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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points






2. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






3. Continuous frieze






4. Glass fused over metal using high tempeture (don't use nickle)






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






6. Air - dry unfired clay






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






8. A German performance artist - sculptor - installation artist - graphic artist - art theorist and pedagogue of art. Artwork: Performance : How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare






9. 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






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






11. 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).






12. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






13. Who made large portraits of friends?






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






15. Origin is Mayan






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






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






18. 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






19. The least decorated of the three types of Greek columns - are 'sturdier' than Ionic - they're thicker and shorter.






20. Huge stones






21. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






22. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






23. Symmetrical balance

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24. A school - style - or method of painting - adopted chiefly by 17th - century Spanish and Neapolitan painters - esp Caravaggio - characterized by large areas of dark colours - usually relieved with a shaft of ligh






25. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.






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






27. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






28. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






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






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






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

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32. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






33. Soapstone - slate - sandstone - marble - limestone - granite






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






35. Mass - Space - Plane - Line - Movement - Scale - Texture - Color






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






37. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






38. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy






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






40. The laying of paint thickly






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






42. An opaque watercolor prepared with gum






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






44. Woven wall hangings.






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






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






47. Example of baroque architecture






48. 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






49. 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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50. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design