HUM 310 Materialism Terms

1. Aphorism: A short phrase expressing a general truth or principle.

2. Capitalist: One who provides investment capital in economic ventures.

3. Cloisonné: (French, cloison, “fence”) An enameling technique produced by pouring molten colored glass between thin metal strips secured to a metal surface.

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

5. Lithography: A printmaking process created by drawing on a stone plate.

6. Maxim: A short, concise, and often witty saying.

7. Negative space: The background or ground area seen concerning the shape of the figure.

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

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

Verismo: (Italian, “realism”) A late nineteenth-century opera that presents a realistic picture of life instead of a story based on myth, legend, or ancient history.