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Praxis 2 Art

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
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1. Most common oil in oil paints






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






3. Robert Smithson






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






5. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. What invention allowed the Romans to build large space?






13. Who made large portraits of friends?






14. Conceptual artist known for incorporating text into her work






15. Which tribe created the Great Serpent Mound?






16. Analogous colors are colors next to one another on the color wheel






17. A skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay - wax - or plaster figure is constructed.






18. Benin sculpture is in what medium?






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






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






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






22. Possin was a French painter in the classical style.Themes of tragedy and death are prevalent in Poussin's work.[13] Et in Arcadia ego - a subject he painted twice (second version is seen at right) - exemplifies his cerebral approach. In this composit

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23. Example of baroque architecture






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






25. 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






26. 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'.






27. Meaning to rub a crayon or other tool onto paper or other material - which is placed onto a textured surface - in order to create the texture of that surface on the paper.






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






29. A style of abstract painting in which dominates form and texture.






30. Jan Vermeer - Canaletto - Guardi - and Paul Sandby






31. Symmetrical balance

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32. Describe the art is being presented: form - value - texture - line - shape - color - form.






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






37. A print resembling a watercolor - produced from a copper plate etched with nitric






38. Pagoda






39. A steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid






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






41. Stick - Compressed - charcoal pencils - powered charchoal - kneaded putty erasers






42. Paint thinner and brush cleaner






43. Relative darkness or lightness of a color






44. Mies Van der Rohe (and Lilly Reich)






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Fix






50. Air - dry unfired clay