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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.






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






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






4. Air - dry unfired clay






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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).






12. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






13. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






14. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






15. Gouge and chisel






16. What color do two secondary colors make?






17. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






18. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






19. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






21. Robert Smithson






22. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






23. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






24. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






25. Pagoda






26. ...






27. Origin is Mayan






28. 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






29. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






30. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






31. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






32. AP on an art product means what






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






38. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






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






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






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






42. To make a quick sketch






43. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






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






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






47. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






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






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






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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