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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.






2. Air - dry unfired clay






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






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






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






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






7. Who said ' less is more'?






8. What does the Buddha look like most of the time?






9. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.






10. Liquid in which pigments are suspended to form paint






11. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.






12. Gouge and chisel






13. 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).






14. The laying of paint thickly






15. Head sculpture - use of metal and negative space






16. The art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk - cotton - gold - silver - or other material - upon any woven fabric - leather - paper - etc. - with a needle.






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






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






19. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






20. Monticello was build in what architectual style?






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






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






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






24. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.






25. 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






26. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






27. 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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28. Used in water printing






29. 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






30. In weaving - the thin threads that are actually woven






31. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush






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






33. Kandinksky - Gorky - Hoffman - Graham - Pollock - Willem de Kooning - Philip Guston






34. Robert Smithson






35. To make a quick sketch






36. What color do two secondary colors make?






37. Continuous frieze






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






43. Helen Frankenthaler - Mark Rothko - Clyford Still - Sam Gilliam






44. 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






45. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






46. Rothko - Warhol and Litchenstein






47. A dominant idea or central theme






48. 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






49. Art - as sculptural constructions - having movable parts activated by motor - wind - hand pressure - or other direct means.






50. The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.







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