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| art |
Art is anything that people make to create beauty or to share ideas and feelings in a different and special way. Painting, poetry, music, and film are some kinds of art. |
| artist |
Artists are people who make things like paintings, drawings, music, or poems. An artist is a person who makes art in a serious way. Artists study and practice to do their work well. Artists usually want to show their work to many other people. |
| art room |
In some schools, there is a room called an art room. It is a kind of classroom, and teachers teach students things like painting and drawing there. Things like brushes, paint, clay, glue, scissors, and paper are kept in an art room. |
| civilization |
Civilization is what it is called when a group of people settle in one place and begin to use symbols to write down their language, and when they begin to make art, create a set of laws, and write down their history. [2 definitions] |
| collage |
A collage is something people make as a piece of art. To make a collage, you paste different kinds of things to a surface to make a kind of picture. These things can be anything from paper and photos to cloth and buttons and macaroni! |
| culture |
Everything that a large group of people share, such as music, art, and language, is called culture. Things that a group of people believe and celebrate are also part of that group's culture. |
| express |
When you express yourself, you tell what you think or how you feel. You can express yourself by speaking or in writing. You can also express yourself through painting, dancing, or other forms of art. [1/3 definitions] |
| Italy |
Italy is a country in Europe. Most of Italy is a peninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea. If you look at Italy on a map, you can see that it has the shape of a tall boot. Italy is famous for its beautiful cities, its art and music, and its food. Foods from Italy such as spaghetti and pizza are popular all over the world. People in Italy speak a language called Italian. |
| museum |
A museum is a building where things that are important to history, art, or science are kept and where people can come to see them. |
| picture |
A picture is a painting, drawing, or photograph of something or someone. We see pictures in magazines, books, art museums, and many other places. [1/2 definitions] |
| piece |
One work of art or music is called a piece. [1/4 definitions] |
| sculpture |
A sculpture is something that people make as a piece of art. A sculpture can be any shape, and it is often made out of stone, clay, wood, or metal. Sometimes a sculpture looks like a person or an animal. Sometimes it doesn't look like any real thing at all. |
| statue |
A statue is a piece of art that is made out of stone, metal, or other hard material. Statues can be very large, and they are often in the form of a human or animal. We usually find statues in an outdoor place such as a park or in front of a building. |
| tin |
Tin is a soft, silver or gray metal. Tin is easy to bend and is sometimes used by itself as a material for art and decorations. More often it is combined with other metals such as copper to make many other kinds of things. [1/2 definitions] |
| title |
A title is the name of a book or something else that someone writes. A title is also what we call the name of a movie, a piece of music, a painting, or other work of art. [1/2 definitions] |
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