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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






3. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






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






6. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






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






9. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






10. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






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






12. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






13. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






15. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






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






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






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






19. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






20. Continuous frieze






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






37. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






38. Origin is Mayan






39. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






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






42. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






43. Symmetrical balance

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






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






46. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






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






48. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






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






50. To make a quick sketch