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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. To mount a white and black photo - use...






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






3. Rene Magritte






4. The art or technique of painting on a moist - plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.






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






6. Used her life experiences into her artwork - including her marriage - her miscarriages - and her numerous operations - works often are characterized by their stark portrayals of pain - combined elements of the classic religious Mexican tradition with






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






8. The laying of paint thickly






9. 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.






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






11. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






12. 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.






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






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






15. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






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






18. To make a quick sketch






19. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






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






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






22. White coating made of substances such as chalk - plaster - and size that is spread over a surface to make it more receptive to paint






23. 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.






24. Woven wall hangings.






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






26. 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.






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






28. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






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






30. Origin is Mayan






31. Gray made by mixing complements






32. Who said ' less is more'?






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. AP on an art product means what






37. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






38. 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.






39. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






40. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv






41. The principle in oil painting that suggests each layer of paint should contain more oil than the one beneath. Awareness of this concept helps ensure permanence.

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42. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






44. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile






45. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






46. 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






47. The distance between the nearest and furthest objects in a photograph that are considered to be acceptably sharp.






48. Who made large portraits of friends?






49. A dominant idea or central theme






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







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