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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






2. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






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






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






5. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






6. To make a quick sketch






7. 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.






8. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






9. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






16. Fix






17. Huge stones






18. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






19. Used in water printing






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






21. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






22. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






25. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






26. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.






27. 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






28. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






29. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






30. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






31. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.






32. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






33. 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.






34. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






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






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






37. AP on an art product means what






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






39. Pagoda






40. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






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






42. 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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43. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






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






45. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






46. Robert Smithson






47. What goes horizontal across a loom?






48. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






49. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






50. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.