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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






2. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






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






5. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






6. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






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






8. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






9. To make a quick sketch






10. Gouge and chisel






11. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






12. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






13. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






14. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






15. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






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






17. A dominant idea or central theme






18. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






19. Symmetrical balance

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20. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






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






22. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






23. 3X 5300 pixels






24. 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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25. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






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






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






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






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. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






31. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






32. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






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






34. Air - dry unfired clay






35. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






36. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






37. rayons resistant to what?






38. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






39. The central area of a church






40. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






41. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






42. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






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






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






45. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






46. 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






47. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






49. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






50. 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







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