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• abstract
• Abstract
• academic
• acrylic
• Albumen prints
• aluminum
• American
• animal
• architecture
• arctic
• Armenian Refers to the culture of Armenia roughly corresponding to the area of modern Armenia and central and eastern Turkey, particularly between the 4th and 7th centuries during the so called classical period of Armenian art.
• arrow
• Artist in Residence
• Arts and Crafts An aesthetic and social movement of the late 19th century that originated in England and spread to the United States, Germany, and Northern Europe. A reaction against industrialization and the quality of manufactured goods, the movement is marked by a desire to revive the craftsmanship associated with traditional arts, a form follows function philosophy, and an idealized view of the medieval craft guilds.
• Ashcan

• ball
• balloon
• Barbizon
• Baroque
• bathing
• bird
• bird nest
• Black and White
• Black-and-white prints
• blacksmith
• boat
• bone
• books
• bowl
• box
• boy
• Bridge
• British
• bronze
• bronze casting Casting of sculptures or other items using an alloy of copper and tin.
• broom
• busts Works of sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and some part of the torso. For such figures in any media, use "busts (general, figures)."
• butterfly

• candle
• candlestick
• carrara
• cart
• carving
• casting The act or process of making casts or of shaping in a mold; usually refers to pouring liquid material into a mold, as distinguished from pressing a material into a mold, for which prefer "molding."
• cauldron
• Central Park
• ceramic Refers to any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
• Ceramics
• chalk
• Chamberlain
• charcoal
• Charcoal
• chariot
• Cheek Family Collection
• child
• children
• Chinese
• church
• city scene
• cityscape
• cliffs
• cloak
• coffee pot
• colored pencil
• Conte crayon
• Contemporary
• Contemporary
• copper
• cornucopia
• crayon
• creamer
• cruet sets Sets of two to five cruets generally accompanied by a cruet stand or a small tray.
• cup
• cup and saucer set
• cups Open bowl-shaped vessels, used chiefly for drinking, often having one handle, but sometimes two handles or none, generally on a low foot-ring; also includes similar bowl-shaped vessels, generally without handles, resting on a stem and supported by a spreading foot. Occasionally made with a lid.

• death
• decorative
• Decorative arts
• demon
• dinosaur
• dish
• dishes Any of various broad, relatively shallow, open vessels with a flat bottom, concave sides, and nearly level rim, sometimes having a cover; made of pottery, glass, metal, wood or another material and used especially for holding or serving food. In modern usage it is typically reserved for vessels at a dining table used for serving or holding food other than the round, flat or very shallow object used by the person dining, which is called a "plate"; however, formerly the plate was also called a "dish."
• dog
• doves
• Drawing
• dress
• drinking
• dwarf

• earthenware
• earthenware Pottery with a porous body, fired below 1200 degrees Centigrade. It is not vitrified, and must be glazed to render it nonporous.
• Eccentric Abstraction Refers to the style predominantly of sculpture that first appeared in an art exhibition in 1966. Named by critic Lucy Lippard, the style is characterized by a rejection of Minimalist formalism, with an emphasis on experimental form and the use of soft materials such as rubber, vinyl, plastic and polyester resin.
• elf
• Empire State Building
• English
• etching

• fabric
• face
• family
• Federal
• figural
• Figural
• figures
• finger
• fire
• fireplace
• first period
• floral
• flowers
• forest
• forks General term for any tool or instrument having a handle surmounted by prongs, usually two to six in number, used for digging, lifting, or securing food, earth, or many other substances.
• formalist
• Fourteenth Street School
• French
• fruit
• Fulper Pottery
• Furniture

• gargoyle
• Gelatin silver prints
• Genre
• genre scene
• George Washington
• German Refers to the cultures, periods, and styles of the modern nation of Germany, or the cultures that have occupied the area of the modern nation in central Europe. More broadly, it can refer to the cultures of the ancient groups of related peoples who inhabited central and northern Europe, and who spoke dialects from which the Germanic or Teutonic languages developed.
• gilding Process involving the surface application of gold or another metal in the form of leaf, powder applied directly to the surface, powder mixed with a binder, electroplating, or other forms to approximate the effect of solid or inlaid metal.
• girl
• glass
• Glass
• goblin
• goose
• gouache
• Grand Manner
• graphite
• griffins Composite mythological creatures with the head and wings of a bird (usually that of an eagle) and the body and hind quarters of a lion. Was a favorite decorative motif in the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean area, probably having originated in the Levant in the 2nd millennium BCE; the griffin had spread throughout western Asia and into Greece by the 14th century BCE. The Asiatic griffin had a crested head, whereas the Minoan and Greek griffin usually had a mane of spiral curls. It was shown either recumbent or seated on its haunches, often paired with the sphinx; its function was often protective. The Greeks believed griffins inhabited Scythia to keep jealous watch over the gold of that country.
• grotesque
• gun

