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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






2. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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3. What goes horizontal across a loom?






4. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






5. 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.






6. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






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






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






9. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






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






11. Woven wall hangings.






12. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






13. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






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






24. A dominant idea or central theme






25. What city had the first skyscraper?






26. 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'.






27. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






28. 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






29. Fix






30. To make a quick sketch






31. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






32. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






33. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






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






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






36. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






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






38. 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.






39. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






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






42. 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






43. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






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






45. 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






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






47. The central area of a church






48. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






49. Most common oil in oil paints






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