Allegorical – language that tells a story.

Foreground – area of a picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer.

Vignette – an unbordered picture that fades into the surrounding color at the edges.

Royal Academy – Founded in the 1760s, this British membership organization was founded for the purpose of cultivating and improving the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture.

Garden of Eden – an Earthly paradise.

Romantic – (Romanticism) an art movement/style that flourished in the early 19th century. It emphasized emotions painted in a bold, dramatic manner. Romanticism rejected the cool reasoning of classicism, the established art of the time, to paint images of nature or other exotic settings in their untamed state.

Depict – to portray or show.

Transcendental – a philosophy that emphasizes a supernatural or mystical element of experience.

Intervale – a tract of low-lying land especially along a river.