• hand
• hat
• hearth
• hills
• hollow-ware
• horse
• hotel
• house
• Hudson River Valley
• Huldah Cheek

• Impressionism
• Impressionist
• Indian Nationality, styles, and culture of the modern nation of India, or more broadly to cultures that developed on the subcontinent of India, which is bounded by the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, and the Himalayn Mountains. It may also refer even more broadly to cultures of India, the East Indies, and the former British Indian Empire. It was formerly used less specifically to refer to any Oriental or Asian culture. Do not use this term to refer to the indigenous populations of North or South America; see "Native American" or other appropriate terms.
• Ink
• ink wash
• intaglio
• interior
• Irish Refers to the culture of the island of Ireland, which is located west of England on the Irish Sea and is currently divided administratively between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It often refers specifically to the Celtic culture of the island of Ireland.
• island
• Italian
• ivory

• Jacobite
• Jerusalem
• jug

• landscape
• Landscape
• lanterns
• lead
• Leslie Cheek Jr.
• limestone
• linen General name for textile woven from the spun fiber of the flax plant.
• Lithograph
• Luminist

• Mabel Cheek
• mahogany Refers to the wood of trees of the genus Swietenia, found in tropical climates, primarily in Mexico, Cuba, Central America, and the West Indies. It varies in color from yellow to a rich red brown, and is valued in furniture-making and sculpture-carving because it is hard, fine-grained, and takes a high polish. Mahogany has a fine, straight grain that takes a high polish. It is dimensionally stable and does not shrink, warp, or swell. The durable, dark reddish-brown wood was imported to Europe in the 18th century where it became popular for furniture, paneling and veneer. Ammonia brings out a rich, red color in mahogany wood. Mahogany is frequently attacked by pinhole borer beetles. Many woods of similar colors have also been called mahoganies, but usually do not have rich color or fine cutting characteristics of the true mahogany wood. However, the related African genus Khaya produces a similar wood. Mahogany was used by Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and the Adam brothers for high quality furniture.
• man
• Manhattan
• marble
• marine
• maritime
• meadow
• men
• milk jugs Vessels designed for holding and serving milk, especially for medium-sized pitchers having a handle and a spout or lip and sometimes a lid; usually made as part of a tea service; originating in the early 18th century. For containers for holding and serving cream, especially small pitchers, use "creamers."
• miniature
• minimalist
• mirror
• mixed media
• Modern
• modern American Styles, periods, cultures, and movements of America in modern times.
• Modernist
• moon
• mother
• Mother Goose
• mountains
• mouse
• mug
• mushroom

• naturalistic
• Neoclassical
• New York City
• newspaper
• North America
• North American Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
• nude
• nun

• ocean
• Oil
• oil paint A paint made by grinding pigments with a drying oil such as linseed oil. After 1940 alkyd binders were often added to oil paint to provide faster drying times.
• oil wash
• Outdoor Sculpture
• owl
• owlet

• painted
• Painting
• Painting
• Paris
• pastel
• pearls
• Pencil
• Photograph
• Photographic prints
• photographic processes Procedures by which light-sensitive materials are made to produce an image. For procedures related to how a photograph is taken or composed, or is manipulated during or after processing, use "photographic techniques." For printing processes involving light-sensitivity at one stage, but creating a final print that was never itself light-sensitive, use "photomechanical processes." For light-sensitive processes used especially to make reproductive prints of documents and technical drawings, use descriptors found under "<light-sensitive reprographic processes>."
• pig
• pipe
• pitcher
• Plants Sources: – Encarta world Eng. dict. – Amer. Herit. dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000 – Dunster, J.A. Dict. of natural resource management, c1996 – USGS Biocomplexity Thesaurus, Feb. 1, 2015
• plaque
• plaster
• pocket watch
• polish
• Pop Art
• porcelain
• porcelain A material comprising white clay, or "kaolin," and a feldspathic rock, that react when fired so the clay serves to hold the shape of the object and the rock fuses into a natural glass. In China, it includes any such ware that is highly fired enough to produce a ringing sound when struck. In Europe, it is limited to hard-fired ceramic that is translucent.
• porringer
• portrait
• Portrait
• pot
• potatoes
• pots Cylindrical or rounded containers, often of metal or earthenware and varying in size; used chiefly for domestic purposes.
• pottery Generally, all ware made of ceramic, which is any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature. In specialized usage, it typically does not include porcelain, which is a type of ceramic ware made of a refractory white clay, or "kaolin," and a feldspathic rock, that react when fired so the clay serves to hold the shape of the object and the rock fuses into a natural glass.
• Precisionism
• Print
• prints Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
• putto

