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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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2. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






3. 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).






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






5. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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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14. Considered one of the greatest printmakers of all time. Working with both woodcuts and copper engravings - he attained a level of detail that is virtually unsurpassed.






15. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






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






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






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






19. Air - dry unfired clay






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






21. An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.






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






23. The laying of paint thickly






24. What color do two secondary colors make?






25. 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.






26. Example of baroque architecture






27. 3X 5300 pixels






28. 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.






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






30. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






31. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






32. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






33. Line - shape - form - color - value - texture - and space






34. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






36. Gouge and chisel






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






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






39. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






44. To mount a white and black photo - use...






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






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






47. What is another work for low relief?






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






49. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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







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