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Glossary
Adorn — to heighten the appearance of with ornaments
Adornment — the action of adorning: the state of being adorned
Aesthetic — of or relating to beauty or what is beautiful
Analogous colors — Color scheme that uses colors that are side by side on the color wheel and share a hue (i.e. red-orange,)
Autobiography — a biography written by the person it is about
Bedstead — the framework of a bed
Biography — a history of a person's life
Bodice — the upper part of a dress
Bustle — a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness of the back of a woman's skirt or dress
Carve — to cut with care or exactness
Carving — the act or art of a person who carves
Cell — one of the tiny units that are the basic building blocks of living things, that carry on the basic functions of life either alone or in groups, and that include a nucleus and are surrounded by a membrane
Cell membrane — a semi permeable outside layer surrounding the protoplasm of a cell
Cell wall — the firm nonliving and usually chiefly cellulose wall that encloses and supports most plant cells
Chloroplast — a plastid that contains chlorophyll and is the location of photosynthesis and starch formation in a plant cell
Chromatin — a material present in chromosomes that is made up of DNA and protein and stains deeply with certain biological stains
Chronological order — arranged in order of time of occurrence
Client — a person who uses the professional advice or services of another
Color — That which the eyes sees when light is reflected off an object.
Compare — to examine in order to discover likenesses or differences
Contrast — to compare two persons or things so as to show the differences between them
Corset — a tight stiff undergarment worn to support or give shape to waist and hips
Criteria — a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
Cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a plant or animal cell except for the nucleus
Decorate — to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
Decoration — the act or action of decorating
Description — an account that presents a picture to a person who reads or hears it
Dimension — A measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length.
Dressmaker — the process or occupation of making dresses
Ecosystem — a system made up of an ecological community and its environment especially under natural conditions
Endoplasmic Reticulum — a system of cavities and minute connecting canals that occupy much of the cytoplasm of the cell
Energy — power or ability to be active: strength of body or mind to do things or to work
Fashion — a common style especially of dress during a particular time or among a certain group
Fauna — animals or animal life especially of a region, period, or environment
Fiber — a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread
Flora — plants or plant life especially of a region, period, or environment
Flower — a plant cultivated or outstanding for its blossoms
Form — the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material
Fruit — the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant
Geometric — of or relating to art based on simple geometric shapes
Golgi apparatus — a part of the cytoplasm of a cell that consists of parallel membranes without ribosomes and is active in the formation and secretion of cell products
Golgi body — any particle that is part of the Golgi apparatus
Habitat — the place or type of place where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives or grows
Handiwork — work done by the hands or by oneself
Hue — The name of a color (i.e. red, yellow, and blue)
Imagery — language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
Informational Documents — works of nonfiction such as transcripts, reports or journals
Intensity — The brightness or dullness of a color or hue
Leaf — one of the green usually flat parts that grow from a stem or twig of a plant, make up the foliage, and have the primary purpose of making food by photosynthesis
Line — the path of a moving point through space
Living — to be alive
Loom — a frame or machine for weaving threads or yarns to produce cloth
Lysosome — a saclike cellular organelle that contains various hydrolytic enzymes
Media — The materials used to make the artwork, such as oils, water color, acrylic, inks, to name a few.
Mitochondria — one of the round or long bodies found in cells that are rich in fats, proteins, and enzymes and are important centers of metabolic processes
Modest — clean and proper in thought, conduct, and dress
Modesty — the quality of being modest
Monochromatic color — color scheme that uses different values of a single hue (i.e. dark green, light green)
Museum Curator — a person in charge of a museum�s collection
Native — grown, produced, or having its beginning in a particular region
Natural — existing in or produced by nature
Nature — the physical universe
Negative space — Negative space describes the area surrounding the positive shapes
Non-living — not alive or living
Nuclear membrane — the boundary of a cell nucleus
Nucleolus — a sphere-shaped body in the cell nucleus that becomes enlarged during the manufacture of proteins, is associated with a particular part of a chromosome, and is rich in RNA
Nucleus — a cell part that is characteristic of all living things with the exception of viruses, bacteria, and blue-green algae, that is necessary for heredity and for making proteins, that contains the nucleoli and the chromosomes with their genes, and that is enclosed in a nuclear membrane
Organic — Shapes that are not regular or even and use a combination of edges that are curved or angular
Organisms — an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other
Pattern — an artistic form, figure, or design
Period — a chronological division
Photosynthesis — the process by which plants that contain chlorophyll make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light
Plant — any of a kingdom of living things usually lacking the ability to move from place to place under their own power, having no obvious nervous or sensory organs, possessing cellulose cell walls, and often having a body that is able to keep growing without taking on a fixed size and shape
Positive space — Positive shape refers to the focal point of a work of art or shape of the work of art
Primary source — an original document pertaining to an event or subject of inquiry, also a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event
Protect — to cover or shield from something that would destroy or injure
Protection — the act of protecting
Reception — a social gathering
Repetition — the act or an instance of repeating
Ribosomes — one of numerous small RNA-containing particles in a cell that are sites of protein synthesis
Root — the leafless usually underground part of a plant that absorbs and stores water and minerals and holds the plant in place
Secondary source — a secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event.. It is generally at least one step removed from the event.
Seed — a plant structure (small dry fruit) capable of producing a new plant
Sew — to work with needle and thread
Shape — something having a certain form
Space — The element of art that refers to the distance between, around, above, below, and within things
Stem — the main stalk of a plant that develops buds and shoots and usually grows above the ground
Style — The fashion of the moment, especially of dress
Texture — the structure, feel, and appearance of something
Three-dimensional — having three dimensions or extensions in one direction
Timeline — a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period
Train — a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer
Transcendentalism — A literary and philosophical movement that asserts the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition
Trend — a current style or liking
Trilobate — of a leaf shape; divided into three lobes
Two-dimensional — having two dimensions or extensions in one direction
Vacuole — a cavity or vesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell usually containing fluid
Value — The lightness or darkness of a hue or color
Vein — one of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf
Victorian — relating to, or typical of the reign of Queen Victoria of England or of the literature, art, and tastes of her time
Volume — the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters)
Warp — a series of yarns going lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
Weave — to form (cloth) by interlacing strands (as of yarn)
Weft — the threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric
Woodcarving — a person who carves objects of wood
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