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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






4. What color do two secondary colors make?






5. 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).






6. 3X 5300 pixels






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. Huge stones






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






13. 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.






14. The genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information - creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a photograph.






15. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






16. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






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






18. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






23. Rene Magritte






24. Robert Smithson






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






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






28. What goes horizontal across a loom?






29. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






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






31. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






32. 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






33. 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






34. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






35. 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






36. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






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






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






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






41. AP on an art product means what






42. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






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






45. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






46. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






48. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






49. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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