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Praxis 2 Art
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1. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.
Artist Proof
Grisaille
Frida Kahlo
balance
2. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
Rotunda
Croquis
Collage
The Renaissance
3. 3X 5300 pixels
wedging the clay
Loom
best resolution in a digital photo?
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
4. 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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5. To mount a white and black photo - use...
Pastel
Rice paper
A black line
Gel medium
6. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.
Albert Durer
three point perspective
Dome
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
7. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space
Adena Indian habitats
Ionic columns
Julio Gonzalez
Column of Trajan
8. What goes horizontal across a loom?
Yarn
Mississippian
Color field painting
Safety glasses
9. ...
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
Collage
I.M. Pei
Another term used for buddhist temple
10. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.
Women artist of the 19th century
Atmospheric/Aerial perspective
Mayan
Color field painting
11. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design
Sfumato
modeling
Depth of Field
Basic Elements of Sculpture
12. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR
David Hockney
Monochrome printing
Brown
African masks
13. A dominant idea or central theme
Brushed used in oil painting
Motif
Frottage
Tessera
14. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?
Paint Extender
Mayan
intermediate colors
Photorealism
15. 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
Column of Trajan
Baroque painting
William Blake
Croquis
16. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Color field painting
aquatint
Linear perspective
Ionic columns
17. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?
Cast concrete - modeling
Monochrome printing
Shade
slip
18. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?
Mississippian
Equipment used in oil painting
Pastel
Tapestry
19. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton
Van Der Zee
stain glass in a cathedral
modeling
Depression era Artists
20. Benin sculpture is in what medium?
Mayan
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
intermediate colors
Wood and bronze
21. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?
Dry Point
Collage
Artist Proof
Ceramic - Sgraffito
22. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome
Chiaroscuro
Women artist of the 19th century
Value
Known Rodin prints
23. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting
Barabara Krugel
I.M. Pei
frisket
Gel medium
24. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Ceramic glaze
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Safety glasses
25. Example of baroque architecture
Albert Durer
analogous Colors
Water
Palace of Versaille
26. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino
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27. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.
Cast concrete - modeling
Impasto
film speed
Carving Tools
28. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
film speed
Doric columns
Chiaroscuro
Corinthian columns
29. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint
Tapestry
Tessera
Tempera paint
vehicle
30. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?
Artist Proof
Meyer Schapiro
Abstract Expressionist Artists
weft
31. 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.
Film Speed
rhythm
Facing forward and stiff
Isocephaly
32. A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color.
Degas and Cassett
Ceramic - Sgraffito
Assemblage
Known Rodin prints
33. The central area of a church
Islam art
nave
African masks
Basquiat
34. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
Mayan
value
Scoring
Paint Extender
35. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston
Depression era Artists
Pop artists
Monochrome printing
Abstract Expressionist Artists
36. 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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37. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work
aquatint
Barabara Krugel
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Ceramic glaze
38. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)
Van Der Zee
I.M. Pei
Enameling
Adena Indian habitats
39. Made out of Metal
African Benin Sculputure
Photogravure
warp
Tessera
40. Paint thinner and brush cleaner
Sfumato
Linseed oil
Turpentine
kinds of stones for stone carving
41. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness
Tint
Elements of Art
Wood and bronze
Film Speed
42. 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.
Why arts and crafts movement started in English education
Pumice
Islam art
Color field painting
43. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
Aperture
Shutter Speed
intaglio
Jewelry tools
44. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.
Assemblage
Parchment
Georgian Style
Column of Trajan
45. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.
Encaustic
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Depth of Field
Camera Obscura
46. 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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47. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet
Environmental Art
intermediate colors
Safety glasses
Hagia Sophia
48. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?
Esquisse
Embroidery
Georgian Style
Neoclassical
49. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.
analogous Colors
Trompe - l'oil
binder
Elements of Art
50. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
Isocephaly
Tempera paint
Brushed used in oil painting
weft
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