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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. AP on an art product means what






2. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






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






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






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






7. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






8. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






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






10. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






11. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






13. 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'.






14. 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.






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






16. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






17. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






19. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






20. Continuous frieze






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






22. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






23. What is another work for low relief?






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






25. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






26. 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






27. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






28. To make a quick sketch






29. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






30. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






32. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






33. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






35. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






36. 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






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






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






39. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






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






42. 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.






43. Air - dry unfired clay






44. Example of baroque architecture






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






49. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






50. Fix






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