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Praxis 2 Art
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1. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.
Assemblage
Pop artists
Emphasis
Julio Gonzalez
2. Huge stones
Scoring
Printmaking Techniques
aquatint
megalith
3. 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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4. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.
Armature
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Japanese art and buildings
Rabbit Skin Glue
5. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall
Thomas Gainsborough
Tempera paint
Water
Romanesque Cathedrals
6. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)
Sfumato
Designed the Barcelona chair
Lotus postition
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
7. 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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8. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
vehicle
Joseph Beuys
kinds of stones for stone carving
best resolution in a digital photo?
9. Mexican murals painted in what theme?
Greenware
Social Realism
Frida Kahlo
Isocephaly
10. Continuous frieze
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Column of Trajan
Linear perspective
Trompe - l'oil
11. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
intaglio
Rococo
Turpentine
Loom
12. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
Adena Indian habitats
Designed the Barcelona chair
Color field painting
Ceramic - Sgraffito
13. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?
Cast concrete - modeling
Tapestry
Chiaroscuro
Rodin
14. 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.
Islam art
Designed the Barcelona chair
Encaustic
warp
15. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware
slip
Charcoal pen
Depression art
Frottage
16. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio
three point perspective
Color field painting
Rembrandt
Van Der Zee
17. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.
Corinthian columns
Frottage
Tessera
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
18. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society
Armature
Thomas Gainsborough
frisket
Women artist of the 19th century
19. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Shutter Speed
frisket
Social Realism
20. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?
weft
Gel medium
Emphasis
Sulfur
21. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?
Tenebrism
Gel medium
Principle of Art
Depression era Artists
22. What type of paper would have a raised texture?
Crenellation
Brown
Rough paper
Color field painting artists
23. The central area of a church
Embroidery
Impasto
nave
Crenellation
24. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.
Elements of Art
David Hockney
dry - brushing
constructed the Spiral Jetty
25. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.
Gel medium
David Hockney
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Column of Trajan
26. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?
chromatic gray
Cement
stain glass in a cathedral
Adena Indian habitats
27. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
Yarn
Rice paper
Ionic columns
Brushed used in oil painting
28. Woven wall hangings.
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Tapestry
modeling
Rice paper
29. 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.
Embroidery
Design Principles
Gothic Cathedrals
Brown
30. Symmetrical balance
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31. 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
Rembrandt
the golden section (architecture)
Titan's key works
Tessera
32. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
Rodin
Design Principles
Tessera
Batik
33. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.
Basquiat
Loom
Kinetic art
Forms of Charcoal
34. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.
Romanesque Cathedrals
Encaustic
Column of Trajan
constructed the Spiral Jetty
35. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?
Impasto
Tenebrism
Embroidery
Collage
36. In art - the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Monochrome printing
Pumice
Chiaroscuro
37. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Esquisse
Charcoal pen
Equipment used in oil painting
38. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?
Loom
Van Der Zee
Degas and Cassett
Tapestry
39. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet
Tenebrism
slip
wedging the clay
intermediate colors
40. Made out of Metal
Tapestry
African Benin Sculputure
Monochrome printing
Design Elements
41. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax
Batik
Islam art
balance
Value
42. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?
African masks
Michelangelo
Frottage
Georgian Style
43. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?
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44. 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
Henry Moore (Sculptor) used this for inspiratio?
Fire clay
Rice paper
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
45. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Jewelry tools
Wood and bronze
Surrealist known for strange juxtaposition and use of scale
46. Gray made by mixing complements
chromatic gray
Acrylic paint
Tenebrism
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
47. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam
Neoclassical
Hagia Sophia
Color field painting artists
African masks
48. Benin sculpture is in what medium?
Wood and bronze
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Turpentine
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
49. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.
Hagia Sophia
Home Insurance Building in NYC
Equipment used in oil painting
Linear perspective
50. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.
Paint Extender
best resolution in a digital photo?
Camera Obscura
the golden section (architecture)