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Giclee -comes from the French word "giclee" which means to spray or squirt.  In the art world, it refers to a type of reproduction where the paint is sprayed onto the paper or canvas in a way that shows no visible dot pattern. The result is a high quality reproduction that offers all the hues and tonalities of the original artwork. 
 
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Gothic - the style of Western European (especially from France and England) art from the 12th to 15th centuries, which greatly influenced architecture, sculpture and painting.
 
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Gothic New Town Hall (1867-1908)

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Gothic Elevations and Plans

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Gouache - the technique or product where heavy, opaque watercolor is applied to paper and produces a more brilliant and strong-colored result than usual watercolors.
 
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Gouache for St. Ives Window

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Gradation - a smooth progression of shades or tints from light to dark, from one color to another or of objects from small to large.
 
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( 3 of 3 ) COLORFUL ABSTRACT ART

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Red Gerber Daisy

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Grand manner - a type of painting where figures of great importance are painted in a way that elevates them above the everyday and common. Other elements in the painting are reduced by means of simplifying or eliminating, shifting the focus to the significance of the primary subject.
 
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Lincoln, Abraham

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Victory, Franklin D. Roosevelt

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