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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Used in water printing






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






3. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






4. 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






5. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






7. Most common oil in oil paints






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






9. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Symmetrical balance

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16. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






18. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






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






20. Air - dry unfired clay






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






22. 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.






23. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






29. Gray made by mixing complements






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






31. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






32. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






33. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






34. Example of baroque architecture






35. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






36. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






37. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






38. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






39. 3X 5300 pixels






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






41. To make a quick sketch






42. 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.






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






44. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






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






46. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






47. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






49. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






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