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Cards Term Obelisk Definition a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top Term Impasto Definition The thick application of paint in such quantities so as to make it stand out in relief from the paint surface Term Trompe l’oeil Definition A style of painting that gives an illusion of photographic reality. A painting or effect created in this style. Term Allegory Definition a short moral story (often with animal characters) Term Tenebrism Definition Tenebroso is an Italian word, literally meaning dark and gloomy Term Bargeboards Definition Projecting boards placed against the incline of the gable of a building and hiding the ends of the horizontal roof timbers; sometimes decorated (common in Gothic revival buildings). Term Japonisme Definition or Japanese Taste was a popular influence in late 19th century Europe in both the fine and decorative arts after the opening of Japan to trade in the 1860s Term Reintegration Definition A renewing, or making whole again Term Key block Definition Block used to print the outlines of a print. It is cut from the finished drawing of the print designer (hanshita-e), and is the first block to be printed. Term Camera obscura Definition A device used by early artists (centuries before Christ) to display a scene on the wall of an otherwise-darkened room so that it could be more-easily copied. In a manner similar to the pinhole camera, a small hole placed in an opposite wall permitted light to enter the room (the “camera”), and the scene outside became transmitted inside, and was shown inverted on the rear wall or sometimes on a screen. The camera obscura is the origin of the modern camera.