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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






2. Rene Magritte






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






4. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






5. 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.






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






7. Used in water printing






8. Pagoda






9. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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10. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






11. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






12. ...






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






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






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






16. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






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






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






20. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






26. 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






27. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






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






29. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






30. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






31. Who said ' less is more'?






32. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






33. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






35. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






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






37. What color do two secondary colors make?






38. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






39. To make a quick sketch






40. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






41. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






42. Made out of Metal






43. 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.






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






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






46. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






47. Symmetrical balance

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48. 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.






49. To mount a white and black photo - use...






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







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