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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






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






3. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






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






5. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






7. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






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






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






10. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






11. 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






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






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






14. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






15. 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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16. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






18. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






25. 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






26. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






27. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






28. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






29. What is another work for low relief?






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






31. What color do two secondary colors make?






32. 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






33. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






34. Known for stone. The term was invented by 19th century art historians - especially for Romanesque architecture - which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style - most notably round - headed arches - but also barrel vaults - apses - a






35. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.






36. Rene Magritte






37. The laying of paint thickly






38. A dominant idea or central theme






39. Who said ' less is more'?






40. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






41. 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.






42. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






43. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






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






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






46. What goes horizontal across a loom?






47. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






48. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






49. Most common oil in oil paints






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







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