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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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2. 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






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






4. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






7. The laying of paint thickly






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






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






10. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






11. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






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






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






17. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






18. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object






19. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






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






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






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






24. Huge stones






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






26. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






27. Woven wall hangings.






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






29. 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






30. Symmetrical balance

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31. A dominant idea or central theme






32. 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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33. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






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






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






36. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






37. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






38. Used in water printing






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






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






41. 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.






42. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






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






44. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






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. Gouge and chisel






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






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






49. Most common oil in oil paints






50. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston