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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Is the traditional size for fabric support on panels. It seals porous fabric and isolates it from ground or oil paints.






2. Made out of Metal






3. 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.






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

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5. 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






6. Is a process similar to kneading dough - it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout.






7. A form of painting in which tiny dots of primary - colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is very similar to Divisionism - except that where Divisionism is concerned with color theory - Pointillism is more focused on the specific style of b






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






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






10. A painting technique in which - as the name suggests - a little bit of paint is put on a dry brush. When applied - it produces a broken - scratchy effect.






11. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






12. Early Greece statues had what characteristics?






13. When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art - that work is said to have ______. It suggests motion.






14. What type of art/painting needs to be covered in glass or sprayed?






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






16. Considers the impact of the work: movement - unity - variety - balance - emphasis - contrast - proportion - and pattern.






17. 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






18. What type of paper would have a raised texture?






19. Eli Jacob - Jack Markow and James Turnbull - Diego Rivera - Stuart Davis Thomas Benton






20. Polystyrene -Polyurethane






21. Focused on the depiction of patterns and Arabic calligraphy - rather than on figures - because it is feared by many Muslims that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God - forbidden in the Qur'an.






22. 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






23. Fix






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






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






26. Is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.

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27. 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.






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






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






30. Seen as meditative art. The use of ONE COLOR






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






32. Continuous frieze






33. Pyramids found around Cancun would be whose?






34. Made of Willow branches - which are fired.






35. Gray made by mixing complements






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






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






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






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






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






41. Watercolors are transparent - ________ is opaque






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






43. Used in water printing






44. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






45. What city had the first skyscraper?






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






47. What kind of harmful stubstance does Printmaking Plastalina have?






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






49. Rene Magritte






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