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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






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






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. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






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






6. Air - dry unfired clay






7. 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.






8. What is another work for low relief?






9. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






10. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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






12. Continuous frieze






13. ...






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Rene Magritte






19. 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'.






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






21. Huge stones






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

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23. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






24. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






26. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






28. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






31. AP on an art product means what






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






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






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






35. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Symmetrical balance

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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






50. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy