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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






2. Robert Smithson






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






4. Pagoda






5. ...






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






7. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






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






9. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






11. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






12. 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






13. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






14. 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






15. What goes horizontal across a loom?






16. 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






17. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






18. 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.






19. Continuous frieze






20. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






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






22. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






23. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






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






25. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






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






27. 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






28. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






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






31. 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.






32. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






34. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






35. A dominant idea or central theme






36. Example of baroque architecture






37. 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.






38. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






39. 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






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






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






42. Fix






43. 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).






44. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






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






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






47. AP on an art product means what






48. 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.






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






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