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2. Anti-climb paint - Wikipedia

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   A sign on a fence in Greenwich, England, advising of the use of anti-climb paint. Anti-climb paint on a gate in the UK. Anti-climb paint (also known as non-drying paint, anti-intruder paint, anti-vandal grease) is a class of paint consisting of a thick oily coating that is applied with a stiff brush, trowel or by hand using a protective glove.

3. Architecture of the California missions - Wikipedia

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   Influenced by early mission furnishings, "mission oak" furniture bears some similarity to the related Arts and Crafts style furniture, using similar materials but without Arts and Crafts' emphasis on refinement of line and decoration. Oak is the typical material, finished with its natural golden appearance that will age to a rich medium brown ...

4. History of painting - Wikipedia

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   With this new medium the painters of this period were capable of creating richer colors with a deep intense tonality. The illusion of glowing light with a porcelain-like finish characterized Early Netherlandish painting and was a major difference to the matte surface of tempera paint used in Italy. [45]

5. Plywood - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] At 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) thick, mahogany three-ply "wiggle board" or "bendy board" come in 4 by 8 feet (1.2 m × 2.4 m) sheets with a very thin cross-grain central ply and two thicker exterior plies, either long grain on the sheet, or cross grain. Wiggle board is often glued together in two layers once it is formed into the ...

6. Light in painting - Wikipedia

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   Port with the disembarkation of Cleopatra in Tarsus (1642), by Claude Lorrain, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Light in painting fulfills several objectives like, both plastic and aesthetic: on the one hand, it is a fundamental factor in the technical representation of the work, since its presence determines the vision of the projected image, as it affects certain values such as color, texture and ...

7. Petit Trianon - Wikipedia

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   The one commissioned by Louis XVI in 1776 from Antoine-Henry Masson, paumier-billardier of the Roi, [note 12] measuring 414 by 219 cm, was made of solid oak and ivory, with fifteen turned legs. [78] It was accompanied by twenty iron plates for the candles, twelve ivory balls for the Guerre [ 79 ] or Carambole and around thirty tails, at a total ...