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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
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1. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






2. Huge stones






3. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






4. Made out of Metal






5. Method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax






6. 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.






7. Symmetrical balance

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8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






11. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






12. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






13. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






15. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






17. 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'.






18. Gouge and chisel






19. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






20. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






21. Gray made by mixing complements






22. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






23. What goes horizontal across a loom?






24. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.






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






26. 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.






27. Example of baroque architecture






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






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






30. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






31. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






32. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






34. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






35. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






36. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






38. 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.






39. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






40. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






41. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






43. 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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44. Who said ' less is more'?






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






46. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






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






48. Who is created with the first bronze statue since roman times?

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49. Who made large portraits of friends?






50. 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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