DEFINITIONS OF ART TERMS -- Part 3

EXECUflON - The technical method of producing a work of art.
FINISH - This is a term, generally accepted as signifying a mere elaboration of the details of a picture, which is sometimes irrespective of consistent results. Finish, in a fuller sense, is the just and harmonious completion of a picture.
Foxy - When an excess of reddish-brown is observable in a picture it is said to be foxy.
FRESCO - The practice of painting on walls, while they are still fresh. (Fresco, Ital.)
FLAT - The lack of modeling and relief, in painting.
FROTTÉ - (Fr.) The first preparation of a picture in one tone of thin color as a groundwork. Derived from the French word, signifying to rub.
Fix - To attach the particles of charcoal, crayon or pencil to the paper in a drawing so that it shall not rub, or become defaced.
GLAZE - The application of transparent color thinned with oil, to parts or the whole of a picture in order to modify the tone or color. The paint must be dry before glazing can be employed.
GENRE - (Fr.) A French word meaning literally sort or kind, but used in art to express a representation of domestic life, or a subject telling a story of ordinary existence.
GRANDEUR - The quality of a lofty style or nobility of conception in art.
HALF-TINT - An intermediate tone in painting.