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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






3. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






4. Used in water printing






5. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






6. Girl with a Flower Hat by Rodin - is what type of sculpture?






7. Made out of Metal






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






9. Who said ' less is more'?






10. Continuous frieze






11. A type of modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple objects or forms - often 'found' objects.






12. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






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






14. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






15. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






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






17. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






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






19. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






20. 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.






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






22. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






23. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






24. Huge stones






25. Most common oil in oil paints






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






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






32. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






33. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






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. 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






36. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






41. 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).






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






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






44. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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

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47. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






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






49. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






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







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