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Cap
Constant Aime Marie Cap (1842 - 1915) - a Belgian painter. Among his works are: "The Young Critics" (1881), "Indiscretion" (1895), "Mother's Birthday" (1885).

Chalky
Chalky - covered with or containing chalk - a sort of soft white limestone, small pieces of which are used for writing on blackboards.

Champagne
Philippe de Champagne (May, 26, 1602 - August, 12, 1674) - a Belgian painter of the French school mainly famous for his religious and portrait paintings marked with gloomy and austere disposition...

Chenu
Augustin-Pierre-Bienvenu Chenu (May, 12, 1833 - May, 9, 1875) - a French painter. He studied under M.-P. Genod, C. Bonnefond and J.-B.L. Guy. He became famous as a landscape, genre and animal painter. Among his works are: "In front of the cooper's shop on a wintry day", "Snowy Day" (1871), "Young Lady sitting under the sun".

Chestnut tree
Chestnut tree, or chinkapin - a tree or shrub of Castanea genus, beech family. Only sweet chestnut is native to Europe. Among its characteristic features are the following: 20 to 35 metres high; toothed leaves, 16 to 28 cm long; flowers, 10-20 cm long. Fruit of a chestnut is also called chestnut - it is a nut contained in a thorny box; it is widely used in cooking.

Chilly
Chilly - something that makes one feel cold.

Chimney
Chimney - is a special pipe through which gas, smoke, waste products are carried away.

Christmas
Christmas - is a yearly religious holiday solemnizing the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December, 25 in Catholic countries and on January, 7 in Greek Orthodox countries...

Cliff
Cliff - a high precipitous slope of a rock.

Collart
Marie Henrotin Collart (1842, Brussels - 1911) - a Belgian painter most famous for her animal paintings and idyllic landscapes. She studied under the tutorship of Alfred Stevens, Alfred Verwue, L. Chabry. Among her works are: "Cattle in Landscape", "Sheep grazing in a pasture", "Cows", "Snow".

Compte-Calix
Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix (August, 27, 1813 - July, 29, 1880) - a French painter most famous for his genre scenes, historical paintings and portraits. He was also a distinguished etcher and enjoyed a huge popularity as a illustrator...

Constable
John Constable (June, 11, 1776 - March, 31, 1837) was an English painter of the 18-19th centuries. He belonged to Romantic movement of art and his fame is solely based on his landscapes of his own homeland - Dedham Vale in Surrey county...

Coosemans
Coosemans, Alexandre Coosemans (1627, Antwerp - 1689, Antwerp) - a Belgian painter of 17th century, whose works were very characteristic of Flemish baroque art and whose oeuvre was abundant...

Copper
Copper - brown-red metal used for making coins.

Core
Core - the main part of a fruit with seeds in it. The inner wood substance of a tree.

Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (July, 17, 1796 - February, 22, 1875) was a famous French painter and engraver, master of landscapes and etchings, a main figure of so called Barbizon school. He proved to be a huge influence on the next generations ....

Courage
Courage - bravery, presence of mind in the face of dangerous, difficult or challenging situations.

Crimson
Crimson - deeply red colour, resembling that of blood.

Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace was an exhibition palace in Hyde Park that was constructed up up to the World Fair in 1851. It was built in 1850-1851 under the supervision of Joseph Paxton, William Cabitt...

Cuff links
Cuff links - pair of decorative buttonlike appliances used for clamping wristbands of a shirt.

Curfew
Curfew - (obsolete) sounds of bell at a certain hour in the evening signalling to extinguish all the fires in the locality (e.g. village).

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