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1. Aesthetic- Relating to the appreciation of beauty or good test or having a heightened sensitivity to beauty: a philosophy of what is artistically valid and beautiful.

Articulation- In the arts, the manner by which the various components of a work are joined together.

Chiaroscuro- In visual art, the technique of using light and shade to develop three-dimensional form.

Ephemeral- In visual art, something designed to last only a short time.

Genre- A distinctive type or category of art, drama, literature, music etc. characterized by a particular style, form or content. Also a style of painting representing an aspect of everyday life, such as a domestic interior, a still life or rural scene.

Palette- In three-dimensional art, works that are curved.

Sculpture- A form of visual art or a three-dimensional artwork including full-round, relief and linear.

Subtraction- In visual art, the composite use of color by an artist in an artwork or a flat piece of board or other material that a pointer holds and on which pigments can be mixed.

Texture- In two- and three- dimensional visual art, the quality of the surface of the work.

Trompe-l’oeil- A two-dimensional visual work executed in such a way as to make the viewer believe that a three-dimensional object is being perceived.

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7. The first image is more plausible as compared to the second image. The shade and value of the color used depicts a real life image. Besides, the spaces are almost similar to those in the real object.

8. Of the four facets of works of art represented, line id the most challenging. This is because; determining the width of the line and its direction is a difficult task.