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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






2. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






3. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






4. What is another work for low relief?






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






6. Harlem Renaissance artist known for etchings - was a German painter - printmaker - and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate






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






8. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






9. Who said ' less is more'?






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






11. 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






12. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






13. 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.






14. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






15. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






17. 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).






18. 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.






19. The laying of paint thickly






20. 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






21. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






22. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water - soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color - poster paint.






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






24. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






25. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






26. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






27. Rene Magritte






28. Used in water printing






29. 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






30. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






31. ...






32. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






33. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






34. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






36. 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.






37. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs






38. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






40. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






41. What do you mix with acrylic paint to make glaze?






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Example of baroque architecture






49. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






50. 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