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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






2. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






3. 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.






4. 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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5. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






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






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






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






10. Used in water printing






11. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






12. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






13. Origin is Mayan






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. A dominant idea or central theme






20. rayons resistant to what?






21. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






22. 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






23. To make a quick sketch






24. AP on an art product means what






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






30. 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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31. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






32. 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






33. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






35. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






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






38. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






39. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






40. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






41. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






42. Gouge and chisel






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Continuous frieze






50. Rene Magritte