po·ché

pocher -  (Fr) to make a rough sketch

exonerate

to clear, to free from guilt or blame.
to relieve from obligation.

hagiography . study of saints.

a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.

brazen

bold and without shame.

"That zero panorama seemed to contain ruins in reverse, that is—all the new construction that would be built. This is the opposite of the "unromantic ruin" because buildings don't fall into ruin after they are built but rather rise into ruin before they are built." Robert Smithson, "A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey"

baroque

sequentially increasing opulence.