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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






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






3. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






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






5. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. A ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both. Ancient Ea ratio between two portions of a line in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the su






10. Used in water printing






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






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






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






14. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






16. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






17. 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'.






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






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






21. Fix






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






23. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






24. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






25. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






27. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






29. 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.






30. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






31. Example of baroque architecture






32. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






33. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






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






35. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






36. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






37. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






38. 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.






39. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






41. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






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






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






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






45. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






46. 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).






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






48. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






50. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?