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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Continuous frieze






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






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






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






5. Most common oil in oil paints






6. The laying of paint thickly






7. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






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






10. Origin is Mayan






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






16. 3X 5300 pixels






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






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






19. 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






20. Who said ' less is more'?






21. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






23. Came in response to Renaissance Art - ominous - otherworldly - and dark in subject. _________ art was heavily influenced by the Counter - reformation and thus more interested in dramatic scenes of saints and history paintings.Art from the Baroque per






24. Woven wall hangings.






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






26. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






27. Made by Gustav Eiffel - Eiffel - marks the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Liberty - iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. French gave the US - statue of liberty






28. Neo expressionist artist - Jean - Michel Basquiat was an American painter who rose to fame in the 1980s - and was the first African - American artist to gain international acclaim. His emotionally - charged paintings gave rise to graffiti art and the






29. 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.






30. In oil painting - the technique of brushing one layer of paint on top of another in a way that reveals some of the under color.






31. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design






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






33. Pagoda






34. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






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






36. Symmetrical balance

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37. 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).






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






39. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






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






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






42. Gray made by mixing complements






43. 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






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






45. Known by its massive quality - its thick walls - round arches - sturdy piers - groin vaults - large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms and they are frequently of very regular - symmetrical plan so that the overall






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






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






48. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






49. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






50. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.