollow blocks, each individually carved and assembled when complete. The joined wood technique allowed the production of larger sculpture, as the multiple joints alleviate the problems of drying and cracking found with sculpture carved from a single block.

Key block- A key block is the master block in the production of a colored woodcut, which requires different blocks for each color. The key block is a flat piece of wood with the entire design design carved or drawn on it's surface.. From this other blocks with partial drawings are made for printing the areas of different colors.

Kiln- An oven designed to produce enough heat for the baking or firing of clay.

Kinetic art- Art that contains parts that can be moved either by hand, air, or motor.

Kore- An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.

Krater- An ancient Greek vessel for mixing wine and water with many subtypes that each have a distinctive shape. Calyx krater is a bell shaped vessel with handles near the base that resemble a flower calyx. A volute krater is a type of krater with handles shaped like scrolls.

Kylix- A shallow Greek vessel cup, used for drinking with a wide mouth and small handle near the rim.

Lacquer- A type of hard, glossy surface varnish used on objects in East Asian cultures, made from the sap of the Asian sumac or from shellac, a resinous secretion from the lac insect. Lacquer can be layered and manipulated or combined with pigments and other materials for various decorative effects.

Lakshana- Term used to designate the thirty-two marks of the historical Buddha. The lakshana include, among others, the Buddha's golden body, his long arms, the wheel impressed on his palms, and the soles of his feet, and his elongated earlobes.

Lamassu- Supernatural guardian-protector of Ancient Near Eastern palaces and throne rooms, often represented sculpturally as a combination of the bearded head of a man, powerful body of a lion or bull, wings of an eagle, and the horned headdress of a god, and usually possessing five legs.

Landscape painting- A painting in which a natural outdoor scene or vista is the primary subject. "Sunflower Fields" is a great example of a landscape painting.

Limner- An artist, particularly a portrait painter in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and in New England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. John Singleton Copley is considered one of the greatest American limners of the eighteenth century.

Linearity- A descriptive term indicating an emphasis on line, as opposed to mass or color in art.

Lintel- A horizontal element of any material carried by two or more vertical supports to form an opening.

Literati painting- A style of painting that reflects the taste of the educated class of East Asian intellectuals and scholars. Aspects include an appreciation for the antique, small scale, and an intimate connection between maker and audience.

Lithography- Process of making a print (lithograph) from a design drawn on a flat stone block with greasy crayon. Ink is applied to the wet stone and adheres only to the greasy area of the design.		 Personals 120x600 IM

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