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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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).






2. 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






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






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






5. Art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world






6. Gouge and chisel






7. Rocks - pebbles etc - 'a hole can it self have as much shape meaning as a solid mass. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other - making it immediately more three - dimensional. A hole can i






8. 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).






9. The central area of a church






10. 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.






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






12. Produced by mixing a primary and secondary color ex. blue - green - red violet






13. Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. The opposite of shade is tint.






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






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

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26. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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27. Continuous frieze






28. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






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






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






32. AP on an art product means what






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






34. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






35. 3X 5300 pixels






36. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






37. Mexican Diego Rivera was Known for painting what?






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






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






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






41. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






42. Huge stones






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






44. Who was the Harlem Renaissance artist who photographed Harlem?






45. A 2 dimensional art that has string - photos - and others is what?






46. 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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47. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






48. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?






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






50. What city had the first skyscraper?