This describes the frames in which the 'modern' paintings hung in the chateau. THe frames were of rich, golden and "intricate in pattern" or "elaborate".
What is ARABESQUE?
100
This means 'pertaining to honor'.
What is CELE?
100
THE INDIVIDUAL HAD ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO SPEND A '14-DAY PERIOD OF TIME' WITH A RELATIVE OF HIS.
What is FORTNIGHT?
100
THIS PERTAINS TO 'YEAR'.
What is ENN?
100
THIS REFERS TO THE PREDOMINANCE OF ONE COUNTRY OR PERSON OVER ANOTHER BY VIRTUE OF LEADERSHIP OR INFLUENCE; SUPREMACY
What is HEGEMONY?
200
THis describes the technical manner in which the portrait of the young girl was done. Her arms, bosom and the ends of her radiant hair melted imperceptibly into the vague yet deep shadow which formed the background of the whole.
What is VIGNETTE?
200
THIS MEANS 'PERTAINING TO WAR'.
What is BELL?
200
THE CREATURES JAWS ARE DESCRIBED AS SITUATED IN THIS AREA: THE LONG TUBULAR FEEDING ORGAN
What is PROBOSCIS?
200
THIS PERTAINS TO 'HEARING'
What is AUD?
200
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE AN ISSUE OR SETTLE A DISPUTE.
What is ARBITER?
300
It was the immortal beauty of her facial expression in the portrait that moved the person giving the account of his encounter with the portrait.
What is COUNTENANCE?
300
THIS REFERS TO THE 'PRINCIPLE OF LIFE' OR 'SPIRIT' AND THE 'INNER SELF'; CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND
What is ANIMA?
300
HE COMPARES THE EMITTING OF THE SOUND OF THE PROBOSCIS STRIKING ON HIS NERVES SO LOUD AS THAT OF A FUNERAL BELL
What is KNELL?
300
THIS REFERS TO THE 'HEIGHT OF A GIVEN OBJECT OR LOCATION ABOVE A SPECIFIC BASE'.
What is ALT?
300
THIS REFERS TO A POLICY OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND/OR DISCRIMINATION
What is APARTHEID?
400
This describes the painter to whom the lady in the portrait and in question was wed. He was passionate and studious but stern or strict.
What is AUSTERE?
400
THIS MEANS 'PERTAINING TO 'WATER'.
What is AQUA?
400
HE DESCRIBES AS SEEN A 'GHOSTLY' FIGURE IN THE ROOM.
What is APPARITION?
400
THIS MEANS 'SOMETHING DONE; A DEED; TO DO OR DRIVE'
What is ACT?
400
THIS REFERS TO A BRANCH OF ANTHROPOLOGY CONCERNED WITH THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS CULTURES.
What is ETHNOLOGY?
500
THis describes the passion and enthusiasm the painter had when painting the portrait of his wife.
What is ARDOR?
500
THIS PERTAINS TO 'WEAPONS', ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT SHOOT OR EXPLODE.
What is ARM?
500
THIS DESCRIBES THE KIND OF CRY THE SPHINX UTTERS.
What is MELANCHOLY?
500
THIS REFERS TO A 'FINE SKILL THAT HAS RESULTED FROM NATURAL ABILITY, PRACTICE, OR STUDY'.
What is ART?
500
THIS INVOLVES AN EXCHANGE, AS OF FEELINGS, ACTIONS, OR THINGS BETWEEN PARTIES; MUTUAL