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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. The laying of paint thickly






4. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






5. 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.






6. Who made large portraits of friends?






7. A dominant idea or central theme






8. 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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9. Made out of Metal






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






11. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.






12. Gray made by mixing complements






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






14. Who said ' less is more'?






15. To make a quick sketch






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Example of baroque architecture






23. A luxury item - and used by the Early Christian artist for allegorical purposes.






24. 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.






25. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?






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






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






28. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






29. 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.






30. 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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31. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






33. Air - dry unfired clay






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






35. Huge stones






36. Continuous frieze






37. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






38. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






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






40. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






41. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






43. AP on an art product means what






44. Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie house was influenced by what style?






45. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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






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






48. 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.






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






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