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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Gerorges Seurat - Paul Signac - Henri Edmond Cross






2. To make a quick sketch






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






4. Sculptor. Major Work: The Thinker - a naturalist - less concerned with monumental expression than with character and emotion. Departing with centuries of tradition - he turned away from the idealism of the Greeks - and the decorative beauty of the Ba






5. Painter and printmaker of Romantism.Held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity - and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. Works: The Song of Los - The Lovers Whirlwind - Ancient of Days






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






7. Salome - Punishment of Tythus - Venus of Urbino

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8. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






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






10. Similar to Ionic in size - but at the top have elaborate floral designs.






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






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






13. Is a circle - shaped opening in a lens (a hole - really) through which light passes to strike the film. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f - number - like f/8 or f/11.






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






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






16. 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






17. 4000 B.C. People used what type of architecture to build? Ex. Stonehenge






18. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






19. What kind of paper is used in the Book of Kells?






20. An obsolete photographic process in which a picture made on a silver surface is sensitized with iodine; and developed by exposure to mercury vapor.






21. Statuettes were mostly used for two purposes: to incarnate a spirit of the bush - and the second was to represent a spouse from the other world 'Blolo Bla' or 'Blolo Bian'.






22. Most common oil in oil paints






23. What can be added to a plaster Paris to reduce density?






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






25. 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).






26. 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






27. Appropriation art borrows common images from advertising - the mass media and elsewhere - places them in new contexts Example: Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans






28. Chinese architect - designed Pyramide du Lourve






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






30. Is an optical device used - for example - in drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to photography.






31. 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






32. What artists were influenced by Japanese prints?






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






34. Gray made by mixing complements






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






36. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






37. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






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






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






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






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






42. The action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows






43. Mexican murals painted in what theme?






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






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

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46. What goes horizontal across a loom?






47. Gouge and chisel






48. Restricted to the subject matter of family or confines of their particular society






49. ...






50. Among the more prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro - the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio