HUM 310 Materialism Terms

Aphorism

A short phrase expressing a general truth or principle.

Capitalist

One who provides investment capital in economic ventures.

Cloisonné

An enameling technique produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin metal strips secured to a metal surface.

Entrepreneur

One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business.

Lithography

A printmaking process created by drawing on a stone plate.

Maxim

A short, concise, and often witty saying.

Negative space

The background or ground area seen concerning the shape of the figure.

Proletariat

A collective term describing industrial workers who lack their means of production and sell their labor to live.

Suffragist

A person seeking women’s right to vote through organized protest.

Verismo

A late nineteenth-century opera that presents a realistic picture of life instead of a story based on myth, legend, or ancient history.