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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






2. 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






3. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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






6. 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






7. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






9. Gray made by mixing complements






10. Made out of Metal






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






12. Process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or leather hard clay in cross - hatch pattern before applying slurry and joining pieces.






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






14. Huge stones






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






16. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety






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






18. Most common oil in oil paints






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






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






21. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware






22. Is the medium to which paint pigment is suspended






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. The capital building was built in what architectual style?






25. 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






26. Woven wall hangings.






27. Fix






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






29. Continuous frieze






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






31. What area was characterized by these words - Heroic - Turbulent - and poetic?






32. (mid 1800s) As a reactionagainst the mass - produced goods of the Industrial Revolution






33. What is another work for low relief?






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






39. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.






40. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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

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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. ...






47. The tallest and thinnest of the three types of Greek columns. They tend to have scrolls at the tops.






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






49. 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






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