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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






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






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






4. A dominant idea or central theme






5. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






7. Pagoda






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






9. To make a quick sketch






10. 3X 5300 pixels






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






17. Gouge and chisel






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






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






20. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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21. 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






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






23. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






24. 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.






25. Gray made by mixing complements






26. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






27. Made out of Metal






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






29. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






30. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






32. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






33. ...






34. 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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35. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






36. 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






37. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






38. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






39. Example of baroque architecture






40. AP on an art product means what






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






42. Who said ' less is more'?






43. What is another work for low relief?






44. 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.






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






46. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






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






48. Rene Magritte






49. Symmetrical balance

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50. 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.