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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What goes horizontal across a loom?






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






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






4. Example of baroque architecture






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






6. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






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






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






9. ...






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






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






12. His versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man






13. The laying of paint thickly






14. Who made large portraits of friends?






15. 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.






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






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






18. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






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






20. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. 3X 5300 pixels






25. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






26. The second oldest medium after encaustic. It was used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks and perfected by the icon painters during the last 100 years of the old Byzantine Empire (400 AD-1202 AD).






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






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






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






30. Opposite of shade - is the mixture of a color with white - which increases lightness






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






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






33. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






39. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






40. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Cyan - Magenta - Yellow - Key (blacK). This ystem is used for printing. For mixing of pigments - it is better to use the secondary colours - since they mix subtractively instead of additively.






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






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

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






50. Relative darkness or lightness of a color