• quartzite

• ram
• reading
• Realist
• red
• relief
• religous
• river
• robe
• Rococo
• Romantic
• ruins

• sandstone
• satyr
• sauceboats Boat-shaped vessels, usually with a long pouring lip at one end and a handle at the other or two pouring lips and a central handle, used for serving sauces, gravies, or the like.
• saucers Small plates of concave form, usually circular, either for eating food or as a stand for a cup. Generally, those for use with a cup have a slight depression in the center in which to place the cup.
• sculpture Three-dimensional works of art in which images and forms are produced in relief, in intaglio, or in the round. The term refers particularly to art works created by carving or engraving a hard material, by molding or casting a malleable material (which usually then hardens), or by assembling parts to create a three-dimensional object. It is typically used to refer to large or medium-sized objects made of stone, wood, bronze, or another metal. Small objects are typically referred to as "carvings" or another appropriate term. "Sculpture" refers to works that represent tangible beings, objects, or groups of objects, or are abstract works that have defined edges and boundaries and can be measured. As three-dimensional works become more diffused in space or time, or less tangible, use appropriate specific terms, such as "mail art" or "environmental art."
• Sculpture
• seascape
• seashells
• self-portrait
• serving
• shell
• shop
• silkscreen
• silver
• silver plate
• sketch
• skull
• skyscraper
• sleeping
• slop bowl
• smoking
• snail
• snow
• soft paste porcelain Type of porcelain material comprising white china clay and powdered glass, which is substituted for the feldspathic rock used in hard paste porcelain. It is "soft fired" at the relatively low temperature of around 1200 degrees centigrade. After firing, it is characterized by being able to be cut with a file in unglazed areas, and having a translucency that is variable in intensity and color.
• sphere
• spoon
• squirrel
• statue
• steel
• Sterling
• Still Life
• stone
• street scene
• study
• studying
• sugar
• suit
• surrealism

• tableware Articles, collectively, that are generally used for serving food at the table, including various types of flatware, cutlery, hollowware, plates, and accessories, such as coasters and napkin rings, but not necessarily constituting a service.
• tea bowls Hand-sized cups having a bowl shape, usually without a handle, used for drinking tea; sometimes accompanied by a matching saucer. Often, but not always, from Asia or having an Asian theme.
• tea pot
• teacups Cups, usually accompanied by a saucer, intended primarily for drinking hot tea.
• teapots Covered vessels for brewing and serving tea, usually with one spout, which is often long and gracefully curved, and, on the opposite side of the vessel, one handle, and sometimes small feet. Distinguished from "teakettles" which usually have a short pouring spout, a bail handle, and a broad, flat bottom, and are used for heating water from which tea is made.
• tempera
• tomb
• Tonalist
• town
• trees
• trompe-l'oeil French term meaning "deceive the eye," applied to images so realistic that they may fool the viewer into thinking that the represented objects, scenes, textures, or points of view are real rather than images. The term is generally used to refer to Western art, generally to two-dimensional art or bas-relief. It was seen in ancient Greek art, refined by the ancient Romans, and was popular in the Renaissance and later in Europe and America. Effects include painted textures of wood or marble on walls or columns, realistic portrayals of views framed by painted faux windows, false frames from which the contents of a still life or portrait appear to extend into the viewer's space, and depictions of shelves or cupboards with various articles seen through half-open doors. In the late 20th century, the exteriors of entire buildings have been painted in trompe l'oeil.
• tureen

• urban
• utensil
• utilitarian

• vase
• vases Vessels of varying shape and size but which are usually taller than they are wide, varying greatly in actual form and use. For example, may refer to vessels for displaying flowers, or to ancient ceramic or metal vessel in a range of shapes and used to hold liquids, grain, or another substance.
• vessel
• Victorian
• Victorian Revival
• violin
• Virginia Woolf

• Warhol
• Watercolor
• whistling
• William Edmondson
• witch
• woman
• wood
• woods
• worcester
• Worcester
• work on paper
• Works on paper

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