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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






3. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






4. Who said ' less is more'?






5. The laying of paint thickly






6. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






7. Made out of Metal






8. Most common oil in oil paints






9. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






10. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






11. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






12. Woven wall hangings.






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






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






15. Pagoda






16. 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.






17. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






18. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






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






20. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






21. Origin is Mayan






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






23. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






24. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






25. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






26. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






27. 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






28. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






29. ...






30. Air - dry unfired clay






31. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






32. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






33. AP on an art product means what






34. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






35. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






36. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






37. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






38. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






39. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






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






41. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






43. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






44. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






46. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






47. 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.






48. Huge stones






49. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






50. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?