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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






2. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






3. Example of baroque architecture






4. Pagoda






5. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






6. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






7. Symmetrical balance

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8. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






9. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






10. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






11. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






12. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






13. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






14. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






15. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






16. To make a quick sketch






17. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






18. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






19. ...






20. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






21. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






22. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






23. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






24. rayons resistant to what?






25. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






26. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






27. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






28. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






29. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






30. Used in water printing






31. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






32. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






33. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






34. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






35. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






36. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






37. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






38. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






39. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






40. Robert Smithson






41. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






42. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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43. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






44. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






45. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






46. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






47. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






48. Huge stones






49. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






50. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid







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