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  2. Slab (car) - Wikipedia

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    It is a slang term for a car with bright candy paint and large chrome wheels, among other customizations. [1] [3] [4] Slabs emerged in the 1980s Houston and saw the most popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, [1] but have faded in popularity.

  3. Marbleizing - Wikipedia

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    It is typically used in buildings where the cost or weight of genuine marble would be prohibitive. Faux marbling is a special case of faux painting used to create the distinctive and varied patterns of marble - the most imitated stone by far. Faux painting by Andre' Martinez in the Colorado State Capitol 2005 Giotto, Scrovegni Chapel.

  4. Marble sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...

  5. Faux painting - Wikipedia

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    Authentic Venetian Plaster is made from marble dust and ground up limestone. Color wash is a free-form finish that creates subtle variations of color using multiple hues of glaze blended together with a paint brush. Strié, from the French for "stripe" or "streak", is a glazing technique that creates soft thin streaks of color using a paint ...

  6. Art marble - Wikipedia

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    This style of marble was invented by Geoffrey Beetem circa 1989 and are called Stardust Marbles. First publication was by Marilyn Barrett in 1994, Dr. Morito 1996, Glass magazine in 2000, and in Marbles and Related Art Glass, by Mark P. Block also in 2000.

  7. Paper marbling - Wikipedia

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    Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other kinds of stone. [1] The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size , and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface, such as paper or fabric.

  8. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s, the museum grew significantly, extending its sphere of influence with exhibitions that presented and toured surveys of installations for performance art; contemporary still-life painting; a group exhibition of work by Texas artists; and single-artist shows of artists like Ida Applebroog, Robert Morris, Pat Steir, Bill Viola and ...

  9. Body marbling - Wikipedia

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    Body marbling on hand. Body marbling is a painting process similar to paper marbling, in which paint is floated on water and transferred to a person's skin.Unlike the traditional oil-based technique for paper, neon or ultraviolet reactive colours are typically used, and the paint is water-based and non-toxic. [1]