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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






2. 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






3. 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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4. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






5. AP on an art product means what






6. Pagoda






7. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






9. 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.






10. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






11. 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.






12. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






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






14. rayons resistant to what?






15. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






16. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






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






18. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






28. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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






30. Fix






31. The laying of paint thickly






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. ...






39. 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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40. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






41. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






42. 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






43. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






45. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






46. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






47. 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).






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






49. Woven wall hangings.






50. Symmetrical balance

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