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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






2. 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






3. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






4. 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.






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






6. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






7. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






8. Continuous frieze






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






10. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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11. 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






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






13. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






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






15. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






16. The central area of a church






17. 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






18. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






20. Fix






21. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






22. 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






23. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






24. 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).






25. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






26. Woven wall hangings.






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






28. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






29. 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.






30. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






31. ...






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






33. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






34. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






35. rayons resistant to what?






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






37. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






38. Air - dry unfired clay






39. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






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






41. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






42. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






43. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design