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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Huge stones






8. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






9. Most common oil in oil paints






10. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






11. The central area of a church






12. Robert Smithson






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






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. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






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






17. Pagoda






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






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






20. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






21. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






22. Origin is Mayan






23. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






24. Continuous frieze






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






26. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






27. 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






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






29. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






31. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






32. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






33. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






34. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






36. 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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37. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






39. 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'.






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






41. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






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






43. 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






44. Gouge and chisel






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






46. ...






47. 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.






48. AP on an art product means what






49. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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