Egon Schiele Word Search
Play a Egon Schiele word search free online. We built the 12-word list around famous works, materials, and the movement they belong to, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: EXPRESSIONISM, VIENNESE, SECESSION, SELFPORTRAIT, EROTIC, NUDE, ELONGATED, LINEWORK, CHARCOAL, WATERCOLOR, GOUACHE, WOODCUT.
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Egon Schiele word list, defined
- EXPRESSIONISM /ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪzəm/ — stress falls on the second syllable; the ending is the standard '-ism' suffix. · noun
- An artistic movement, chiefly in early 20th-century painting, literature, theatre, and film, in which artists sought to express intense subjective emotion and inner experience rather than depict objective reality, often through distortion, exaggeration, and vivid or jarring colour. More generally, a style or approach characterized by such emotional self-expression. Related: expressionistic style, emotionalism, subjectivism, abstract art.
- SECESSION /sɪˈsɛʃən/ · noun
- The act of withdrawing from an organization, country, or group, typically in protest or disagreement. The state of being separate or independent from a larger entity. Related: withdrawal, separation, independence, divorce.
- EROTIC /ɪˈrɒtɪk/ (British), /ɪˈrɑːtɪk/ (US) · adjective
- Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement. Of, concerning, or depicting sexual love or desire, especially in an artistic or literary context. Related: sensual, sexy, arousing, seductive.
- NUDE /njuːd/ · adjective, noun
- Lacking clothing; naked. A person or thing that is naked or unclothed. Related: bare, naked, unclothed, unclad.
- ELONGATED /ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪ.tɪd/ (UK), /ɪˈlɔːŋ.ɡeɪ.tɪd/ (US) · adjective
- Made or grown longer than is usual or natural; stretched out in length so as to appear unusually extended. Related: extended, stretched, lengthened, elongate.
- CHARCOAL /ˈtʃɑːrkoʊl/ · noun
- A black, porous, carbon-rich substance made by burning wood or other organic matter slowly with little air, used chiefly as a fuel and, in purified form, for drawing and filtration. It also refers to a very dark grey colour resembling this material. Related: coal, carbon, soot, graphite.
- WATERCOLOR /ˈwɔːtərkʌlər/ · noun, adjective
- A watercolor is a painting made with watercolors, or a medium of translucent, water-soluble pigments. The term can also refer to the art of painting with watercolors. Related: watercolour, aquarelle, gouache, wash.
- GOUACHE /ɡuːˈɑːʃ/ · noun
- A type of opaque watercolour paint, or a painting executed using this paint. Gouache is characterized by its high pigment load and binding agent. Related: watercolour, poster paint, opaque watercolour, designer's colour.
- WOODCUT /ˈwʊdkət/ · noun
- A design or picture cut into a block of wood, typically for printing, or a person who cuts designs or pictures into wood for this purpose. Related: engraving, etching, lithograph, print.
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