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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






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






5. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






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






9. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






11. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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13. Origin is Mayan






14. 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.






15. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






16. To make a quick sketch






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






18. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






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






20. Made out of Metal






21. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






22. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






23. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






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






25. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






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

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






28. 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






29. Symmetrical balance

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30. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






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






32. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






33. Gray made by mixing complements






34. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






35. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






36. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






38. 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.






39. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






40. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






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






42. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






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






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






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






46. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






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






49. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






50. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?







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