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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






2. 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.






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

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






5. 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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6. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






7. Gouge and chisel






8. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






10. AP on an art product means what






11. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. Who made large portraits of friends?






17. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






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






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






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






22. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. What color do two secondary colors make?






30. Hard - dense firebrick generally used only in high - stress areas of kiln (floor - burner ports - flues - bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt - soda - wood).






31. Gray made by mixing complements






32. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






33. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






34. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






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






38. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






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






40. What is another work for low relief?






41. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






42. What city had the first skyscraper?






43. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






44. 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






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






46. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






47. ...






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






49. 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






50. 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.