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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. 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.






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






3. The laying of paint thickly






4. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.






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






6. A mosque.Famous in particular for its massive dome - it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. Has pendentives.






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Common characteristics: flying buttress - copious amounts of stained glass windows - vast amounts of statuary - and many vaulted roofs - Rose Window - Ex. Chartres Cathedral






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






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

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






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






20. 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.






21. What would not be seen in a typical western water color?






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






23. What color do two secondary colors make?






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






25. What Architect style was copied for American colonial architecture?






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






27. Made from oxides held in a glass matrix (silica)






28. Sturdier then earthenware - stoneware is waterproof even without being glazed.






29. Palette knives - palettes - dippers - to hold turpentine/oil - easel






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. When using a hand saw what safety should you use?






36. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






37. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






38. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






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






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






41. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






43. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






44. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






46. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






48. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






50. 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