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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






2. The laying of paint thickly






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






4. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






5. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






6. 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.






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






8. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






9. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Most common oil in oil paints






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






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






17. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






18. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






19. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






20. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






22. Used in water printing






23. 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).






24. Continuous frieze






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






26. Huge stones






27. Who made large portraits of friends?






28. 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.






29. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






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






31. Woven wall hangings.






32. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






33. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






34. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






35. rayons resistant to what?






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






37. 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






38. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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






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






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






43. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






44. Air - dry unfired clay






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






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






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






48. 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






49. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






50. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge