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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






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






3. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






4. 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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5. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






6. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






7. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






8. 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.






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






10. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






11. Robert Smithson






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






13. A large earth mound found on the Ohio river would be form what culture?






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






15. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






16. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






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






18. 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.






19. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






20. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






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






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






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






24. 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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25. The Four Horsemen of the Acoplycolase - The Knight - The Death and the devil - Melencholia - St. Jerome






26. AP on an art product means what






27. Gouge and chisel






28. Most common oil in oil paints






29. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






30. Pagoda






31. 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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32. Origin is Mayan






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






34. Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork






35. Came in response to the darkness and heaviness of Baroque art - but did continue many of the ideals specified during the 17th century. Rococo related much more to decorative shapes as well as the natural and organic. Swirling shapes and asymmetrical






36. 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.






37. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






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






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






41. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






43. A dominant idea or central theme






44. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






45. 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






46. Air - dry unfired clay






47. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






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






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






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