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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






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






3. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air






4. Robert Smithson






5. An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.






6. What art historian/collector was responsible for their success of Pollock/Kandinksy?






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






8. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






9. Who said ' less is more'?






10. Huge stones






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






12. 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






13. The central area of a church






14. Is used to stop paper from absorbing paint in water based painting






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






21. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






22. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






24. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






32. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






33. Made out of Metal






34. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






35. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.






36. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






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






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






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






41. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






42. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.






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






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






45. 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






46. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






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






48. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






49. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






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