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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






7. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






8. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






9. Example of baroque architecture






10. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






12. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






13. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






14. The central area of a church






15. AP on an art product means what






16. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






17. Most common oil in oil paints






18. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






19. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






20. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






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






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






23. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






24. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






25. 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






26. Rene Magritte






27. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






28. 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






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






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






31. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






32. Symmetrical balance

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






34. Robert Smithson






35. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






36. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






37. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






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






40. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






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






42. A dominant idea or central theme






43. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






45. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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'.






50. 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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