English Vocabulary about Art
English Vocabulary about Art
Canvas
Some artists prefer a board for painting to a canvas.
Nowadays, scientists could scrutinize the authenticity of a painting by examining its canvas.
chef d’oeuvre
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the chefs d’oeuvre in painting.
The painting could have been included as a praiseworthy chef d’oeuvre only if you had exhibited it publicly.
Artists can reach their zenith if they increase the quality and quantity of their chefs d’oeuvre.
Dexterous
His dexterous accounting abilities have made him important to the team.
Using the kitchen utensils dexterously, he stood out in the crowd of chefs.
You are supposed to be dexterous at using knives, otherwise you might hurt yourself.
He has a knack for making money.
He would never have been successful without his inherited knack in compromising with his opponents.
Do you think that having a knack for doing something necessarily leads to an insatiable appetite for that?
Legerdemain
He performed legerdemain in a way that always made the audience roar with laughter.
Speculators and brokers deceive people by concealing the truth and implementing economic legerdemain.
Unfortunately, today, financial fraud and legerdemain have taken root in many societies.
Paint the town red
It is my Dad`s birthday and we are going out for a meal to celebrate and paint the town red.
Tonight, I need to have a ball and put aside worries and paint the town red.
Resourceful
In this vacant job position, we expect a resourceful well-trained person who can tackle issues intuitively.
We are mighty sure that Mr. Johnson is so resourceful that he can resolve any conflict which may come up, no matter how complicated it is.
He was shocked, but tried to be resourceful and think what to do.
Silhouette
The silhouette picture on the wall scared the hell out of all in the party.
If you hadn’t taken the picture against the sun, it wouldn’t have been a silhouette with a disguised object in front of it.
During the turbulent condition, the protesters removed many pictures of the recent mayor drawn in silhouette on the walls.
Beethoven is known for his virtuosity in music.
Since the old days in school, I have always believed in her virtuosity and talent in art in spite of all her failures in her career.
His virtuosity at playing the cello made people flabbergasted and stunned.
Whimsical
Picasso is known for his whimsical paintings.
Contemporary art always seems whimsical to the ordinary people and it takes time for it to be pervaded among them.
Whimsical decorations can help people to tackle depression effectively.
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He was shocked, but tried to be resourceful and think what to do.
… thought what to do
Reply to “resourceful”
In this vacant job position, we expect a resourceful well-trained person who can tackle issues intuitively.
We are mighty sure that Mr. Johnson is so resourceful that he can resolve any conflict which may come up, no matter how complicated it is.
Reply to “silhouette”
Silhouette picture on the wall scared the hell out of all in the party.
The silhouette picture …
If you didn’t take the picture against the sun, it wouldn’t be a silhouette with a disguised object in front of it.
It must be conditional sentence Type 3. It doesn’t make sense this way.
During the turbulent condition, the protesters removed many pictures of the recent mayor drawn in silhouette on the walls.
Reply to “dexterous”
His dexterous accounting abilities makes him important to the team.
… have made him important
Using the kitchen utensils dexterously, he stood out in the crowd of chefs.
You are supposed to be dexterous in using knife, otherwise you might hurt yourself.
at using knives / a knife
Reply to “knack”
He have a knack for making money.
He has …
He never would have been successful without his inherited knack in compromising with his opposite positions.
* He would never have been
* his opponents
Do you think that having a knack for doing something necessarily leads to an insatiable appetite for that?
Reply to “virtuosity”
Beethoven is known for his virtuosity in music.
Since the old days in school, I believed in her virtuosity and talent in art in spite of all her failures in her carrier.
* Use present perfect tense after “since”. – I’ve always believed in
* career
His virtuosity at playing the cello made people flabbergasted and stunned.
Reply to “paint the town red”
It is my Dad`s birthday and we are going out for a meal to celebrate and paint the town red.
Tonight, I need to have a ball and put aside worries and paint the town red.
Reply to “canvas”
Some artists prefer a board for painting in contrast to the canvas.
… prefer a board for painting to a canvas
Nowadays, scientists could scrutinize the authenticity of a painting work by examination of its canvas.
* of a painting
* by examining its canvas
Reply to “whimsical”
Picasso is known for his whimsical paintings.
Contemporary art always seems whimsical to the ordinary people and it takes time to pervade among them.
* for it to be pervaded – Pervade is a transitive verb.
Whimsical decorations can help people to tackle depression effectively.
Reply to “legerdemain”
He did legerdemain so that always made others roar with laughter.
… performed legerdemain in a way that always made the audience roar with laughter
Speculators and brokers deceive people by concealing the truth and economic legerdemain.
and implementing economic legerdemain – The structures before and after “and” must be parallel. So, you should use a gerund here.
Unfortunately, today, financial fraud and legerdemain have taken roots in many societies.
have taken root in
Reply to “chef d’oeuvre”
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the chef-d’oeuvre in painting.
… one of the chefs d’oeuvre
The painting could be included as a praiseworthy chef d’oeuvre only if you had exhibited it publicly.
could have been included – Conditional Sentences Type 3
Artists can reach their zenith if they increase the quality and quantity of their chefs-d’œuvre.