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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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






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






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






4. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






5. 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.






6. Gray made by mixing complements






7. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






13. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels






14. What city had the first skyscraper?






15. Origin is Mayan






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






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






18. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






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






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






23. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






24. 3X 5300 pixels






25. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






26. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






27. 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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28. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






29. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






30. What color do two secondary colors make?






31. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.






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






33. 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






34. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






35. To make a quick sketch






36. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






37. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






38. 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






39. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






41. Most common oil in oil paints






42. Woven wall hangings.






43. One of the small pieces used in mosaic work.






44. 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






45. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light. More sensitive (faster) films have higher ISO numbers and require less exposure in order to make a properly - exposed picture.






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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