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Praxis 2 Art
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praxis
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fine-arts
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1. A slip is a suspension in water of clay and/or other materials used in the production of ceramic ware
slip
Rococo
nave
Stoneware
2. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross
Collage
Artists associated with Pointillism
analogous Colors
Photogravure
3. A method of painting - which uses pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the painting surface with heat.
Encaustic
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Romantic Era
Paint Extender
4. Most common oil in oil paints
Neoclassical
Dry Point
balance
Linseed oil
5. To loosen clay and circulate the moisture throughout. To remove the air
Principle of Art
Kinetic art
Equipment used in oil painting
wedging the clay
6. Woodblock - Relief Printing - Lithography - Screenprinting - Intaglio - Etching - Dry Point - Photograuv
Artists associated with Pointillism
CMYK
Social Realism
Printmaking Techniques
7. Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage - buff - color - often non - plastic.
Value
warp
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
Fire clay
8. Italian term meaning smoke - describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Da Vinci's work.
Neoclassical
Sfumato
Romantic Era
Stoneware properties
9. Emphasis - contrast - balance - harmony - rhythm - proportion - unity - and variety
wedging the clay
Design Principles
Donatello's 'David' - a free standing statue
Characteristics of Holy Trinity by Massacio
10. 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
Sulfur
vehicle
the golden section (architecture)
Tempera paint
11. Even heat distribution. super - durable - soakproof - cut resistant.
Islam art
Stoneware properties
Meyer Schapiro
value
12. Woven wall hangings.
Tapestry
Neoclassical
warp
African masks
13. 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
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
Rococo
Scoring
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
14. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid
intaglio
Dagyuerrotype
Trompe - l'oil
Artists who used Vamera Obscura
15. The activity of drawing a graphical representation of a design
Wedging
modeling
The Renaissance
Gel medium
16. The laying of paint thickly
Another term used for buddhist temple
nave
Impasto
best resolution in a digital photo?
17. A dominant idea or central theme
William Blake
Lotus postition
Motif
Depth of Field
18. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge
Frottage
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Greenware
The post - and - lintel system
19. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
Loom
Esquisse
Michelangelo
Artists associated with Pointillism
20. Works of art and programs - funded by the US Treasury Dept - created to help provide economic relief to the citizens.
Impasto
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Collage
Depression art
21. 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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22. Bright - round - flat and filbert - can be cleaned with turpentine - ferrule - metal part of brush
Color field painting artists
Linear perspective
Brushed used in oil painting
Known Rodin prints
23. Focused on religious Mannerism - which consisted of flattened forms and complex compositions.
The Renaissance
Encaustic
Batik
Georgian Style
24. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?
Social Realism
Cement
The post - and - lintel system
Dagyuerrotype
25. A measurement of film's sensitivity to light.
film speed
Greenware
Shutter Speed
Shade
26. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?
Describe the process of fresco
Tapestry
Rembrandt
Adena Indian habitats
27. 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.
weft
rhythm
Tempera paint
Elements of Art
28. A British portrait and landscape painter.Works: The Blue Boy
Isocephaly
'fat over lean'
Thomas Gainsborough
kinds of stones for stone carving
29. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino
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30. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio
Rembrandt
Barabara Krugel
Gel medium
Albert Durer
31. Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
Cast concrete - modeling
value
Isocephaly
Shutter Speed
32. Porous firebrick with insulating values much higher than hardbrick.
Adena Indian habitats
Insulating firebrick;IFB; Softbrick
Film Speed
Linear perspective
33. Controls the duration of an exposure - the faster the Shutter speed - the shorter the exposure time.
Shutter Speed
Depth of Field
Color field painting artists
Design Elements
34. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve
balance
I.M. Pei
Shutter Speed
Depth of Field
35. Anvils - Blocks - fine pliers - burnisher - files - saw - mandrels
megalith
Jewelry tools
Principle of Art
value
36. Origin is Mayan
Gouache
African Benin Sculputure
Rough paper
Stepped Pyramid Temples
37. Robert Smithson
Assemblage
stain glass in a cathedral
constructed the Spiral Jetty
'fat over lean'
38. Only a single point of a volume is closest to the viewer - and all planes seem to recede to one of three vanishing points
Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz
three point perspective
Adena Indian habitats
megalith
39. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque
Frida Kahlo
Gouache
Barabara Krugel
modeling
40. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
Two main types of of foam plastics for sculpture
Linear perspective
Impasto
Cast concrete - modeling
41. An image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
constructed the Spiral Jetty
Romantic Era
Photogravure
Greenware
42. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.
Barabara Krugel
Encaustic
Camera Obscura
Kinetic art
43. Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'is inspired by what?
Masaccio's Holy Trinity shows what type of symmetry?
African masks
Basic Elements of Sculpture
Shade
44. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.
Wedging
Croquis
Facing forward and stiff
What Eiffel Tower and the Statue of liberty have in common
45. Who made large portraits of friends?
Elements of Art
Albert Durer
David Hockney
Tessera
46. Monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
Grisaille
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Yarn
Collage
47. What color do two secondary colors make?
Kinetic art
Impasto
Meyer Schapiro
Brown
48. Product that extends the drying time - and paint.
modeling
Romanesque Cathedrals
Paint Extender
best resolution in a digital photo?
49. What type of structure is the Taj Mahal?
stain glass in a cathedral
Islam art
analogous Colors
Dome
50. Relative darkness or lightness of a color
Stoneware
value
Known Rodin prints
Islam art